| Every city in America has a main street. Many | | | | video. One second it may be a TV broadcast, the |
| European cities do, too, but as many of them are | | | | next an indefinable kaleidoscope that pops your |
| round it's sometimes hard to tell which it is. But | | | | pupils. Among the better known signs is Glitter |
| that's not a problem in Las Vegas. Fremont | | | | Gulch's Vegas Vickie, exemplifying everything that |
| Street is it. Of course, those who walk The Strip | | | | is Las Vegas. Kitsch, fun, carefree and silly. Videos |
| will argue. But visit Fremont Street and you'll be | | | | are projected onto the canopy, too. Some last |
| convinced. New York has Times Square at | | | | several minutes and run the gamut from 'The |
| Broadway where the neon lights astound visitors. | | | | Drop', a psychedelic 'happening' ala the '60s, to |
| Paris is appropriately nicknamed the City of Lights. | | | | 'Area 51', showing earthlings in battle with aliens. |
| But Las Vegas is unique. Nowhere outside Asia | | | | 'Above and Beyond' gives visitors a view of the |
| can you find such a dazzling array of sights and | | | | Earth from outerspace, while 'Fahrenheit at Night' |
| sounds, with crowds to match. | | | | displays some of what Vegas is best known for: |
| Housed under a permanent canopy, the | | | | beautiful women. |
| casino-lined street has over two million lights and a | | | | There are dozens of shops, everything from |
| state-of-the-art sound system. The combined | | | | small indoor venues to free standing kiosks. Many |
| effect is, well, electric. Under the $70 million | | | | of the offerings are just what you'd expect - little |
| canopy walk a million visitors a year, if 'walk' is the | | | | trinkets that will break the first time your child |
| proper term. On many nights, it's more like being | | | | goes to play with it. But there is the odd |
| the ball in a pinball game. Not that it's | | | | interesting item here and there. If nothing else |
| overcrowded, it's just that you spend so much | | | | you can grab a doughnut at Krispy Kreme and |
| time trying to take in all the sights, you have to | | | | enjoy the sights from the outdoor patio. The |
| bump shoulders fairly frequently. | | | | canopy is 1,400 feet (about 1/4 of a mile), so |
| Ninety feet above your head there are 12.5 million | | | | you'll have plenty of opportunity to miss |
| synchronized LED lights producing millions of color | | | | something interesting. Better plan to go twice, at |
| combinations, accompanied by animation and | | | | least once when you're sober. |