Vegas Sizzles with Party of the Century
Fireworks Extravaganza To Launch City Centennial Celebration
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 30, 2004

Las Vegas Events and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
(LVCVA) officials joined the city's top brass today at the Fashion Show Mall
to disclose their trump card for a New Year's Eve celebration that promises to
outshine all the neon in Las Vegas, the nation's ultimate party city. "America's
Party 2005: Celebrating 100 years of Neon" will officially kick off Las Vegas'
year-long 100th birthday celebration with the largest fireworks show in
Las Vegas' history.

Billed as the biggest blowout the city has ever seen, the fireworks extravaganza
will launch from 10 resort rooftops along the Las Vegas Strip and will incorporate
all the firepower befitting this mega-glitzy metropolis.

"In a tribute to our Centennial, this year's fireworks show had to be a once-in-
a-lifetime event – bigger, better and more incredible than ever before," said
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman and chairman of the Las Vegas Centennial
Committee. "Fireworks by Grucci created, just for America's Party, a custom-
designed aerial shell called the "Las Vegas Centennial Chip," to commemorate
this landmark event. One hundred of these revolutionary Las Vegas Centennial
Chip Shells– each measuring 200 feet in diameter – will be launched as a kickoff
to the America's Party Grand Finale and herald the beginning of the Centennial
Celebration to come.

The countdown will begin with a B-1 bomber flyover of the Strip and Grucci
Grand Illuminations, featuring thousands of eye-popping special effects precisely
integrated with lasers, all choreographed to a customized musical soundtrack
from headliner Clint Holmes. The first-of-its-kind pyrotechnic display showcasing
Grucci's exclusive Rumble Digit Countdown technology – will set a five-mile
stretch of sky above the Las Vegas Strip aglow with a rainbow of color, while
setting the stage for the Grand Finale, a night of revelry, and the caliber of
world-class entertainment, events and concerts that have made Las Vegas the
nation's hottest resort destination.

The ten rooftop locations for the pyrotechnic display include the Excalibur,
MGM Grand, Monte Carlo, Bally's, Flamingo Las Vegas, Venetian,
Treasure Island (TI), Stardust, Circus-Circus and Stratosphere.

"The Grucci family is proud to be part of such a milestone event as America's
Party and the kickoff to Las Vegas's Centennial," said Phil Grucci, show designer
and executive vice president of Fireworks by Grucci Inc. Our long history in
Las Vegas in producing most of the premier pyrotechnic displays has created
the high benchmarks we intend on surpassing. We have designed many dynamic
effects that have been developed specifically for America's Party and the Las Vegas Centennial year. I assure you, this is one show you won't want to miss!"

For visitors and residents spending the evening downtown, the Fremont Street
Experience located on the street where Las Vegas first began will pay tribute to
Las Vegas' rich history with a New Year's Eve celebration featuring live music
and entertainment beginning at 7 p.m.

For more information on New Year's Eve festivities throughout Las Vegas,
visit http://www.vegasfreedom.com.

For more information about the Las Vegas Centennial celebration, go to
http://www.lasvegas2005.org.