Dennis Rodman’s 1998 party in Las Vegas being made into a film

The sun never sets on Dennis Rodman’s infamous traipse through Vegas during the 1998 NBA Finals.

A feature film dubbed “48 Hours in Vegas” will grab the tail of this tale, during which Rodman visited our city during break in the ‘98 Bulls-Jazz series. Lord Miller for Lionsgate has signed on as producer. The film is centered on a screenplay by Jordan VanDina (“The Binge” on Hulu). Rodman is a higher-up, as an executive producer.

No actors have named to the movie. Portraying Rodman in this escapade could be a career-shaping opportunity.

Rodman’s brief but eventful break from the Bulls — and also NBA protocol — was recalled during the documentary series “The Last Dance.” Bulls head coach Phil Jackson granted Rodman permission to leave the team for a couple of days during the NBA Finals.

Rodman has received permission from Bulls coach Phil Jackson for this quick trip to Vegas. Rodman had spent much of the season as Michael Jordan’s sidekick. the Bulls’ No. 2 star, Scottie Pippen, who typically held that role, was out with a foot injury.

In Pippen’s place, Rodman had been a “model citizen,” Jordan says in the documentary, and was going “(expletive) insane” behaving himself until Pippen returned in January 1998. Rodman finally asked Jackson for some time off to “let loose.” Jackson offered 48 hours.

Jordan skeptically told the coach, “Phil, you let this dude take a vacation, we’re not going to see him. If you let him go to Vegas, we’re definitely not gonna see him.”

Rodman flew to Vegas, at the time a favorite party destination. He hit Hard Rock Hotel (which is now Virgin Hotels Las Vegas); the Drink (and Eat Too!), which is now an unoccupied building next to Virgin on Harmon Avenue; The Mirage; Club Rio; and the Las Vegas Hilton, now Westgate Las Vegas.

Those who were around the Vegas scene in those days referred to the misadventure as “The Rodman World Tour.”

One episode that would seem ripe for the script was Rodman’s visit to Hard Rock’s Center Bar, the resort’s galvanizing point of revelry. The acoustics in the bar’s high-arced ceiling allowed conversations to be heard across the venue. Rodman was heard describing a favorite sex act. Bartenders interceded.

“We had to say, ‘Everyone can hear you. This isn’t where you hang your dirty laundry,’ ” Ziggy Pawlowski, then a Hard Rock bartender, said of Rodman’s days at the hotel. “He said, ‘OK, I’m cool.’ I think he was obnoxious just for shock value. But this was the Hard Rock; he was at home. Everyone was out of control.”