As if you needed an excuse.
For anyone looking for a last minute, gotta go, gonna have a big ass party: The answer remains Las Vegas, the only city to trademark the phrase, “America’s Party: A Vegas Celebration.”
Face it, it’s better than watching a ball drop onto frozen concrete (it’s warmer and you can find free drinks), its more fun than a family New Year’s party (no creepy uncle wanting to kiss you at the strike of midnight) and certainly more interesting than any downtown pub, where you know everyone leaning up against the counter. Here’s a world-wide truth: Strangers are just more beautiful than your friends.
So why not join the throngs of people that will mix the Vegas Strip with the Freemont Experience as everyone looks to the sky and watches night become day for 7 minutes and 11 seconds?
“New Year’s Eve provides the perfect excuse for a getaway, and there is no better place to celebrate than Las Vegas,” said Cathy Tull, senior vice president of marketing for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. “From our world-class dining to unparalleled nightclubs and star-studded shows and events, we provide a great experience no matter what your style.”
Indeed. Thousands of people will head to Vegas this year for New Year’s Eve and enjoy the 10th year in a row of the fireworks that will be launched from a series of hotels along The Strip.
A massive party will also take place downtown as well, where people can pay $10 to press up against more people and scream when the clock strikes midnight — in New York, and Chicago, and finally Vegas — that’s one of the advantages of a western New Year’s.
(Note: You have to pay $10 for the downtown experience, must be 21 and once the area fills up, no more people will be allowed in. If you want to reserve tickets, they cost an extra $10 and you can reserve them at 702-678-5600 or (877) VEGAS4U. Also, if you want to hangout at the Freemont Experience, you have to be 21.)
So what’s left? Roll up your skinny jeans, pack up that little black dress that is just a touch inappropriate for work, and cash in a few favors so someone feeds your dog, you’re heading to Vegas. There are still plenty of deals to be found for cheap tickets and hotels — and we can’t think of a better way to ring in the New Year, Can you?
Photos provided by Las Vegas News Bureau.
