Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

New Year's Eve 2011

Continuing their New Year's Eve celebration, from left, Chase Smith, 19, of Las Vegas, Jordan Joni, 28, and David Tirdio, 28, of Spain, hoot and holler walking along the Las Vegas Strip at 7:30 a.m. New Year's Day.
The morning after: NYE's a never-ending party in Las Vegas
Jan. 1, 2010
After a long night of New Year’s celebrations and shenanigans, residents and tourists were still partying on the Strip this morning. The smell of liquor and beer lingered in the air as cleanup crews tended to the littered sidewalks.
A couple at Lavo watches the fireworks display over The Strip on New Year's Eve.
At Lavo, New Year's Eve is less celeb more celebration
Jan. 1, 2010
What celebrity host? The crowd at Lavo may have had a famous person or two in the room, but it hardly noticed.
Attendees at Krave kiss as the countdown to 2010 ends.
Krave crowd going strong well past New Year's Eve
Jan. 1, 2010
At a little after 1 a.m. on the first day of a new year in a new decade, dozens of celebrants walked — OK, some stumbled — down Harmon Avenue near Las Vegas Boulevard. A line still existed in front of the Strip's only gay bar.
Rapper 50 Cent gave partygoers at Pure a 45-minute tour through his hits during the club's New Year's Eve party.
50 Cent worth every penny at Pure
Jan. 1, 2010
In nightlife, as in any industry, success often comes down to hiring the right person for the job. At Pure on New Year's that person was 50 Cent.
About 30,000 partiers filled the Fremont Street Experience to ring in 2010.
Revelers ring in the new year at Fremont Street Experience
Jan. 1, 2010
Ringing in the New Year at the Fremont Street Experience may not have been free - $10 for locals and $20 for out-of-state visitors - but Downtown revelers were out in full force to enjoy the experience
Strip's only gay nightclub rings in the new year
Jan. 1, 2010
At a little after 1 a.m. on the first day of a new year in a new decade, dozens of celebrants walked — OK, some stumbled — down Harmon Avenue near Las Vegas Boulevard. The smoke from the fireworks long had cleared and the massive street party on the Strip was winding down.
Penn Jillette performs The Beatles' "Come Together" with the Lon Bronson All-Star Band at Green Valley Ranch on Thursday,  Jan. 29, 2009. For New Year's Eve 2009, Jillette said his resolution was "to vanish a cow dressed as an elephant surrounded by audience members live on stage at the Penn and Teller Theater."
Las Vegas luminaries hoping for a brighter 2010
Jan. 1, 2010
By almost any measure, 2009 was a rough year for Southern Nevada. And like many others in the Las Vegas Valley, notable residents are hoping to make changes in the new year, whether personally or professionally.
Palms Spectacular Spectacular lives up to name
Jan. 1, 2010
For the countdown to 2010, N9NE Group and the Palms Casino & Resort billed the festivities as a Spectacular Spectacular. Rightly so, as the property partied until the break of dawn with all four venues catering to a multitude of clubgoers and tastes.
Fireworks ring in the new year on the Las Vegas Strip on Jan. 1, 2010. The Strip's newest casino, Aria, was one of seven casino rooftops that lit up the midnight sky with fireworks.
Hello, 2010. Las Vegas ushers in new decade
Dec. 31, 2009
More than 300,000 New Year’s Eve revelers packed the Las Vegas Valley Thursday evening and into the early morning hours today to say goodbye to a decade and one of the hardest years the city has faced.
Didn't do NYE right the first time?
Dec. 31, 2009
With NYE on a Thursday this go-round, what's left to do on New Year's Day but party even more?
Diana Martinez, at left, Stacy McCain and Natalie Sanchez, from Orange County, Calif., rock out to the tribute band Fan Halen during New Year's 2010 TributePalooza at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009.
New Year's party revs up on Fremont Street
Dec. 31, 2009
The self-described “happiest mayor in the universe,” Las Vegas’ Oscar Goodman, saw a world of hurt in his city last year. Unemployment spiked. Tourism was down. The ripple of economic woes affecting America touched many in the city so dependent on tourism.
Pyrotechnicians from Fireworks by Grucci, a company based in Long Island, New York, set up the fireworks for New Year's Eve on the roof of Treasure Island in Las Vegas Wednesday, December 30, 2009.
Strip fireworks: 7 minutes, 96,000 aerial bursts, $500,000
Dec. 31, 2009
The Black Eyed Peas won’t be the only ones bringing some “Boom Boom Pow” to the Las Vegas Strip on New Year’s Eve. So will Fireworks by Grucci. The 315,000 expected visitors to the Strip will be watching the largest fireworks show in the country at midnight, while the Black Eyed Peas perform at the Luxor. The celebration on the Strip, dubbed America’s Party, is presented by Las Vegas Events, a not-for-profit special events agency funded by hotel room taxes.
Local hard rock band Slaughter is playing a New Years Eve show Thursday at Vince Neil's Feelgoods Rock Bar and Grill.
Rocking in the new year: Q&A with Slaughter
Dec. 30, 2009
The local band on Vegas and why they're like that guy in that porn movie.
Local hard rock band Slaughter is playing a New Years Eve show Thursday at Vince Neil's Feelgoods Rock Bar and Grill.
Slaughter to rock in new year at Feelgoods
Dec. 30, 2009
Slaughter wants you to rock -- not ring -- in the new year Thursday. The Las Vegas rock band that ascended to national prominence in the '90s with hits like "Up All Night" and "Fly to the Angels" is returning home for a New Year's Eve gig at Vince Neil's Feelgoods Rock Bar and Grill
Fans cheer as The Original Kiss Army plays during Tribute Palooza, the 2008 New Year's Eve party at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas.
Strip to be closed to cars for New Year's Eve
Dec. 30, 2009
Getting around Las Vegas will be a little more difficult than normal Thursday night as thousands of people descend on the city to ring in the new year, closing the Strip to vehicle traffic for the night.