Las Vegas NowNew Year's Eve Fireworks From Las Vegas
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Las Vegas has become famous for its New Year's Eve fireworks shows -- the blasts of color in the sky, hundreds of thousands of people down below.
Once you see it, you know it's special. Fireworks cascading over the Las Vegas Strip, explosions of spectacular colors ---- above hotels and casinos -- art meets architecture and the man in charge knows what's expected.
Phil Grucci, owner of Fireworks by Grucci, says, "It eclipses Times Square. It eclipses Australia and all the other iconic areas -- France. The show is the largest by far."
Grucci coordinated and now set up the largest 2006 New Year's Eve fireworks display in the world. A total of 40,000 devices are spread over ten casino rooftops. They will all go off during the choreographed performance -- a performance specifically designed to pay tribute to the past and end the Las Vegas Centennial celebration.
The fireworks were shot off the rooftops of 10 Strip hotels -- Excalibur, MGM-Grand, Monte Carlo, Ballys, Flamingo, Venetian, Treasure Island, Stardust, Circus-Circus, and Stratosphere.
This year's display cost about half a million dollars and it was paid entirely by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and Las Vegas Events.
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