Karmella and Edmond Varpanin, left, and Stella Khania take a photograph while celebrating New Years Eve on the Las Vegas Strip, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Elipagephoto
Dinorah Carbajal, 51, of San Diego, Calif., center, sings and dances on Las Vegas Blvd., celebrating New Years Eve on the Las Vegas Strip, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Elipagephoto
Jose Badillo, 37, left, and Bella Lamos, 27, of of San Jose, Calif., kiss on Las Vegas Blvd., while celebrating New Years Eve on the Las Vegas Strip, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Elipagephoto
Individuals gather to celebrate New Years Eve on the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Elipagephoto
Individuals gather to celebrate New Years Eve on the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Elipagephoto
Individuals watch the Bellagio Fountains while celebrating New Years Eve on the Las Vegas Strip, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Elipagephoto
Individuals watch the Bellagio Fountains while celebrating New Years Eve on the Las Vegas Strip, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Elipagephoto
Sadie, 13, left, Makenzie, 15, center and their mom Holly Gallup, 45, of San Jose, Calif., walk down Las Vegas Blvd., celebrating New Years Eve on the Las Vegas Strip, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Elipagephoto
Individuals gather to celebrate New Years Eve on the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Elipagephoto
Individuals gather to celebrate New Years Eve on the Las Vegas Strip, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Elipagephoto
Krystal Barlatt, 25, left, and Shegun Barlatt, 38, of Sacramento, Calif., kiss at midnight on the Las Vegas Strip on Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Elipagephoto
Shegun Barlatt, 38, left, and Mari (last name not given), center and Krystal Barlatt, 25, of Sacramento, Calif., hug at midnight on the Las Vegas Strip on Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Elipagephoto
Clark County crews load fencing onto trucks about 4:30 a.m. Jan. 1, 2021, after the Las Vegas Strip resumed normal operations after New Year’s Eve wselcomed in 2021. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Clark County crews load fencing onto trucks about 4:30 a.m. Jan. 1, 2021, after the Las Vegas Strip resumed normal operations after New Year’s Eve wselcomed in 2021. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Plenty of revelers on the Strip, but no fireworks.
That was the abnormal start of 2021 in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department made 36 arrests on the Strip and Fremont Street. Of these, 10 were for felonies and 26 for misdemeanors.
Clark County workers were busy at 4:40 a.m. loading up roadway barriers on the Strip near Flamingo Road. By 5 a.m. the New Year’s party was over with just a few revelers left out on the Strip and the Fremont Street Experience. However there continued to be a heavy law enforcement presence on Las Vegas Valley roadways. The Review-Journal observed multiple officers on motorcycles and in patrol cars working drunk driving saturation patrols.
