Heavy doses of anxiety, security and elation greeted the imminent arrival of 2018 in Las Vegas. A crowd of 330,000 visitors was expected to fill the Strip and Fremont Street downtown, as a record contingent of law enforcement officers kept the peace. This year’s massive outdoor party unfolded in the shadow of the Oct. 1 mass shooting that left 58 people dead. Several people said they came to celebrate in spite of what happened three months ago Monday.
Security patrolling the Las Vegas Strip on New Year’s Eve.
People across Las Vegas celebrate the upcoming New Year on the Las Vegas Strip and Fremont Street.
Scott Dykstra, 23, weaves around revelers on the Las Vegas Strip on New Year’s Eve as Marc Belizario shoots for a music video.
A reminder for those heading out to New Year’s Eve parties tonight: The Strip and the roads leading to have closed. On-ramps and off-ramps to Interstate 15 just west of the Strip were also closed at 5 p.m. at Spring Mountain Road, Flamingo Road and Tropicana Avenue. Police will start clearing out vehicle traffic along the Strip at 6:15 p.m.
The Rape Crisis Center is reminding holiday revelers to stay safe and aware as they head to New Year’s Eve celebrations across the valley. As part of its “Party Smart” campaign, the center is reminding people planning to go out to arrive together, stay together and leave together. When the party ends, make sure you leave with everyone who came with you, the center said. Don’t let intoxicated friends leave with strangers and use licensed and labeled transportation services to get home.
America’s Party – Fireworks will go off at midnight from the rooftops of Caesars Palace, Planet Hollywood Resort, MGM Grand, Aria, Treasure Island, The Venetian and Stratosphere. Lake Las Vegas – Fireworks shows starting at midnight with live music before the display at MonteLago Village. The Plaza – Featuring a fireworks show at midnight.
Uber driver Michael Niskar talks about the Strip properties that are hard for ride-share companies to access.
They left us in 2017 and might be gone, but will never be forgotten. Here’s a look back at some of the people with ties to Las Vegas who we lost in 2017.
Since Dec. 22, 10 people have been killed in Las Vegas. All but one death was the result of gun violence.
Las Vegas’ top 10 business stories of 2017 10. SpeedVegas crash brings lawsuits and an OSHA fine 9. Construction on Resorts World Las Vegas gets busy 8. McCarran International Airport on pace to shatter record of 47 million passengers 7. More Strip hotels join the pay-for-parking bandwagon 6. Wynn Resorts snaps up 38 acres on the site of the Alon project 5. Fontainebleau finally sold, new owner calls work in progress Project Blue 4. Caesars Entertainment emerges from 2-year odyssey through bankruptcy court 3. Faraday Future abandons planned site of manufacturing plant at Apex 2. Raiders formally announce move to Las Vegas, conduct groundbreaking Nov. 13 1. Oct. 1 shooting leaves 58 dead, causes short-term uneasiness in tourism industry while long-term effects remain uncertain
Three men armed with knives attacked a Las Vegas couple. The home invasion robbery happened just after midnight in a southwest Las Vegas neighborhood. The robbers stole a 2017 Tesla Model S, and the homeowner was hit by the car as the robbers escaped.
Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter David Schoen selects the five wins that cement the Vegas Golden Knights’ place as a top NHL team.
Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter David Schoen selects the five wins that cement the Vegas Golden Knights’ place as a top NHL team.
A horse skull found in Gypsum Cave in mountains east of Las Vegas in 1930, was so well preserved, it was thought to be a modern horse or burro. It sat tucked away on a museum shelf overlooked until recently. It turned out to be 13,000 years old and scientifically significant: the most complete skull ever found of a “New World stilt-legged horse.” Eric Scott, an ice age horse expert at California State University, San Bernardino.
Tuesday’s headlines: Christmas crash leaves two in serious condition, pizzeria robbed at gunpoint, and a Henderson man fighting for his daughters.
