Nine Strip properties will light up the Las Vegas skyline tonight at 9 p.m. for America’s 250th anniversary, with coordinated red, white and blue lighting and a marquee takeover expected to last 30 minutes.
Tonight, the Las Vegas Strip is preparing to look more like a flag than a boulevard.
A fireworks celebration for America’s 250th anniversary is set to begin at 9 p.m., and Channel 13 says viewers will be able to watch the show live. Nine properties on the Strip are scheduled to participate, using coordinated red, white and blue lighting.
There’s more than one kind of spectacle planned. A marquee takeover is also expected to run for 30 minutes, timed alongside the fireworks.
The display will be brought to life by Fireworks by Grucci. Ahead of the show, Channel 13 spoke with Phil Grucci, CEO and creative director, who described the scale of the moment with the kind of certainty that comes from seeing it take shape behind the scenes.
“This is the largest stage in the world, and this is certainly the largest show in the nation that’s going to unfold three-and-a-half miles wide that no one is going to be able to see unless you’re here in Las Vegas,” Grucci said.
For anyone planning their evening, the numbers are the first thing to hold onto—9 p.m. for takeoff, a 30-minute marquee takeover, and a coordinated Strip-wide presentation spanning three-and-a-half miles. And for the people already out there, watching won’t be the only part of the night that matters.
Channel 13 is urging viewers to share their photos and videos of the Fourth of July celebrations with ktnv.com/letstalk, inviting the public to capture what they can—exactly because, as Grucci put it, the full show is designed for those who are here in Las Vegas.
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