Strip fireworks: 7 minutes, 96,000 aerial bursts, $500,000
Las Vegas ready to light fuse on nation's largest New Year's Eve pyrotechnic display
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. Photo by: Leila Navidi / Las Vegas Sun
Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009 | 2:05 a.m.