Most people drive past 1 E. Charleston Blvd. without a second look. Oakwell Beer Spa has signed a lease for about 4,000 square feet there, at the edge of the Arts District, and plans a build-out of more than $1 million, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported on Tuesday, Nov. 3, citing a company announcement. It is the Denver-born concept's first spot outside Colorado, and its first franchise.
Here is the part most people get wrong, and it is the best reason to go: you do not soak in beer. You soak in what Oakwell calls a beer tea, a warm, bubbling bath made from beer's ingredients, with no alcohol in the water at all.
The Hidden Address at Charleston and Main
The Las Vegas spa is being developed by local husband-and-wife team Andrew and Gina Lanzino, according to Oakwell's September franchise announcement. In September the couple said they were scouting sites with a focus on the Arts District. The Charleston Boulevard lease settles that search.
Andrew Lanzino is an Air Force veteran and a former senior vice president of strategy and citywide events at MGM Resorts International, where he helped bring Super Bowl LVIII and the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix to life, according to the franchise announcement. He first found the beer spa idea in Prague during his MBA studies.
| What we know | Detail |
|---|---|
| Address | 1 E. Charleston Blvd., Arts District |
| Size and build-out | About 4,000 square feet, more than $1 million planned |
| Firsts | First Oakwell outside Colorado, and its first franchise |
| Founded | Denver in 2021; company locations in Denver and Highlands Ranch, Colorado |
| Opening date and Las Vegas pricing | Not announced yet |
Anyone quoting a Las Vegas opening date or price today is guessing. Oakwell has announced neither.
What Actually Happens Inside a Beer Bath
Oakwell's Beer Bath Hydrotherapy fills a hydrotherapy tub with hops, barley, and herbs, curated by its in-house herbalist. The baths are unfermented and never contain yeast. Tiny bubbles from an air bubbler surround you, in a beer-like fizz, while craft beer is available separately to drink.
- The suite is private: each booking is a private spa suite, with robes and slippers provided, and a room service bell if you want a drink refill.
- The ritual is 90 minutes in Colorado: a private suite with a therapeutic herbal bath, an infrared sauna, and a rain shower. The bath starts to drain 70 minutes after your start time, leaving 20 minutes to shower and dress.
- The Colorado price is a guide, not a Vegas quote: Oakwell lists its Beer Therapy Ritual in Colorado at $199 for up to two people for 90 minutes. Las Vegas pricing has not been announced, so treat that figure only as a sense of the format.
The fresh insight is the split: the bath is herbal and alcohol-free, and the beer is in your glass, not in the tub. It is a spa first and a taproom second, which is why it fits the Arts District without being just another bar.
How to Be Ready When It Opens
There is no opening date to circle yet, so the useful move now is simple preparation, not booking.
- Learn the corner: 1 E. Charleston Blvd. sits on the Charleston corridor in the Arts District, an easy add-on to a downtown or Fremont Street night, and a short ride from the Strip.
- Plan for two: the Colorado format is built for one or two people in a private suite for 90 minutes, so think date or close friend, not a group party.
- Watch for the real announcement: wait for Oakwell to set the Las Vegas opening date and pricing before you buy anything or plan around a date someone else invented.
Las Vegas has plenty of loud rooms. A quiet suite hidden on Charleston, where the bath smells like hops and the beer stays in the glass, is a different kind of find.
