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Las Vegas rings in the Lunar New Year with an abundance of festivities, dining experiences, illuminating displays and cultural performances. From mid-January through early February, discover what’s happening across town in honor of the arrival of the Year of the Snake.
Bellagio's Conservatory and Botanical Gardens will be dressed up for the Lunar New Year through March 1. PHOTO COURTESY OF MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL
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From Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, the AAPI Chamber of Southern Nevada will present the 2025 Las Vegas Lunar New Year Festival in Las Vegas’ Chinatown on Spring Mountain Road. Programming will kick off with Miss Chinatown Las Vegas on Jan. 31, followed by a packed Feb. 1 lineup—the parade and float competition at noon, festival opening at 3 p.m., opening performance at 6 p.m. and festivities until closing at midnight. Then, programming closes on Feb. 2 with the World Mahjong Tournament. Attendees can also expect dragon dances, traditional foods, lantern displays and live performances throughout the weekend.
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Bellagio Resort & Casino’s famed Conservatory and Botanical Gardens pay homage to the Year of the Snake, a transformation created by designer Ed Libby and the Bellagio Horticulture team. Guests can visit the 14,000-square-foot exhibit through March 1 to witness a canvas of symbolic animals and festive traditions dazzling through a rich color palette. The Garden Table within the beautiful display can be reserved a stunning dim sum lunch or dinner featuring cuisine by Bellagio's Pan-Asian restaurant, Noodles. The resort will also present a dragon and lion dance on Feb. 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the main valet.
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Caesars Entertainment Las Vegas’ resorts are awash in decorations like lanterns, banners, firecrackers and floral arrangements through Feb. 13. In addition, guests can also experience live entertainment when lion dances unfold across these properties. On Jan. 31, there will be shows at the top of each hour starting at noon at The Cromwell, Flamingo Las Vegas, The Linq Hotel + Experience and Harrah’s Las Vegas, respectively. Then, the lion dances will pop up on Feb. 1 at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino (noon), Paris Las Vegas (1p.m.), Horseshoe Las Vegas (2 p.m.) and Caesars Palace (5 p.m.).
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On Jan. 29, CHĪ Asian Kitchen at The STRAT will commemorate Lunar New Year with a menu of dishes made of ingredients that symbolize prosperity, happiness, good fortune and abundance in the new year. Alongside the specialty Shé Pí cocktail, highlights include a duck and tri-color dumpling soup and Gochujang-glazed pork belly.
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Chef José Andrés' Chinese-Mexican restaurant at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas will kick off Lunar New Year festivities with a dim sum class on Jan. 29. While sipping Salt Air Margaritas, attendees will learn the secret to making perfectly folded dim sum. Additionally, China Poblano diners can enjoy Lunar New Year specials like Shui Zhu Yu (tender fish filet poached in fish broth with pea shoots, green onion, sesame and bean sprouts); Siu Niu Rou (beef short rib slow-braised in a sweet Chinese-style barbecue sauce with cinnamon, rock sugar, star anise and other spices, served over steamed cabbage with white rice); and Xia Baozi (four steamed buns filled with shrimp, chives, glass noodles and egg served with Chinese vinegar) from Jan. 27 to 29.
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From Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, Chyna Club at Fontainebleau Las Vegas will have a special prix fixe menu featuring elevated Cantonese delights like a foie gras taro croquette, steamed crystal uni with a scallop dumpling, crispy golden quail, moon cakes and more. Diners also have the option to add-on decadent dishes like E-Fu noodle, wok-tossed scallop, Wuxi ribs and wok-tossed geoduck. Reservations start at $188 per person.
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NYC chef-restaurateur Angie Mar will throw her Lunar New Year celebration on Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. Bringing her renowned party for the first time to Delilah at Wynn Las Vegas, the highly anticipated evening will feature live entertainment and a buffet of butlered dim sum, Peking duck, live-action chef stations and cocktails.
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Every 30 minutes, Fashion Show Las Vegas illuminates its space with a musical lantern display. Visitors can also find a little magic through lucky envelopes filled with chocolate coins, just 100 of which will contain a poker chip redeemable for a $25 FSLV gift card. Then, on Feb. 2, there will be a lion dance and lantern festival with lantern-making activities and photo opportunities with the God of Good Fortune.
