[njgeorge]

I am staying at the Flamingo on the strip New Years Eve and wanted to know when should I get to hotel. What time do they shut down the strip to traffic. Is it correct that the casinos do not let people in and out between certain times. Can you carry drinks around. Are bottles allowed? Are backpacks allowed? When will the strip open again for traffic. Can you walk up and down the strip or will it be too crowded? Thanks

[NLVgal]

Th strip is a zoo on NYE. Locals use the back entrances to the casinos after traffic is shut down on the strip. I can't remember exactly what time they close it down, (maybe 8 PM) but it reopens around three AM.

Absolutely no glass bottles, but people carry plenty of drinks in festive plastic cups, while wearing silly hats and glasses. It's a street party of sorts, so "walking" is a bit of a misnomer. It's more like nudging. I wouldn't bring a backpack, you will find it too cumbersome.

Happy New Year!

[EA]

So where is a decent place, off strip, to watch and photograph? I have 2 small kids I don't need them being trampled or otherwise hurt.I do want to be close enough to hear and maybe even feel the explosions.

[UTES]

Taken from Vegas.com

America's Party: Las Vegas New Year 2014
Date: Tuesday, Dec. 31, midnight
Price: Free
Where: Las Vegas Strip

Enjoy the spectacular fireworks show fired from seven rooftop locations along the Las Vegas Strip. The firing locations (from the south, heading north) include MGM Grand, Aria, Planet Hollywood, Caesars Palace, Treasure Island (TI), The Venetian and the Stratosphere. The fireworks choreography will be set to a soundtrack using Pitbull and Christina Aguilera's "Feel This Moment" as the theme of this year's colorful explosions. The performance will start at 11:59:50 p.m. with 10 seconds of dramatic pyrotechnics rising up as the official countdown from the Stratosphere rooftop firing location. Exactly at the stroke of midnight, the sequences will kick in from the other hotels.

Bill

[UTES]

From 8newsnow.com

Downtown

The Fremont Street Experience will be closed from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. allowing for the entertainment set-up. The gates will open at 6 p.m.

Las Vegas Blvd. Closures

At 5 p.m., Nevada Highway Patrol will close the off ramps from I-15 onto eastbound Tropicana Avenue, Flamingo and Spring Mountain roads.

At 5:45 p.m., all other streets, roads and alleys leading westbound onto Las Vegas Boulevard between Sahara Avenue and Russell Road from Koval Lane will be closed.

At 6 p.m., all streets, roads and alleys leading onto Las Vegas Boulevard between Sahara Avenue and Russell Road will be closed.

At 6:15 p.m., Metro Police traffic officers will begin clearing vehicle traffic off Las Vegas Boulevard between Sahara Avenue and Russell Road.

At 6:30 p.m., all inbound roads leading onto Las Vegas Boulevard will be fully closed to traffic.

At 6:30 p.m. all moving walkways, elevators and escalators leading to or crossing Las Vegas Boulevard will be shut off.

At 6:30 p.m., Las Vegas Boulevard will open to pedestrian traffic.

From 12 a.m. to 12:15 a.m., a fireworks show will take place on the Strip and Fremont Street.

NOTE: Throughout the evening, travel on Sahara Avenue, Russell Road, Desert Inn Road, Frank Sinatra Drive and Koval Lane will remain unrestricted.

Re-Openings

At 12:15 a.m., all moving walkways, elevators and escalators leading to or crossing Las Vegas Boulevard will resume operation.

At 1:30 a.m., all celebrations will end and barricades will be removed.

At 2 a.m., street sweepers will begin clean up, working from south to north.

At 3:30 a.m., off ramps from I-15 onto eastbound Tropicana Avenue, Flamingo and Spring Mountain roads will reopen. All other streets leading onto Las Vegas Boulevard from Sahara Avenue and Russell Road will re-open.

Bill

[sargentodiaz]

A great place to view the fireworks all over the valley and at the varied casinos is high on Hollywood Blvd on the east side. You can reach it via Lake Mead, Bonanza, Charleston, Sahara, or Vegas Valley.

There are several public parks on the west side with fireworks but all are extremely crowded.

My family and I are going to stay home and watch on TV.

If you have children, AVOID THE STRIP AND DOWNTOWN AT ALL COSTS!!!!!

[EA]

I'm 3 minutes from hollywood blvd. I'm familiar with the view. I'd like to be a little closer though.

[hannaranch]

Decatur off the 215 Beltway. There are vacant lots that show the Strip.

[pommysmommy]

I see that there is no Party on the Bridge this year due to the construction at NYNY. Will the overpass be open between NYNY and the MGM after midnight?

[airics]

it's weird... when i first started visiting here and even during the first couple years i lived here, i wanted to do New Years on the strip....never had the opportunity... 2 years ago, i was training for my current job at Mandalay and worked New Years Eve. After seeing the crowds rumble out of the hotel for the 10 minutes of fireworks and all the drunks... i have no, zero, none, nada intention of being on the strip on New Years Eve....plus i can see the fireworks from one of the bedrooms in my house... granted the strip is tiny... and i mean tiny...