{"id":6728,"date":"2013-12-20T16:04:52","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T16:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2013\/12\/20\/a-look-at-las-vegas-nye-fireworks-show-by-the-numbers\/"},"modified":"2013-12-20T16:04:52","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T16:04:52","slug":"a-look-at-las-vegas-nye-fireworks-show-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2013\/12\/20\/a-look-at-las-vegas-nye-fireworks-show-by-the-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at Las Vegas\u2019 NYE fireworks show by the numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Original Post Content --><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i44.tinypic.com\/2uj1nqo.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 185px\">New Year\u2019s Eve fireworks above the Strip as seen from atop the Rio on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\tGo to this link for slideshow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegassun.com\/photos\/galleries\/2012\/dec\/31\/1231_fireworks_tour\/embed\/?_ga=1.141392498.153430846.1386430539\">http:\/\/www.lasvegassun.com\/photos\/galleries\/2012\/dec\/31\/1231_fireworks_tour\/embed\/?_ga=1.141392498.153430846.1386430539<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\tIn a city known for being over the top, it is still one of Las Vegas\u2019 most explosive, colorful displays \u2014 the annual New Year\u2019s Eve fireworks show, one of the biggest in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\tDesigned by pyrotechnic extraordinaire Felix Grucci Jr., owner of Fireworks By Grucci, and dubbed \u201cAmerica\u2019s Party,\u201d the show will include fireworks at seven casinos along the Strip.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe show begins at 11:59:50 p.m. with a 10-second countdown of fireworks shot from 10 floors of the Stratosphere, followed by the massive display and music from Frank Sinatra, Pitbull and Poison.<\/p>\n<p>\t\u201cThere\u2019s no better place to spend New Year\u2019s Eve than Las Vegas,\u201d Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\tHere\u2019s a look at the show by the numbers:<\/p>\n<p>\t7: The number properties with platforms to launch fireworks (MGM Grand, Aria, Planet Hollywood, Caesars Palace, Treasure Island, The Venetian and Stratosphere)<\/p>\n<p>\t8: The number of minutes the show lasts. (8 minutes, 23 seconds to be exact.)<\/p>\n<p>\t12: The number of months it takes to plan the show.<\/p>\n<p>\t10,000: The number of circuits needed to send pulses of electricity to activate the pyrotechnics.<\/p>\n<p>\t80,000: The number of pyrotechnic devices in the show.<\/p>\n<p>\t300,000: The number of visitors expected to ring in the New Year on the Las Vegas Strip.<\/p>\n<p>\t500,000: The number of dollars spent on the show.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Replies:<\/h3>\n<p>No replies were posted for this topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Year\u2019s Eve fireworks above the Strip as seen from atop the Rio on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. Go to this link for slideshow http:\/\/www.lasvegassun.com\/photos\/galleries\/2012\/dec\/31\/1231_fireworks_tour\/embed\/?_ga=1.141392498.153430846.1386430539 In a city known for being over the top, it is still one of Las&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-casino-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}