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Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024 | 4:18 p.m.<\/p>\n
The New Year\u2019s Eve party in Las Vegas is growing.<\/p>\n
The Sphere has become a countdown partner for \u201cAmerica\u2019s Party 2025,\u201d where an eight-minute fireworks show will fill the air on the Strip starting at midnight to ring in a new year in one of the notable celebrations across the globe.<\/p>\n
Those other celebrations will also be featured in a countdown on the Exosphere.<\/p>\n
Starting at 5 a.m. PST on Dec. 31 with Sydney, Australia, the Sphere will display a countdown every hour to ring in the new year with other cities around the globe.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a height. It is a spotlight on Las Vegas as a global city, a spotlight on our fans across the globe,\u201d Hill said. \u201cWe\u2019re really excited that the Sphere is going to be a part of this and allow us to celebrate New Year\u2019s Eve everywhere this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
The \u201cAmerica\u2019s Party\u201d celebration will return for the 24th year, with Fireworks by Grucci choreographing the pyrotechnic show for the 20th year. Nine hotels are going to pop off fireworks from their roofs when the clock strikes midnight: MGM Grand, Aria, Planet Hollywood, Caesars Palace, Venetian, Treasure Island, Fontainebleau, Resorts World and the Strat.<\/p>\n
Rainbow fan comets, silver sparkling pinwheels, specialty shapes like an octopus and mushroom shells, flashes and rapid-fire aerial shells will light up the sky above Las Vegas Boulevard in red, blue, yellow and silver \u2014 \u201cmimicking the bright, brilliant Vegas lights,\u201d said Scott Cooper, director of business development at Fireworks by Grucci.<\/p>\n
The setup will take five days of installation atop the nine casinos and involve 12,000 electrical circuits. It calls on massive staffing \u2014 71 pyrotechnicians, 90 additional security personnel, engineers and hotel staff, officials said.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s to put on the finishing touches. Planning, developing and design for the annual show takes about 12 months, the fireworks company said.<\/p>\n
The fireworks display will be choreographed to music, including Mariah Carey\u2019s \u201cOld Lange Syne,\u201d followed by ZZ Top\u2019s \u201cViva Las Vegas\u201d cover, and \u201cHouse of Memories\u201d by Panic at the Disco.<\/p>\n
The party will again extend outside of the Strip and into the Fremont Street Experience in downtown. The Plaza will have a fireworks show at midnight.<\/p>\n
Andrew Simon, president and CEO of Fremont Street Experience, said the downtown party is \u201cbigger and better than ever,\u201d including a performance from rapper Flo Rida. The event \u2014 dubbed \u201cNYE Time of Your Life Festival 2025\u201d \u2014 begins at 7 p.m. and will feature performances from seven bands. Tickets start at $50.<\/p>\n
Officials are planning for a celebration with 340,000 visitors, said Tim Keener, president of Las Vegas Events. Many of those patrons will be experiencing New Year\u2019s Eve here for the first time.<\/p>\n
\u201cAmerica\u2019s Party 2025 is sure to be another event to remember,\u201d Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson said. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait to host this amazing celebration to ring in the new year; to ring in the new year all day long as we make our way through New Year\u2019s Eve.\u201d<\/p>\n
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