Fireworks on Fremont

We waited in our hotel room for a little while after dinner hoping to see a big fireworks show on the strip. All we saw were fireworks going off over homes in the city of Las Vegas. We finally decided to get in the car and drive down to Fremont Street. As soon as we started driving away from our hotel the fireworks began. They were being shot from Caesar's Palace...just 2 hotels down from our hotel! We would've had a perfect view from our room! Oh well. Audria and I still got a view of the fireworks as we drove away with the top down on the Mustang.

Casino lined Fremont Street has been topped with a 427m long canopy which is home to (borrowed from the website) "Viva Vision, the biggest big screen on the planet. More than 12 million lights in the Viva Vision canopy and 550,000 watts of concert quality sound pumped to speakers throughout the venue produce an incredible array of eye-popping imagery and heart pounding music." (Hmmm. I thought the biggest screen is at Cowboys Stadium?!? Wonder if they need to update their site?) They have a bunch of the old, famous Las Vegas neon signs and the street is supposed to give you the feel of walking down the strip in the 1960's.

Tonight they showed a concert and then displayed some patriotic scenes (however they were still playing music by Queen...just a little strange for July 4th).

They even had a virtual fireworks show! We didn't miss out on fireworks after all!

By the time we got home we were all tired and headed straight to bed. What a great Independence Day!