Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to a call of a crash on the Strip early Wednesday morning.
The Strip
“Rock of Ages,” an ode to the Boubon Room on the Sunset Strip, played up the double entendres during its closing show Sunday night at the Rio.
Several tons of tossed bottles, cups, food, paper and various garbage piled on the Las Vegas Strip on New Year’s Eve. A few hours into New Year’s Day, it was gone.
Invoking memories of another NBA star who fancied VegasVille, Kevin Durant of the Warriors hit multiple nightclubs and toasted the arrival of 2017.
Las Vegas rocked into 2017 with a massive fireworks display that turned a hazy sky into a kaleidoscope of color as hundreds of thousands of revelers swayed on the Strip to a medley of pop songs.
Replay live updates from the 2017 New Year’s celebrations around Las Vegas.
In an angelic voice, he sang of devilish urges, his gorgeous timbre a beam of light illuminating dark temptations.
New Year’s Eve at Caesars Palace was electrifying (with Calvin Harris) and also a dance party (with Backstreet Boys).
Part of Las Vegas Boulevard South was closed for about an hour Saturday afternoon as police investigated what turned out to be a false report of possible bomb threats on a Regional Transportation Commission bus.
Restaurants at The Linq Promenade reopened Saturday morning after Southwest Gas Corp. identified and repaired a gas leak on the property.
Under an image of George Michael, Elton John performed “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me” at the Colosseum at Caesars on Wednesday, and is expected to continue the tribute this weekend.
A gas leak at The Linq Promenade closed most restaurants there Friday afternoon, according to Caesars Entertainment.
In addition to the hundreds of officers working to protect the entire Las Vegas Valley on Saturday night, a half-dozen cops on horseback will patrol the Strip.
“This is the biggest show in the country, so I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else but here,” said Henry Herman, a company pyrotechnician for almost 30 years. “New York is nice, but the fireworks are not even close to being what they are here.”
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.”
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