The Las Vegas Strip will be Closed New Year’s Eve from the Mandalay Bay heading north to the Wynn. (or just south of Trop to Spring Mountain) from aprox 6pm to 3-6am. This is being done although the New Year’s Eve fireworks show on the Strip has been canceled.
Despite the cancellation of the annual New Year’s Eve fireworks show on the Strip, a portion of the boulevard as well as Interstate 15 on and off ramps will be shut to traffic as Las Vegas Rings in the New Year.
Las Vegas Boulevard will close to vehicle traffic between Reno Avenue (just south of Tropicana Avenue) and Spring Mountain Road on New Year’s Eve, according to Metropolitan Police Department. The closure will cover a shorter distance than the Sahara Avenue to Russell Road closure of past years.The shutdown of the Strip is tentatively slated to begin between 6:45 p.m. and 7 p.m., depending on the crowd size at that time, Parra said.
The south and northbound I-15 offramps at Tropicana/Frank Sinatra Drive and Flamingo Road will close to traffic at 5 p.m. on Dec. 31, this according to the Nevada Department of Transportation. Motorists will still be able to enter and exit I-15 at Spring Mountain and Russell. Ramp restrictions will be lifted between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2021...
