Sure Bets for New Year’s Eve

four Places for kissing 2013 Goodbye

New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas is as big as it gets. The entire Strip shuts down to traffic, revelers take to the streets, and fireworks mark the stroke of midnight. There’s no shortage of ways to welcome the New Year, so don’t forget your party hat and glass of champagne.

Here are four ideas for ringing in 2014.

1. Go for dinner and drinks: Mix at Mandalay Bay Mix at the top of Mandalay Bay a perfect spot to spend your entire New Year’s Eve. Begin your evening in the stunning dining room, where a chandelier of Murano glass spheres makes you feel like you’re in a glass of bubbly — so, obviously, you should have one.

Eat your way through a multi-course tasting menu in the Michelinstarred restaurant before heading over to the sexy, sophisticated lounge just in time to watch the fireworks burst in the sky.

For more info, visit www.mandalaybay.com.

2. Take in a show: kristin Chenoweth at the smith Center Feel like keeping New Year’s Eve classy in Vegas? Tony and Emmy award-winning singer and actress Kristin Chenoweth takes the stage at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts for a one-night-only performance. Chenoweth takes you through a night of favorites, including tunes from her role as Glinda the Good Witch in “Wicked” and from “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” as well as original material. This is how to put the “fabulous” back in Fabulous Las Vegas for 2014.

Tickets start at $49 at www.thesmithcenter.com.

3. see The fireworks: eiffel Tower

What’s the next best thing to spending New Year’s Eve at the Eiffel Tower in Paris? Spending it at the Eiffel Tower Experience at Paris Las Vegas, of course. Sin City’s half-sized replica might even be a way better deal. For $200 per person, New Year’s Eve revelers will get endless champagne, a commemorative photograph and a prime spot in the tower to watch the fireworks, 460 feet above the Las Vegas Strip. It’s the most romantic spot to kiss at midnight and tell each other bonne année! 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets available to at www.parislavegas.com.

4. danCe The niGhT away: kaskade at Xs

Iconic Grammy-nominated producer and deejay Kaskade marks New Year’s Eve at XS. Home to Kaskade’s exclusive winter residency, XS is one of the hottest spots to ring in 2014 with a high dose of electronic music. His first residency in 2010 at Encore Beach Club for Kaskade Sundays set the precedent for big-name deejays taking over the daylife and nightlife on the Las Vegas Strip. We can only imagine what trend he’ll set for 2014 with this New Year’s bash. Prices start at $50 for women, $150 for men. Tickets are available at www.xs.wantickets.com.