Channel 8 had live coverage up and down the Strip and downtown at the Fremont Street Experience.
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Some 300,000 New Year's Eve revelers rang in 2007, as a cascade of fireworks lit up the skies over the Las Vegas Strip at the stroke of midnight.
The fireworks show -- called Vegas Royale 007 Countdown 2007 in celebration of James Bond agent 007 -- was launched from seven Strip hotel rooftops including, the MGM Grand, Monte Carlo, Flamingo, Rio, Treasure Island, The Venetian, Circus Circus and the Stratosphere.
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The 5 minute and 40 second display was rolled out in three acts:
Act 1 -- included a 10-second countdown to midnight followed by Auld Lang Syne.
Act 2 -- called "party time," featured high-energy James Bond hits set to a pastel color display.
Act 3 -- the finale was set to what's called a "techno Bond theme" with a "wall of fire" and a "titanium silver salute."
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In downtown Las Vegas, confetti filled the air at midnight showering an estimated 17,000 people. The party at the Fremont Street Experience included the bands Smash Mouth, Prince, Hootie and the Blowfish, Five for Fighting, All American Rejects and Chicago.
Metro closed a four-mile stretch of the Las Vegas Strip to traffic, allowing a steady stream of revelers to wander the street. To monitor the throngs of people, Metro had 98-percent of the police force on duty for New Year's Eve.
Pyro Spectaculars Inc., the producer of Vegas Royale 007, promised to show off new lemon-, lime- and orange-colored displays, as well as "a creative use of walls of fire."
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