{"id":341949,"date":"2018-01-01T15:57:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T14:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/how-the-new-year-was-celebrated-across-america-videos-photos-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2018-01-01T15:57:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T14:57:47","slug":"how-the-new-year-was-celebrated-across-america-videos-photos-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/how-the-new-year-was-celebrated-across-america-videos-photos-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How the New Year was celebrated across America (VIDEOS, PHOTOS) \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.01\/thumbnail\/5a4a303ffc7e93955b8b456d.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Published time: 1 Jan, 2018 13:28 <\/time><\/p>\n<p>        From New York to Las Vegas, America\u2019s major cities put on impressive parties to ring in the New Year on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text  js-mediator-article\">\n<p><strong>New York<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New Yorkers braved temperatures of 10\u00b0F (-12\u00b0C) in order to usher in 2018 in Times Square \u2013 one of the most renowned New Year\u2019s celebrations in the world.<\/p>\n<p>After a calamitous outing last year, during which she stopped singing and asked the audience to finish the song for her, Mariah Carey successfully made it through her set on the famous New Year\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Eve show. Britney Spears and Kelly Clarkson also performed on the ABC program.<\/p>\n<p>The freezing temperature made it the coldest New Years\u2019 celebrations in the city since 1917.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Las Vegas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the most impressive shows in the US took place in Las Vegas, where an eight-minute-long event launched thousands of fireworks from the rooftops of seven casinos.<\/p>\n<p>Security was incredibly tight at the event in the city, which suffered the largest mass shooting in modern US history in October. \u201cIt&#8217;s not pleasant to see so many officers&#8230; They are everywhere,\u201d one of the spectators, Dominguez, <a href=\"https:\/\/lasvegassun.com\/news\/2017\/dec\/31\/new-years-eve-las-vegas-strip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a>\u00a0the Las Vegas Sun during the celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, the paper reports that 300,000 visitors congregated on the Las Vegas Strip to ring in the New Year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"media__youtube-frame\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300px\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bBxU4Zm8YoI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>San Francisco<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong\/>Security was also a notable feature at the San Francisco event, where people could sign up for emergency text alerts that would make them aware of any significant incidents in the city.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis gives them a chance to get connected to us, we can send emergency alerts for anything that might be going on. It could be police activity, fire activity, or even a major traffic disruption,\u201d <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/abc7news.com\/community-events\/big-crowd-police-presence-gather-for-new-years-eve-in-sf\/2846215\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explained <\/a>Francis Zamora of the Department of Emergency Management.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FKRON4%2Fvideos%2F10155471410587098%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><center\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fabc7news%2Fvideos%2F10156284478972079%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><center\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was a slightly more subdued affair in LA, where around 20,000 people flocked to Grand Park for a party featuring live performances and 3-D video projections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seattle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong\/>Seattle also had an eight-minute show with the city\u2019s famous Space Needle acting as an ideal backdrop for the stunning pyrotechnics display.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy New Year! Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TMobile?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TMobile<\/a> for partnering with us for the 5th year in a row to bring you this Seattle tradition! Kudos to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kexp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kexp<\/a> for rocking the soundtrack and to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KING5Seattle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KING5Seattle<\/a> for bringing the show to those that couldn\u2019t see it in person! Happy 2018! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7JfM8RvKld\">pic.twitter.com\/7JfM8RvKld<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Space Needle (@space_needle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/space_needle\/status\/947751925449048064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center\/><\/center><\/div>\n<p><strong>Dallas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reunion Tower hosted Dallas&#8217; impressive New Year\u2019s celebrations. However the event didn\u2019t run entirely smoothly as the city\u2019s fire department was called to the building in the early hours of the morning to tackle a fire that sprang up after the remnants of the fireworks caught fire. More than 15 units of the fire brigade attended the scene, NBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/local\/Small-Fire-Reported-at-Reunion-Tower-After-Fireworks-Show-467494573.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chicago<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chicago also experienced freezing weather conditions as it rang out 2017 and ushered in the New Year. Despite the temperature dropping to 0\u00b0F (-17\u00b0C) thousands of people packed Navy Pier to see fireworks light up the skies over Lake Michigan, warming up the city\u2019s coldest New Year\u2019s Eve since 1969.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/414745-new-years-eve-celebrations-usa\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published time: 1 Jan, 2018 13:28 From New York to Las Vegas, America\u2019s major cities put on impressive parties to ring in the New Year on Sunday night. 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