Gray Maynard and Frankie Edgar fought to a draw in the main event of the Ultimate Fighting Championship card at the MGM Grand on Saturday night.
Visitors to the Strip said the streets were tame and party-goers were staying warm inside casinos until shortly before midnight, when crowds emerged to take in the fireworks show.
An early morning fire displaced 16 people and caused an estimated $200,000 damage Saturday morning at a Henderson apartment complex.
A North Las Vegas police SWAT officer shot a man while trying to disarm him just after midnight New Year’s Day, the first officer-involved shooting for the department in two years, and the first for the valley in 2011.
Despite the still-sluggish economy and the unusually frigid weather, hundreds of thousands of people came to live it up and count down to 2011 in the biggest New Year’s Eve party west of the Mississippi.
