A portion of Las Vegas Boulevard closed to traffic Thursday evening to allow revelers to ring in 2021.
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Tourists and locals braved a raging pandemic Thursday night to end a year of unimaginable crisis with a hopeful eye toward a fresh start and descended on Las Vegas to celebrate the beginning of 2021.
Nevada’s COVID-19 Mitigation and Management Task Force members are concerned that Fremont Street Experience’s plans for New Year’s Eve could lead to a surge in positive cases.
The Fremont Street Experience will remain open on New Year’s Eve, albeit with less pomp and circumstance than years prior.
To end 2020, New Year’s Eve features fireworks in downtown Las Vegas with other parties planned around the valley.
Despite the cancellation of the annual New Year’s Eve fireworks show on the Las Vegas Strip, a portion of the boulevard and Interstate 15 on and off ramps will shut to traffic to ring in 2021.
The Fremont Street Experience drew thousands of people last year. It’s the second major Las Vegas Valley event designed to ring in the new year that will not happen.
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.
The Fremont Street Experience was the scene of the official New Year’s Eve party of the City of Las Vegas Tuesday night.