Las Vegas fireworks go off as midnight arrives — PHOTOS, VIDEO

Las Vegas Review-Journal

8 years ago

The fireworks of America’s Party 2018 explode over the Las Vegas Strip to welcome the new year in this view from the rooftop of the Convention Center Marriott in Las Vegas on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. More than 80,000 pyrotechnic effects are were lauched from the rooftops of MGM Grand, Aria, Planet Hollywood, Caesars Palace, Treasure Island, The Venetian and Stratosphere. Mark Damon/Las Vegas News Bureau

Breanna Vereeke and Graham Gugino of Mich. kiss as they bring in the new year along the Las Vegas Strip Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, in Las Vegas. David Becker/Las Vegas News Bureau

The fireworks of America’s Party 2018 explode over the Las Vegas Strip to welcome the new year in this view from the rooftop of the Convention Center Marriott in Las Vegas on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. More than 80,000 pyrotechnic effects are were launched from the rooftops of MGM Grand, Aria, Planet Hollywood, Caesars Palace, Treasure Island, The Venetian and Stratosphere. Mark Damon/Las Vegas News Bureau

Paisley Tanabe, 8, sits on her father Miguel Alacala, 32, both of P[hoenix, Ariz., as fireworks go off along the Strip during the first minutes of New Year’s Day in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto

New Year’s fireworks are seen along the Strip from the top of the Trump International, ringing in the entrance of 2018. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph

New Year’s fireworks are seen along the Las Vegas Strip from the top of the Trump International, ringing in the entrance of 2018. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph

Fireworks ring in the New Year above the MGM Grand hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018.

Fireworks ring in the New Year above the Flamingo hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018.

Fireworks lit the New Year’s sky early Monday morning as Las Vegas welcomed 2018.

The show, which lasted about 8 minutes, went off on a clear night with no wind and great visibility.

Officials estimated that 330,000 visitors would be in Las Vegas for the holiday weekend, and the party went off without a hitch.