By the numbers: A look at New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas

Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 | 1:48 p.m.

After 14 years, Las Vegas residents may take fireworks over the Strip on New Year's Eve for granted. But plans for this year's "America's Party" fireworks show have been in the works since the sparks settled from New Year's Eve 2011. Felix Grucci Jr., whose family produces the shows, said planning began Jan. 5. "It is somewhat of an art form," he said today during a press conference at Fashion Show Mall. "It really is the largest pyrotechnic program in the nation for New Year's Eve. It is an enormous logistics task, because the amount of explosives we bring into ...

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