Sunday’s headlines: Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run, man and woman shot at home, suspect charged in triple homicide had previously been charged with murder, and rainfall record tied.
Bob and Sandy Ellis donated Christmas gifts to students at C. T. Sewell Elementary School in Henderson, Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. (Joel Angel Juarez/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @jajuarezphoto
Saturday’s headlines: SpaceX rocket, not a UFO, lights up Southern California sky, 2 bodies discovered in eastern Las Vegas home, Three people fatally shot in east Las Vegas
Hand-written cards, panels and notes from across the world make up the Hearts for Vegas display on exhibit on the second floor of Las Vegas City Hall as part of the Hearts for Vegas project after the October 1, Route 91 shooting.
The New York Islanders gave McPhee a job after the Capitals fired him in 2014. (Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
What has 12 bands, more than 80,000 firework devices and some 330,000 guests from all over the world? “America’s Party” 2018. Las Vegas’ recurring New Year’s Eve bash is back and better than ever, officials say. Specifics for the event, which occurs on the Strip and in Downtown Las Vegas, were unveiled Thursday at Fashion Show mall. For the 11th year in a row Fireworks By Grucci is orchestrating the launching of fireworks across seven hotel-casino rooftops stretching from the Stratosphere to the MGM Grand. Beginning at midnight, pyrotechnics will light up the Las Vegas skyline for eight minutes. The explosions will be choreographed to songs by artists including Eric Clapton, Judas Priest and Bruce Springsteen.
An attraction when it opened in 1998 near the Nevada-California state line, Primm’s outlet mall has fallen on hard times.
Singer Pia Zadora might have a swanky room named for her at Piero’s Italian Cuisine, but the place she really holds dear is her home in The Ridges of Summerlin. Her son, Jordan Kaufer, appears as Santa Claus in his mother’s show at Piero’s Italian Cuisine in downtown Las Vegas. Zadora lives with her third husband, Michael Jeffries; her 20-year-old son from her second marriage, Jordan Kaufer, and two dogs, Snowflake and Merle Singer Pia Zadora says she loves “everything Christmas,” and her home in The Ridges is decked out for the holidays. The star of stage and screen welcomed Real Estate Millions into her 7,000-square-foot, five-bedroom home to talk about her Las Vegas history. Pia Zadora works in her music studio at her Summerlin home. She performs at the iconic Piero’s Italian Cuisine in downtown Las Vegas. A portrait of Pia Zadora by Andy Warhol is displayed over the living room bar. Memorabilia includes a framed photo of one of Pia Zadora’s first modeling jobs, an ad for Dubonnet wine, her 1985 Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Performance and the 1982 Golden Globe Award for Best Female New Star of the Year.
A Las Vegas firehouse sex investigation is now complete. The Review-Journal in September obtained a document alleging that a firefighter had sex at a fire station. The accuser claimed supervisors tried to cover it up and intimidate the whistleblower. Now more than one city employee has been disciplined. But city officials won’t say who was disciplined or what punishment they received. None of the employees named in the document have apparently been fired or demoted.
Britney Spears will end her residency on the Las Vegas Strip with a performance on “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2018.” Her appearance will be broadcast during the nationwide, all-star show. Spears started her Vegas residency over New Year’s weekend 2013. She has no performance dates scheduled for 2018. The 5 1/2-hour “Rockin’ Eve” show will start at 5 p.m. from Times Square in New York. Las Vegas rockers Imagine Dragons are set to perform from the 2nd annual Central Time Zone countdown from New Orleans.
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The first lien was filed Tuesday on Strip gunman Stephen Paddock’s house in Mesquite. The lien, $213.73, is for unpaid water service.
State officials admitted in interviews that they have been lax for years in forcing resorts in Las Vegas and across Nevada to comply with a law that requires the filing of casinos emergency plans.
Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant on when forward Ryan Carpenter will enter the lineup. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant on recently called-up forward Tomas Hyka Tuesday. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
