A fountain at Caesars Palace sits empty along the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, April 16, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
A cyclist makes their way past the Bellagio along the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, April 16, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Jean Boccelli pedals past a Zoltar Fortune Teller machine near Chili’s Grill & Bar along Las Vegas Boulevard on the Strip Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Carolyn Oliver, left, and Lisa Love practice a dance routine on a pedestrian bridge near the Cosmopolitan along Las Vegas Boulevard on the Strip Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Holly Snyder, left, and Aaron Underwood have their graduation photos taken by Tiffannie Bond near the Cosmopolitan along Las Vegas Boulevard on the Strip Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in Las Vegas. Bond is graduating from Rancho High School and Underwood from Green Valley High School. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Holly Snyder, front, and Aaron Underwood have their graduation photos taken by Tiffannie Bond near the Cosmopolitan along Las Vegas Boulevard on the Strip Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in Las Vegas. Bond is graduating from Rancho High School and Underwood from Green Valley High School. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
A man passes the Paris Las Vegas along the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, April 16, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
People pass by the Bellagio while walking the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, April 16, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
An American flag is reflected in a pool at New-York New-York along Las Vegas Boulevard on the Strip Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
A City of Las Vegas worker cleans the stairs near the pedestrian bridge about the MGM Grand along Las Vegas Boulevard on the Strip Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
A man walks along the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, April 16, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Signage at Caesars Palace and The Mirage along the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, April 16, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Jared Jenkins, right, and Kayla Muaina run the stairs outside Fashion Show mall on the Strip on Thursday, April 16, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
John Vizcarra, director of operations at the Stage Door Casino and market, walks through an aisle at the property off Flamingo Road near Las Vegas Boulevard on Thursday, April 16, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
A view of the empty Stage Door Casino, closed as a result of nonessential business closures, off Flamingo Road near Las Vegas Boulevard on Thursday, April 16, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
A boarded up entrance to the Bellagio along the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, April 16, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
A pedestrian passes a large billboard addressing how to prevent the spread of the coronavirus on the Strip on Thursday, April 16, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
A discarded surgical mask rests on the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, April 16, 2020. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
A large group of bicyclists wait at a light across from Aria on the Strip on Thursday, April 16, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
The Strip is completely empty on Thursday, April 9, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
A New-York New-York sign is reflected in pedestrian bridge glass along Las Vegas Boulevard on the Strip Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
A lone vehicle moves past New-York New-York along Las Vegas Boulevard on the Strip Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
A pedestrian walks down from the bridge across from the Excalibur at Las Vegas Boulevard on the Strip Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
The Strip at dusk on Thursday, April 16, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
Driving down the Strip recently feels like traveling through a scene from a Hollywood apocalypse film: empty sidewalks, dry fountains, boarded-up buildings.
But upon closer inspection, some life has sprouted from the chaos of the coronavirus crisis. Cyclists, high school students and other visitors are taking advantage of the cool spring weather along the “silent Strip” in what may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Review-Journal photographers explored the Strip in the past week and captured these images.
