City officials are eagerly awaiting the return of big conventions. West Hall is a huge expansion to the Las Vegas Convention Center. Attendees are ushered to socially distanced tables inside as masked performers dazzle the crowd.
The performances – a fantastical blend of carnival and spectacle – take place inside a tent located outside of Caesars Palace. Spiegelworld’s cornerstone show “Absinthe” became one of the first Strip entertainment events to reopen on March 17 and is now boasting sold-out evening performances every Wednesday through Sunday.
More than a year after the coronavirus pandemic turned the city into a ghost town, Las Vegas is slowly coming back to life, aided by the vaccine rollout and tentative reopenings. The only noticeable reminder of the pandemic were the masks obscuring most of the faces. Street vendors hawked waters and balloons. Showgirls roamed the strip in pairs, posing for photos with visitors – for a fee. Families crowded around the Fountains of Bellagio, enthralled by the light show as geysers of water soared hundreds of feet into the air while Frank Sinatra’s “Luck Be a Lady” blasted over the loudspeakers. On a recent Wednesday night, the famous Las Vegas strip was teeming with tourists.