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The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace has a variety of programming for Lunar New Year. Shoppers can marvel at the 22-foot-long dragon covered in 30,000 flickering red and amber lights at the Fortuna Terrace. This display—an emblem of good fortune and strength—is also the place to be on Jan. 29 from 1 to 5 p.m. A symbol of good luck and happiness, shoppers can secure a lucky red envelope filled with special offers and potential prizes like gift cards. There will also be a lion dance performance by the Lohan School from noon to 1 p.m. at The Fountain of the Gods. Lastly, a number of shops and restaurants will have exclusive offers and collections in honor of the Year of the Snake including Sandro, MCM, Ray-Ban, Tod’s, Tory Burch, Kate Spade New York, Burberry, Guess, AX Armani Exchange, Diptyque, Amiri and more.
Try The Serpent's Treasure cocktail at Gatsby's Cocktail Lounge to celebrate the Year of the Snake. PHOTO BY @FOTOJOSEJOSE
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From Jan. 28 to Feb. 4, Gatsby’s Cocktail Lounge at Resorts World Las Vegas welcomes the Year of the Snake with The Serpent’s Treasure (Cîroc peach, Grand Marnier, lavender lemon syrup, blueberry and pomegranate syrup and Brut champagne) and the Wise Choice (pineapple juice, orgeat, vanilla and pomegranate syrup), which can also be made as a zero-proof beverage.
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The Resorts World Las Vegas restaurant has a daily rotating menu with a selection of dim sum. But to really get in the spirit of the holiday, secure a reservation for Genting Palace’s Lunar New Year Brunch happening on Jan. 25, 26, 29 or Feb. 1 and 2 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Lunar New Year fun spans nearly a month at Hakkasan. Through Feb. 12, the MGM Grand restaurant has a variety of menu specials inspired by the Year of the Snake, which is associated with wisdom, charm and elegance. Dish highlights include Golden Yuan Bao (baked dim sum with king crab, caviar and a riceberry rice crisp shaped like traditional Chinese ingots); smoked duck breast with Chinese five-flavored sauce; golden lobster fried rice; and the Lucky Red Envelope dessert with mango curry mousse, cashew peanut praline and mango passion fruit sorbet. Diners also are given wishing ribbons to hang on the latticework throughout the restaurant. Additionally, Hakkasan will host a lion dance performance on Jan. 25 at 9 p.m., during which guests will receive red envelopes they can feed to the lion.
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For garden and lake views to accompany your Lunar New Year dining, head to Jasmine at Bellagio Resot & Casino. The Cantonese-Szechwan-Hunan restaurant will host a not-to-miss Chinese New Year dim sum brunch buffet from Jan. 30 to Feb. 3 with reservations available between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The savory dining experience bursts with flavor through bun and dumpling delicacies.
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On Jan. 29, Komodo at Fontainebleau Las Vegas will ring in Lunar New Year with an immersive celebration commemorated with traditional lion and dragon performances, a Champagne toast and specially crafted dessert. Reservations are highly suggested.
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Across the property, visitors can relish in festive decor, specialty retail items and more. Resorts World will also present a traditional dragon dance on Feb. 1 at 6 p.m.
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When not perusing designer retailers or indulging in a gourmet dining experience, guests at The Shops at Crystals can enjoy a number of Lunar New Year displays throughout the shopping center, including a stunning illuminated dragon spread across multiple garden beds.
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On Jan. 29 at 5 p.m., Silverton Casino Lodge will present a lion dance performance to usher in a year of good fortune and prosperity and ward off evil spirits. The celebratory tradition will begin at the porte cochere and wind through the casino. Guests of all ages are welcome.
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A number of Station Casinos properties, including Durango Casino & Resort, Green Valley Ranch Resort, Palace Station and Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa, will have traditional lion dances. See the full schedule below.
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On Feb. 1 at 8 p.m., The STRAT Hotel, Casino & Tower will showcase a traditional lion dance by the Lohan School of Shaolin, which will feature a 10-person dragon. It will kick off at the main entrance and then make its way through the rest of the casino.
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Photography by: Courtesy of MGM Resorts