Here's some Las Vegas New Year's Eve news ..... Nothing out of the ordinary this year, folks ,,,,, but you never know what this evening's news will bring ....
More than 180 fireworks per second shot from the roofs of seven Strip hotels at the stroke of midnight, continuing for eight minutes.
More than 335,000 visitors were expected in Las Vegas for one of the world’s largest New Year’s Eve gatherings, bringing an estimated nongaming economic impact of $213 million, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Both figures are on par with last year’s numbers.
Despite the crowds, Las Vegas police said in a press release that the celebration was “one of the most orderly in recent history.” As of 1:30 a.m., police were reporting seven arrests within the Strip corridor. The Downtown Area Command, which covers Fremont Street, reported no arrests.
Las Vegas police made two DUI arrests in connection with the New Year’s Eve celebration.
Fremont Street Experience celebrated the Downtown Countdown on New Year’s Eve with performances from Papa Roach, Blues Traveler, Loverboy, Vince Neil and Adelitas Way.
The main event in town was America’s Party on the Strip, where the showgirls and Jack Sparrow were out early trying to capitalize on the event, which was picketed by a group wielding signs calling to “Stop Abortion. End Sodomy. Halt Islam.”
More than 10,000 circuits were set to ignite the 88,000 pyrotechnics in split-second unison from seven Las Vegas Boulevard resorts — MGM Grand, Aria, Planet Hollywood, Caesars Palace, Treasure Island, The Venetian and the Stratosphere — making for a choreographed-to-music spectacle.
Fireworks were by the same company on New York’s Long Island, Fireworks by Grucci, planning to break a Guinness World Record for biggest fireworks display on New Year’s Eve.
That record-breaking show was in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai with 1,250 explosions per second for a total of about 450,000 fireworks.
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