Enjoy concerts, food, fireworks and more around the valley
By JAN HOGAN
VIEW STAFF WRITER
Courtesy Las Vegas 51s/SPECIAL TO View Fourth of July fireworks explode over Cashman Field after a Las Vegas 51s baseball game in 2006. The 51s will shoot off fireworks after the last out of games played against the Reno Aces Thursday and Friday at Cashman Field. The team will be on the road on Saturday.
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The Las Vegas Valley hosts memorable fireworks displays on the Fourth of July. Neighborhoods offer their own form of fun. Here's what to expect this year.
NORTH LAS VEGAS
The city of North Las Vegas will host its 10th annual Independence Day Jubilee at 6 p.m. Thursday at Seastrand Park, 6330 Camino Eldorado. The event will include a fireworks show, children's activities, live entertainment and food vendors. Pets, glass bottles, umbrellas, fireworks, tents, tables and portable grills will not be allowed. Gates will open at 5 p.m. The event is free.
For more information, call 633-2650 or visit www.cityof northlasvegas.com.
STATION CASINOS
Station Casinos plans what it calls "the largest Fourth of July fireworks show that Las Vegas has ever seen."
Plans are in the works for fireworks shows to go off simultaneously about 9:30 p.m. Saturday at nine Station Casinos' properties. On the west side of the valley, sites include Red Rock Resort, Aliante Station, Santa Fe Station and Palace Station, and neighboring properties Texas Station and Fiesta Rancho will be a shared show.
The pyrotechnic shows will be produced by the Grucci Family, which has clients around the world.
THE SPRINGS PRESERVE
The Las Vegas Philharmonic plans its Fourth of July Star Spangled Spectacular on Saturday at a new venue, the Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd.
"We were there for the Springs opening, so we got an idea of what it offered," said Jeri Crawford, the next presiding officer of the philharmonic. "They're expanding the stage, just to accommodate us."
The evening event -- gates open at 6 p.m., and the concert begins at 8 p.m. -- will use the outdoor amphitheater, which can hold approximately 2,000 people. The concert will be followed by a laser light show.
Reserved seats in the amphitheater are available for $27.50, and grounds passes, which include non-seated access to the concert venue amid standing cocktail tables, as well as the balcony at the Springs Café, are $17.50. The VIP package is $82.50 and includes a pre-concert reception in the ORIGEN Rotunda with complimentary hors d'oeuvres, beer and wine service and access to an exclusive tabled seating area in the amphitheater.
For more information, visit www.springspreserve.org or call 822-7705.
SUMMERLIN
The Summerlin Council plans to host its Fourth of July Patriotic Parade beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday at Hillpointe Road and Hills Center Drive, with the parade route traveling south on Hills Center Drive toward the Village Center Circle roundabout, then west on Trailwood Drive, ending at Spring Gate Lane.
"The parade has grown in size and attendance every year for the last 15 years," said Traci Giesea, special events and recreation coordinator for The Summerlin Council. "This year is not an exception."
Call 341-5500.
Contact Summerlin View and South SummerlinView reporter Jan Hogan at jhogan@viewnews.com or 387-2949.
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