The Strip's Longest-Running Queer Pool Party Is Taking the Summer Off Temptation Sundays at Luxor goes on hiatus in 2026 as MGM renovates the pool — and the community is left wondering where to splash this summer. For 15 years, Sunday afternoons at the Luxor meant one thing: the thumping bass of a DJ set, drag queens commanding a poolside stage, and a crowd of queer locals and tourists baking under the Nevada sun with a cocktail in hand. Temptation Sundays wasn't just a pool party — it was an institution, the longest-running LGBTQ+ pool event on the Las Vegas Strip, and for many in the community, a weekly ritual as reliable as the desert heat itself. This summer, that ritual goes quiet. MGM Resorts International confirmed that Temptation Sundays will not take place in 2026 due to an ongoing renovation of the Luxor's pool complex. The company says the event will return in 2027. For the first time in over a decade, Pride Month on the Strip will pass without the party that made Sunday afternoons a queer staple — and the community is already feeling the weight of that absence. The renovation got underway in December when Clark County issued a demolition permit, with a commercial grading permit filed the following month. MGM is replacing the south pool at Luxor with an entirely new one featuring additional deck space. The company says the project is expected to wrap by July, but the timeline remains subject to change — meaning even a late-summer return this year is firmly off the table. Hotel guests can access at least one remaining pool on property during construction, with overflow access granted to pools at nearby MGM-operated resorts including Mandalay Bay, Excalibur, and MGM Grand. What those alternatives won't have, though, is the history — or the intention. Temptation Sundays was built from the ground up as a queer space, and that deliberate focus is what set it apart in a city overflowing with pool parties. Las Vegas does daylife better than almost anywhere else on earth, with resort after resort competing for the same sun-soaked dollars every summer weekend. But for queer visitors and locals, most of those options were never really built with them in mind. Temptation Sundays was the exception. It was the only pool party on the Strip that existed specifically for the LGBTQ+ community — a place where showing up loudly and unapologetically wasn't just tolerated, it was the whole point. Over its 15 seasons, the event became synonymous with a particular kind of Las Vegas joy. The vibe was equal parts celebration and sanctuary: RuPaul's Drag Race queens gracing the poolside stage, go-go dancers owning the deck, DJs spinning sets that stretched well into the afternoon, and a crowd that ran the full spectrum of the community — tourists on their first Vegas trip, locals who'd been coming since the beginning, couples who met there years ago and kept coming back. General admission ran around $20, with discounts for locals and hotel guests, and for those who wanted the full treatment, cabanas could be booked for up to eight guests, complete with plush lounge chairs and a mini fridge. The party drew especially large crowds during Pride Month, often serving as the centerpiece of queer celebration on the Strip during a time when visibility matters most. Its 15th anniversary season in 2025 felt like a milestone. This would have been the 16th. The renovation is, by all accounts, a good thing in the long run. A larger pool deck, a refreshed complex, and MGM's continued investment in the Luxor signals that the property isn't being phased out — and that Temptation Sundays has a future on the other side of the construction fence. The new space may ultimately give the event more room to grow, with a bigger deck potentially allowing for expanded programming, larger crowds, and an even grander return. But that doesn't make this summer any less of a void. When pool season kicks off across the Strip in the coming weeks, one absence will ring louder than anything on the Luxor's quiet, half-demolished deck. Sixteen summers in, the party has earned a rest. The community will just have to hold its breath — and its swimsuit — until 2027.