In true Vegas style, there was no shortage of colorful characters on the Strip and in downtown Las Vegas as 2019 came to an end.
New Year’s Eve Las Vegas
The night sky sparkled at midnight as more than 80,000 fireworks exploded over Las Vegas, welcoming the new year — and the new decade.
House-made lemonade, Champagne and white wine are mixed with fresh mint and finished with a lemon wedge and sugar cube, $9.99, or $14.99 for 24 ounces with a Twisted souvenir glass.
Authorities have received no credible or specific threats this year against New Year’s Eve celebrations in Las Vegas, but they are urging partygoers to remember the slogan: “If you see something, say something.”
Concert halls and arenas are set to host about 80,000 people beyond the fireworks and celebration on the closed-off Strip.
Bruno Mars and The Weeknd. One’s repertoire is a repudiation of R&B’s core values, the other’s a preservation of them. One’s a futurist, the other’s a nostalgist. One’s out to make you forget your troubles, the other’s out to get you so bent you forget your name.
The Las Vegas Monorail will run for 43 hours straight from 7 a.m. Saturday until 2 a.m. Monday, with stops at the MGM Grand, Bally’s, Flamingo, The Linq, SLS, the Las Vegas Convention Center and Westgate.
With 320,000 people expected in the Las Vegas area this New Year’s Eve, revelers can expect to pay a little more for a room this weekend.
Rather than risk huge expense of a DUI conviction — or worse — partiers are urged to take advantage of free bus service and reduced rates for ride-sharing services.
As competition heats up over how to attract patrons to spend some or all of their New Year’s with a particular establishment, some are investing in the amount of alcohol they’re willing to sell.
A 5-mile stretch of the Strip will be closed for up to 13 hours as revelers ring in the New Year, the Nevada Department of Transportation announced.
More than 80,000 fireworks will light up the Las Vegas Strip at midnight on New Year’s Day 2017, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has announced.
If you’d like to spend New Year’s Eve without the crowds downtown or on the Strip, a range of other hotel-casinos and venues around the valley have celebrations worth considering.
Nightclubs pull out all the stops for New Year’s Eve, booking the best DJs, guest hosts and celebrities for the biggest party night of the year.
From headliners to nightclub DJs, the monorail to High Roller cabins, The Strip offers a variety of ways to ring in the New Year.
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