There won't be fireworks in Boulder City at his year's First Night New Year's Eve celebration. There will be a Wall of Woes, where visitors can write down their worries and have them all taken away for 2009.
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman and tourism officials announced details Tuesday for New Year’s Eve on the Strip and downtown. This year’s events will take on a theme called “Takin’ It to the Streets” with fireworks that will be fired from ground locations on the Strip, rather than casino rooftops, which had been the tradition in previous years.
Strip casinos have maintained enviably high occupancy rates during this recession by offering deep discounts and unprecedented package deals – an indication that customers are still willing to open their wallets for bargains even in turbulent times.
