yep it looks like "ya gotta do it once in your lifetime" and spend nye in vegas.so my first thoughts are stay at the ho and watch from the parking garage roof or,need other options and help here!one other option here would be to stay off strip,on the cheap,park early in the day at say t.i.and enjoy the evening on the strip with the masses.so those of you that have done this,a little help please!

It would seem counterproductive to come to Las Vegas on New Years and stay off the strip. The strip shuts down about 5pm, so at least your car needs to be parked by then. Most casinos on the strip issue wrist bands to their guests and lock out anyone else. If there are fireworks, they will probably be shot off the top floor of the major parking garages. There will be port-a-pottys and drink stands lined up and down the strip.

I suggest a strip hotel, somewhere between P-ho and Venerian. Have your car secured by noon. Remember that if you wander very far, you'll have to wander back since there is no vehicle traffic. So if you want to see Robbie Knevel jump a rock on the far end of the strip, you'll have to walk back to your host hotel. Basic rules for situational awareness in crowds is needed to avoid everything from pick pockets to someone elses body fluids. If you want dinner that night, make reservations early. Have snacks and drinks available in room. For cheap strip rooms, don't forget Casino Royale or IP.

IF you did stay off strip, I don't know what the parking situation would be. At some point, it will be room guests only. I don't know when they would let you back into the garage to get your car back. If you do get in, you're in for the long haul.

A friend that went last year told the story of buying a beer in one of those really tall plastic glasses. The problems was that it was so crowded that he couldn't turn the glass up to drink it without going to the edge of the barricade.

i realize that prices will come down but even off strip prices are out of my comfort zone.after throwing a few prices at the wifey,she said "for a thousand bucks you better find warm white sand up the crack of your a--".plenty of time to work on this.a couple of bottle rockets out in the dessert could be fun<G>

I did it one time, u should too!
Have low expectations and you'll have a blast.
ME? I''ll go at slower, cheaper times.
M2C

Hey dag, got anything planned for a trip sooner than that? Lee?

We will be out in November on our annual Thanksgiving trip.
Sharon has been chosen at her work to be a trainer on the new system they are going live with the week of July 4th. I don't see where she will get the time off, till the bugs are worked out. This is a company wide roll out, and she is just one of three for her distribution center. Remember the Chicago trip in January? Well that was the start of training. Unfortunately, the closest location to Las Vegas is Reno branch, and she really doesn't want to start all the travel. The system is so new they are one of the first companies to use it.
I see this as a cluster ____!
Anyway, if things go smooth, maybe a September trip after a 9/9/09 wedding in California (relation, not us). Who gets married on a Wednesday?
Lee-PA

Someone who thinks the number 9 is lucky - or who is concerned their spouse will forget the wedding date?

I think it's the later!