Las Vegas Strip celebrates as 2022 begins — PHOTOS

People pose for a photo along the Las Vegas Strip, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Las Vegas, during the New Year's Eve celebrations. (Chitose Suzuki/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fireworks explode over the Strip during New Year’s Eve celebrations on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Alexa Robinson kisses her boyfriend Clayton Amato, both of Henderson, on the Strip in Las Vegas, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fireworks explode over the Strip during New Year’s Eve celebrations on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

People dance on the Las Vegas Strip, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Las Vegas, during the New Year's Eve celebrations. (Chitose Suzuki/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fireworks explode over the Las Vegas Strip during New Year's celebrations, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Las Vegas. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto

Fireworks explode over the Strip during New Year’s Eve celebrations on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Fireworks above Resorts World on New Year’s Eve on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, in Las Vegas.(Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto

A trash can is filled to the brim with empty drinks on the Strip on New Year’s Eve on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Las Vegas.(Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto

Large crowds fill the Strip on New Year’s Eve on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Las Vegas.(Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto

Revelers dance on the Strip in Las Vegas, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Kate Greenhouse holds her boyfriend Andrew Mott, both of San Diego, for a photo on the Strip in Las Vegas, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Law enforcement watch New Year’s Eve crowds walk the Strip on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Las Vegas.(Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto

Large crowds fill the Strip on New Year’s Eve on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Las Vegas.(Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto

Oscar Sanchez of Mecca Calif. poses for a photo with his dog Kash in front of the fountains of the Bellagio, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Las Vegas. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto

Roney Gonzalez takes a photo of his girlfriend, Riga Chow, both of Los Angeles, on the Strip on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021 in Las Vegas. Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal

The Nevada National Guard on the Strip on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021 in Las Vegas. Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Clark County Fire personnel help direct traffic at a drive-thru and walk-up COVID-19 testing site at UNLV Paradise Campus Parking Lot on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto

Pedestrians walk along S. Las Vegas Blvd. near Fashion Show Mall during New Year’s Eve on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Motorists deal with heavy traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Las Vegas. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto

People ride an RTC bus dressed for celebrating along the Strip for New Year’s Eve on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

New Year’s Eve crowds walk the Strip on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Las Vegas.(Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto

Fireworks exploded at midnight on the Las Vegas Strip as revelers eager to put another pandemic year behind them braved blustery conditions Friday evening to welcome 2022 with the return of “America’s Party.”

This year’s celebration — themed “Deuces Wild” — was one of the few large New Year’s Eve events in the country to remain intact, drawing an estimated 300,000 people to the city, despite the recent uptick in cases since the emergence of the omicron variant.