New Year’s Eve at Caesars Palace was electrifying (with Calvin Harris) and also a dance party (with Backstreet Boys).
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With some 300,000 visitors descending on Las Vegas for a new year’s weekend of revelry, overindulgence and possible mayhem, area hospitals are gearing up for a potential flood of ailments and injuries. They’ve also got blueprints in place for the worst case scenario.
“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.”
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.
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.
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.
New Year’s fireworks will be launched from seven Strip resorts to help thousands of revelers ring in the start of 2017, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority announced Thursday.
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