HMMMMM....

There's a sort of terrace at street level just in front of the Copacabana Palace Hotel. Using it would not require entering the hotel.

Inside the hotel, there's a small terrace around the pool which leads off of the outdoor tables at the casual breakfast and all day dining restaurant. Space would really be limited here and would prevent hotel guests from using the pool. The space also cannot be blocked off from hotel guests staying in the tower annex building or those going to/from the health club or the hotel's other two more formal restaurants and the more formal bar.

There's a large terrace that seems to be designed for receptions and other events off of the event rooms that are old floor up from the lobby in the main (older) building. It's wide and stretches the entire length of the iconic building, including an area on the roof over the casual restaurant that seems to provide additional lounger space for those who want to sunbathe and cannot find space on the pool's small deck. There's a coat check place across the hallway from the sort of large writing room (from a different era) room in a large alcove flowing off of the upper hallway leading to their function rooms. Getting here would require walking through the lobby and using the two elevators that lead to rooms in the older main building.

It's hard to imagine how such a VIP lounge won't have severe negative effects on hotel guests. Maybe Chase/United VISA is paying a lot of money to the Copacabana Palace for this.