Letter: Vegas has chance to get it right next New Year’s Eve

Monday, Feb. 28, 2000 | 9:15 a.m.

Wrong! As everyone should realize by now, the 21st Century and the third millennium A.D. will arrive at midnight, Dec. 31, 2000, right on schedule. There are no ifs, ands or buts about it. The media, of course, realizes this, but they wanted to combine the arrival of the 2000s, the "Y2K bug" and the new millennium. Sorry, folks, but it doesn't work out that way.

Now to the point. Why doesn't Las Vegas dig deep and put on a world-class fireworks show at midnight, Dec. 31, 2000, (when the new millennium actually arrives) and not only show up the rest of the world by having the biggest fireworks show ever, but by being the only city in the entire world to welcome in the new millennium.

MARK OWENS

Sandy Valley

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