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New Year’s Eve Las Vegas

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Celebrating the start of 2017, Vegas-style — PHOTOS

An estimated 330,000 visitors from all over the world descended on Las Vegas on Saturday night for the annual New Year’s Eve celebration billed as “America’s Party.”

Las Vegas area hospitals ready for wild night — or worse

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.

 
More than 80K New Year’s Eve fireworks will light up the Las Vegas Strip

“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.”

Celebrate the new year with these 5 Champagne cocktails

House-made lemonade, Champagne and white wine are mixed with fresh mint and finished with a lemon wedge and sugar cube, $9.99, or $14.99 for 24 ounces with a Twisted souvenir glass.