( CNN ) -- `` Death rays '' sound more like a sci-fi creation than a pool-side concern , but guests soaking up the sun at the Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas , Nevada , might want to take cover . According to a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal , the reflective hotel 's south-facing tower can bounce rays that will melt plastic and singe hair at certain times of the day and year . Visiting lawyer Bill Pintas from Chicago , Illinois , had a scorching encounter and said hotel pool employees told him they call it `` the death ray , '' according to the report . Pintas , who co-owns a Vdara condo , told the Review-Journal his hair was singed as he was reclining on the pool deck around noon on a mid-September day . `` I was effectively being cooked , '' Pintas said . `` I started running as fast as I could without looking like a lunatic . '' The rays also melted the thin plastic bag around his newspaper , Pintas said . Hotel designers were aware of potential solar `` convergence '' and applied a film that reduced the problem by about 70 percent before the Vdara opened in December 2009 , according to MGM Resorts spokesman Alan Feldman . `` What remains are seasonal hot spots that are most acute of course in the summertime , '' Feldman said . Historic high temperatures in Las Vegas this summer have intensified the problem . Hotel staffers are aware of the hot spots and move guests around the pool deck when necessary , Feldman said . Planners are also looking at additional shading options or putting planters where the rays get particularly hot , he said . The hotel has n't received any complaints of injury beyond those reported by Pintas . `` Death ray '' media coverage in recent weeks has n't had any effect on bookings , Feldman said , and a 72-hour rate sale under way now is unrelated to the buzz . `` I suppose there might even be folks who are very passionate about the sun who want to come see it , '' Feldman said . `` It is n't a visible thing ... if you were standing in the middle of it when it 's 110 [ degrees ] , you 're going to feel it . We happen to be in a much cooler week this week so right now , today , it might actually feel good , '' he said , laughing .
`` Death ray '' phenomenon reported by Las Vegas Review-Journal . Reflective hotel has created hot solar convergence spots . One guest said that rays singed his hair .