The Friends of Classic Las Vegas would like to wish all our readers and all our lurkers
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
May your day be filled with good friends, family, good times and most of all good food.
Las Vegas Neon Museum needs your help!
The wonderful Las Vegas Neon Museum needs your help!
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Please vote for the Neon Museum as your choice for Hampton Landmarks'
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If selected, Hampton will aid the Neon Museum in its creation of a permanent home, with a restored La Concha Motel lobby as its stunning visitor's center.
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New Year's Eve Celebrations
I know it's a tad early to be thinking about it but for those who plan ahead, here is the info regarding Firework Displays and more on New Year's Eve this year:
America’s Party to Bring Fireworks Closer to the Las Vegas Strip
Pyrotechnic display to highlight citywide celebration
Las Vegas Events and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) announced today that ground locations will be utilized as firing points for the New Year’s Eve fireworks extravaganza known as America’s Party.
The fireworks show is designed to bring the pyrotechnics closer to the visitors on the Las Vegas Strip, while introducing new design elements.
The tentative firing locations include (from the south, heading north):
Mandalay Bay – Convention Center Lot (corner of Russell and Las Vegas Blvd.)
Luxor – Parking Lot (across Las Vegas Blvd. on the corner of Mandalay Bay Road)
MGM Grand – Parking Garage
Paris – Parking Garage
Caesars Palace – Parking Garage
Treasure Island (TI)/Mirage – Valet Parking Garage
Las Vegas Convention Center – Gold Parking Lot
Stratosphere – Parking Garage
Fremont Street Experience – Under the canopy
In previous years, when the show was fired off hotel rooftops, the fireworks could be seen throughout the valley. Due to the change in firing locations, the best viewing areas will now be ground level on the Las Vegas Strip. Local residents are also encouraged to take the firing locations into consideration for ideal viewing.
“America’s Party is a signature event for Las Vegas,” said Las Vegas Events President Pat Christenson. “Our goal each year is to develop a show that is worthy of this great city, and this year we will bring it closer to the revelers on the Las Vegas Strip.”
Fireworks by Grucci has been contracted to coordinate the pyrotechnic display. Fireworks by Grucci of New York, innovators in state-of-the-art displays, is world renowned for its pyrotechnic creations. The group recently coordinated the fireworks display at the Beijing Olympic Games and has executed numerous presidential inaugurations and citywide celebrations. Locally, Fireworks by Grucci has produced many of Las Vegas’ largest special events and grand openings, including the official Las Vegas Centennial celebration.
"This will be the fifth time that we have been commissioned by Las Vegas Events to coordinate America’s Party,” said Donna Grucci Butler, president of Fireworks by Grucci. “This show is billed as America's largest New Year’s Eve Party, and it will be coordinated and designed in true Las Vegas style.”
Thematic elements and the musical soundtrack are in the final stages of development and will be officially announced at a press conference on Tuesday, Dec. 16 at the Fashion Show Mall, located on the Las Vegas Strip.
America’s Party is the official moniker coined by the LVCVA and Las Vegas Events to signify the annual citywide celebration on Dec. 31. This year’s festivities include both the themed fireworks extravaganza on the Las Vegas Strip, as well as the live concerts and fireworks under the canopy at the Fremont Street Experience. Themed as “TributePalooza,” the world’s best tribute bands will be performing fourteen hours of live music from 6 p.m. until 1 a.m. (PT) on both the 1st Street and 3rd Street stages on Fremont Street Experience. Tribute bands will be performing as Billy Joel, Eagles, David Bowie, KISS, Rolling Stones, U2, Queen and Aerosmith.
Dr. Lonnie NEEDS You!
You've seen the back of the house as you pass by on Sandhill in the Paradise Crest neighborhood. The Space Capsule that peeps over the fence along with the observatory and more! Well, to long-time residents it is known as the home of Dr. Lonnie Hammargren.
Our pal Uncle Jack LeVine calls Dr. Lonnie the Godfather of Preservation in Las Vegas. Dr. Lonnie has been collecting pieces of Las Vegas and Nevada history for years. In addition, he has been an avid collector of American history as well as Internationally. He also collects the arcane and little known artifacts as well. Over the years, Dr. Lonnie's collection has grown so much that it now fills up two houses and spills out over the yards.
For 364 days a year, a tour of the house is only available by invitation only. But once a year, on the Sunday following Nevada Day, Dr. Lonnie and his wife, Sandy, open the doors and invite everyone to join them in the celebration.
The Annual Hammargren House of History's Celebration of Nevada Day will be on Sunday, Nov. 2nd from 1:00 - 5:00 pm. This year, to help cover costs of organizing and putting on this wonderful event, the charge will be $5.
The Friends of Classic Las Vegas will be holding hourly raffles and helping out. Raffle tickets will be a $1 a ticket or 6 for $5. Proceeds will go to help the FCLV help save our history.
Volunteers are needed to help direct traffic and such. If you would like to volunteer and help out, please contact Jack LeVine at www.veryvintagevegas.com
It should be fun afternoon so if you have never been to Dr. Lonnie's but always wanted to go, here's your chance!
We hope to see you there!