LAS VEGAS (AP) – A destination devoted to entertaining visitors every single day can’t just throw any old party to ring in the New Year.
For one night only, about 340,000 people spending some $226 million are expected to crowd the Strip and downtown Fremont Street all looking to be wowed – and for that reason, Las Vegas casino operators, event planners, tourism agencies and more have spent months if not the entire year planning ways to do so.
The result? A veritable revelry buffet to choose from, some free, most at a price, quite a bit so exclusive it requires an invite from the hotel-casinos throwing the parties for prized customers. Showrooms will welcome A-list performers such as Jennifer Lopez at Caesars Palace, new duo Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga at Cosmopolitan and Maroon 5 at Mandalay Bay. Nightclubs promise performers Iggy Azalea and Drake, among others. And if a flashback is desired, downtown Fremont will offer 13 rock tribute bands (Fan Halen, Queen Nation, Led Zepagain and more).
But, really, most will only need to look up.
Fireworks will shoot from the roofs of seven Strip hotel-casinos timed to a medley of pop music.