Ring in the New Year: The Top 5 New Year’s Eve Parties in Las Vegas

The hubbub on the Strip gets going around 6 p.m. on New Year’s Eve when police barricade Las Vegas Boulevard from traffic and revelers spill out on the streets to prepare for the countdown. Then at midnight, fireworks explode from the rooftops of seven casinos, including the MGM Grand, Aria, Planet Hollywood, Caesars Palace, Treasure Island, the Venetian and the Stratosphere. But that’s just the party if you don’t have the ticket. Check out these great New Year’s Eve shindigs in Las Vegas. Call fast and you can still get in on the celebrity sightings.