The Water Club
Encyclopedia
The Water Club is a hotel
that is connected to the Borgata
and is located in Atlantic City
, New Jersey
. The $400 million Water Club was Atlantic City's first boutique-lifestyle hotel when it opened in June 2008. Its opening date was delayed by a September 2007 fire that damaged portions of its exterior.
The hotel includes five swimming pool
s and 800 guest rooms. Rooms are equipped with Sony
40-inch, LCD flat-panel TVs, 400 thread-count sheets, and large bathrooms with granite
countertops. The 457-foot-tall tower contains a two-story "spa in the sky." It also contains 18000 square feet (1,672.3 m²) of meeting space and six retail shops
.
As part of an edgy trend in the hotel business, each hotel room offers a package of adult personal care items called "The Passion Kit," which includes condom
s and other intimate products. At US$18, The sex kits have been the top-selling in-room item.
The hotel discourages bringing children. Guests must be 21 or older to rent a room, and children are banned from using the hotel's spa and five swimming pools.
Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
that is connected to the Borgata
Borgata
The Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa is a luxury hotel, casino, and spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. It is owned by Marina District Development, a joint venture between Boyd Gaming and a divesture trust established by MGM Resorts International...
and is located in Atlantic City
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. The $400 million Water Club was Atlantic City's first boutique-lifestyle hotel when it opened in June 2008. Its opening date was delayed by a September 2007 fire that damaged portions of its exterior.
The hotel includes five swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
s and 800 guest rooms. Rooms are equipped with Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
40-inch, LCD flat-panel TVs, 400 thread-count sheets, and large bathrooms with granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
countertops. The 457-foot-tall tower contains a two-story "spa in the sky." It also contains 18000 square feet (1,672.3 m²) of meeting space and six retail shops
Retailing
Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...
.
As part of an edgy trend in the hotel business, each hotel room offers a package of adult personal care items called "The Passion Kit," which includes condom
Condom
A condom is a barrier device most commonly used during sexual intercourse to reduce the probability of pregnancy and spreading sexually transmitted diseases . It is put on a man's erect penis and physically blocks ejaculated semen from entering the body of a sexual partner...
s and other intimate products. At US$18, The sex kits have been the top-selling in-room item.
The hotel discourages bringing children. Guests must be 21 or older to rent a room, and children are banned from using the hotel's spa and five swimming pools.