No tactical units or mounted police were called out for crowd control, Sheriff Jerry Keller said. On a usual Friday night, we have 200 arrests. We are way, way below that. This is the first New Year's Eve in his 30 years on the police force in which Metro Police were not called to its second level of screening calls, Keller said. In addition, no utilities were affected by computer glitches related to the change from 1999 to 2000, the sheriff said.
All power is up.
Phones will still working after midnight, and Internet connections appeared to still be up. Predictions of catastrophe brought on by the Y2K computer bug didn't do much to deter revelers from their usual New Years Eve routine of drinking heavily, yelling for no discernable reason and urinating in bushes. Men demanded that all women within earshot show their breasts, and many women obliged. Transvestites worked the crowd, posing for photos. And not one, but two pairs of rapping white boys held court in front of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino.