You’ve landed in Las Vegas during the St. Patrick’s Day holiday! This week, there are happenings and specials popping off all around the city, and we’ve got all the information you need to get to celebrating.
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One of the biggest bashes happens along the Las Vegas Strip in front of New York-New York. Right along the Brooklyn Bridge, guests can enjoy bagpipe performances, live Irish bands and roaming performers beginning at 5 p.m. and going till midnight every night through March 17. For a nosh, Irish pub Nine Fine Irishmen has a patio along the bridge with seating and access to the restaurant, and you can order traditional bites like shepherd’s pie, Irish bangers and corned beef and cabbage.
At one of the city’s premier all-in-one destinations, AREA15, you can celebrate with a bar crawl at five of its best drinking destinations. For $74.99 per person, you’ll take a self-guided crawl through Looper Bar, Oddwood, The Beast, Asylum Bar + Arcade and LIFTOFF bar and ride. Tickets include five alcoholic beverages plus $5 in tokens for Asylum. In addition to this great deal, AREA15 celebrates with 20 percent off green treats at Rocket Fizz through March 17.
For some themed cocktails this St. Patrick’s Day, there are many options to choose from, so we’ve narrowed down some of the best options. Start at Cabo Wabo Cantina at Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood and order the margarita verde with Cabo Wabo blanco tequila, fresh lime, cucumber and cilantro and enjoy any Mexican beer dyed green for just $10.
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At Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer at The Venetian Resort, you can get two boozy, yummy shakes throughout March. The Guinness CrazyShake is a chocolate shake mixed with Guinness stout and topped with a vanilla-frosted rim, white chocolate chips, whipped cream, chocolate drizzle and a slice of Guinness cake and half a brownie. You can also tone it down a little with the Guinness Classic Milkshake, a chocolate milkshake with a half pint of Guinness added in.
Head to Close Company in Via Via Food Hall, also at The Venetian Resort, for a festive atmosphere decorated for the holiday and themed drinks, like the Irish Eyes Manhattan with Jameson Orange whiskey, sweet vermouth and creme de cacao; and the St. Paddy's Day boilermaker with Jameson or Jameson Orange and a Guinness Stout; and nonalcoholic options like the Fiona Fizz with Lyre's nonalcoholic amaretti, white peach, lemon and ginger ale; or a Guiness 0.
Over at Grand Prix Plaza through March 17, enjoy St. Patrick’s Day cocktails inside the F1 Hub Lounge. Sip on the Green Flag with Jameson Orange, fresh lime, Red Bull and mint, and the Clover Lane with Jameson, Baileys, dark roast coffee and Clover cream (the cocktail can be served hot or cold). To go with the cocktails, try the flavorful shamrock empanadas (on St. Patrick’s Day only), made with corned beef, steamed cabbage and horseradish cream , wrapped in a green pastry.
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Make your way downtown to Fremont Street Experience. The St. Paddy’s Day Bash is a three-day celebration, March 15-17, across five blocks with live Irish and Celtic bands playing across three stages. Various themed activations will be set up for awesome photo moments , on March 17, guests can register at the 3rd Street stage for the Jig and Costume Contest at 8 p.m., with cash prizes for the best themed costumes and dance moves. At The Mob Museum, make your way into the speakeasy, The Underground, for St. Patrick’s Day specials through March 17. Order the Irish whiskey flight for just $45, featuring a flight of four Irish whiskey specialty pours or try specialty cocktail The Railway Man with Irish whiskey, absinthe, Amaro, orange and grenadine for $15.
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