New Year's Eve 2010

Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun

Fireworks explode over the Las Vegas Strip just after midnight Jan. 1, 2011. This photo was taken from Mix atop The Hotel at Mandalay Bay.

Strip crowds brave winter's chill for New Year's celebration

Dec 31, 2010 (7:17 p.m.)

By Erin Dostal,
Amanda Finnegan,
Paul Takahashi

As yellows, purples and reds burst through the night sky, more than 300,000 New Year’s revelers packed Las Vegas to usher in a year many hope will be better than the last. Partiers stood jammed together along the Strip at midnight, eyes gazing up to watch the fireworks.

Revelers celebrate new year with downtown rock festival

December 31, 2010

By Dylan Scott

The lights went dark, the first lines of the Zombies’ “Time of the Season” blared from the speakers and the psychedelic light show began overhead to kick off New Year’s Eve at the Fremont Street Experience.
On the morning after, Strip recovers from New Year’s festivities

January 1, 2011

By Kyle B. Hansen

As the sun rose over Las Vegas for the first time in 2011, the Strip was quiet and cold despite the rowdy party it hosted a few hours earlier.
Authorities keep watchful eye over New Year’s festivities

December 31, 2010

By Jackie Valley

As an isolated event, it might not raise many eyebrows — the theft of a propane tank. But when law enforcement officials at the Southern Nevada Counter Terrorism Center noticed an increase of propane tank thefts across the valley prior to New Year’s Eve last year, they did what they are trained to do. They put smaller pieces of information together to form the bigger picture.
Las Vegas sets record for coldest NYE high temperature

December 31, 2010

By Kyle B. Hansen

It’s going to be a chilly start to 2011: 28 degrees in Las Vegas at midnight, if the National Weather Service’s prediction is correct. Las Vegas set a record today with the coldest high temperature ever recorded in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve: just 38 degrees. The temperature was well below the old record for the coldest high, 45 degrees set in 1975, the National Weather Service said.
Notable Nevadans share New Year’s resolutions, hopes for a brighter 2011

December 31, 2010

By Amanda Finnegan

New Year’s Eve is about looking forward to the new year and making a few self-improvements along the way. And like many others in the Las Vegas Valley, notable residents have their own set of changes they hope to achieve in 2011.
Events Guide: 2010 New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas

December 28, 2010

By Allison Duck

As Las Vegas braces for a New Year, complete with several venues opening on New Year’s Eve, plan your dining and partying to make sure that you don’t miss any of the headliners, concerts or deejays you’re dying to ring in the New Year with in town.
Navigating New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas

December 31, 2010

By Kyle B. Hansen

Final preparations are under way to accommodate the thousands of people expected to begin 2011 in Las Vegas. The Strip and downtown are expecting 320,000 visitors for New Year's Eve festivities, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
Vegas fireworks must compete with glitz of the Strip

December 31, 2010

By Erin Dostal

Shiny green comets, red peonies with white pistils, silver palm trees and a barrage of other fireworks will burst, boom and pop over the Las Vegas Strip tonight to ring in 2011. “Probably the part with the most excitement is after you give the fire cue,” said Felix Grucci, executive producer of pyrotechnics for the show.
Strip rated No. 1 New Year’s Eve party destination

December 31, 2010

By Rich Coleman

Deciding to spend New Year's Eve gallivanting on the Strip in Las Vegas? You're not alone. For the sixth year in a row, discount travel site, Priceline.com has ranked the Las Vegas Strip as the No. 1 New Year's Eve party destination.
320,000 revelers expected to ring in new year in Las Vegas

December 30, 2010

By Amanda Finnegan

Bolstered by a big fight this weekend, Las Vegas is gearing up to host 320,000 New Year's Eve revelers who are expected to drop $177 million while they are here — not including gambling.
Metro announces New Year’s Eve road closures

December 30, 2010

By Rich Coleman

Metro Police have released New Year’s Eve road closure information for downtown and Las Vegas Boulevard.