With a winter storm approaching Las Vegas, it’s possible the expected 400,000 revelers will not get to witness the Strip’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display.
New Year’s Eve Las Vegas
Rain arrived late Saturday in Las Vegas for the first time in 79 New Year’s Eves. Fortunately, winds in the 30s diminished enough for fireworks to be ignited.
Clark County expects elevated levels of smoke and air particulates on Saturday and Sunday.
A nearly 80-year streak of dry New Year’s Eves in Las Vegas could end Saturday night, says the National Weather Service.
Rain is forecast as New Year’s Eve expected to attract 400,000 revelers to the Strip and downtown.
The Killers, Adele, Bruno Mars and Kevin Hart are among the big names ringing in 2023 in Las Vegas.
Hotel rates for the New Year’s Eve “America’s Party” celebration on the Strip are nearly three times as high as the average rates for the coming Christmas weekend.
Las Vegas officials unveiled plans for “America’s Party 2023” during a Thursday news conference at Fashion Show mall.
Jack Black of Tenacious D is seeking a song that captures Vegas’ energy: “But the only one I can think of is that Elvis jam.”
From The Killers to Gwen Stefani, Fremont Street Experience to Area15, there are plenty of parties and performers to end 2022. One fireworks show was canceled due to weather concerns.
The Killers play Vegas for the fourth time in 2022, ending the year at the Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan.
Fremont Street Experience has signed several big-name acts, for a $50 ticket price.
Bruno Mars, venturing outside his Silk Sonic partnership with Anderson .Paak, is once again playing NYE at Park MGM.
In downtown Las Vegas, the Fremont Street Experience played host as the “official New Year’s Eve party for the city of Las Vegas” on Friday.
This year’s celebration was one of the few large New Year’s Eve events in the country to remain intact, drawing an estimated 300,000 people to Las Vegas.