Shiny green comets, red peonies with white pistils, silver palm trees and a barrage of other fireworks will burst, boom and pop over the Las Vegas Strip tonight to ring in 2011. “Probably the part with the most excitement is after you give the fire cue,” said Felix Grucci, executive producer of pyrotechnics for the show.
Bolstered by a big fight this weekend, Las Vegas is gearing up to host 320,000 New Year's Eve revelers who are expected to drop $177 million while they are here — not including gambling.
There’s still two weeks left until New Year’s Eve, but pyrotechnics are already busy atop Strip rooftops to preparing to light of the Las Vegas sky. Officials from Las Vegas Events and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority promised their most elaborate show yet during a press conference Friday.
In another sign that the Las Vegas tourism economy is showing signs of life, the Nevada Taxicab Authority on Tuesday unanimously approved the temporary allocation of additional cabs on Las Vegas streets for the New Year’s Eve weekend and for conventions on the January calendar.
Fireworks will be shot off from Strip casino rooftops for the upcoming New Year’s Eve celebrations. Officials announced the displays will be shot from seven casino rooftops.
Revelers who celebrated New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas have long recovered from their hangovers, tossed their party hats in the trash and made their way home. Now, a month and a half later, Strip resorts will spend the weekend ushering in another new year and one of the most important periods for their business. The Chinese New Year celebration begins Sunday, bringing thousands of international and domestic travelers and millions of dollars to Las Vegas.
