Glittering Lights Is Opening Soon In Las Vegas
Glittering Lights is back. Well, almost anyway. They’ve officially announced this year’s calendar of events. Glittering Lights has become a holiday tradition for Las Vegas locals. The drive-through light show is a must-do item for your Christmas events list. Located at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, you don’t even have to get out of your car to see over a million lights on display!
This is the 22nd year of Glittering Lights mesmerizing Las Vegas. And it sounds like they’ve upped their game this year. Fox5Vegas reported there will be over 5 million holiday LED lights this year that will light up the 2.5 mile course. It will open this year on November 10, but tickets are on sale now.
Glittering Lights isn’t just something fun for the family to do around Christmastime. They are also famously connected to our community. Many of our local organizations benefit from patrons visiting the speedway at Christmas. Speedway Children’s Charities gets a portion of the ticket sales. Goodwill of Southern Nevada collects items needed by the less fortunate. And our local Boy Scout troops benefit from the concessions sold.
The Las Vegas Motor Speedway will transform into this seasonal spectacular next month. November 11 is the official Grand Opening. And it looks like there are some fun events on the calendar. A PJ 5K Run & 1-mile walk is scheduled for Nov 12. There’s a night dedicated to First Responders and one for Veterans. A Living Nativity is on display various nights throughout the season. And don’t forget about the Santa Tram!
Glittering Lights will be open through January 8 of next year. So you can catch the beauty even after the holiday season has settled down. And of course they’re doing fireworks on New Year’s Eve!
This is a fun family event that you don’t even have to unload the kids from the car for. Just grab some hot chocolate when you get there and enjoy the ride!
–Wendy Rush, 96.3KKLZ Las Vegas
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Las Vegas: Pumpkin Spice Lattes, Fall-Inspired Drinks Start Today
Pumpkin spice and fall flavors during this August heat? Count us in.
If you’re hankering for a toasty-flavored drink that reminds you of crisp autumn air then we have splendid news for you.
Dunkin’ Donuts will be rolling out its fall menu tomorrow Aug. 17, according to its website.
The donut-and-coffee chain will bring back some of its signature and fan-favorite items on the fall menu.
According to Dunkin’ Donuts‘ newsroom, “fall isn’t just a season, it’s a lifestyle.”
Items that are returning tomorrow include:
- Pumpkin Spice Signature Latte
- Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew
- A lineup of pumpkin-flavored bakery items
- Maple Sugar Bacon
Along with this, the donut chain will unveil NEW items as part of their fall menu. These new items are the Blood Orange Dunkin Refresher and the Nutty Pumpkin Coffee.
Dunkin’ will also have great deals for this upcoming season. Starting Aug. 17 until Sept. 13, you can enjoy a $3 medium Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew or a Pumpkin Spice Signature Latte.
However, we know there’s a group of people who absolutely refuse to order anything except Starbucks‘ cult-classic pumpkin spice latte. So you may be asking yourself, “When will Starbucks release their PSL-flavored drinks?”
Well, the answer isn’t as clear cut.
According to EatThisNotThat.com, internet sleuths swirled around rumors that Starbucks will release their fall menu items on Aug. 30. But, these are — as said before — simply rumors, and the coffee giant hasn’t released an official statement regarding the drop date for the pumpkin spice concoctions.
Despite this, you can still indulge in a PSL-flavored drink. Although we don’t have a clear date for the actual Starbucks stores, grocery stores will start carrying fall-flavored items. And like Dunkin’, Starbucks had to add new contenders in their fall-flavor roster.
New flavors will include Starbucks® Pumpkin Cream Nitro Cold Brew and Starbucks® Salted Caramel Mocha Flavored Coffee, according to a press release.
And don’t worry. You can still expect the original flavors to be sitting on store shelves. Seasonal favorites include Starbucks® Pumpkin Spice Flavored Coffee, Starbucks® Pumpkin Spice Cold Brew Concentrate, Starbucks® Pumpkin Spice Flavored Creamer, Starbucks® Pumpkin Spice Flavored Non-Dairy Creamer, and Starbucks® Iced Espresso Pumpkin Spice Latte. Enjoy!
Wendy Rush is the midday host on one of Vegas's top stations, 96.3 KKLZ. She has been with the station for ten years and comes with a diverse career background. In addition to being a radio host, Wendy has lived the Vegas life as an entertainer. She has been a celebrity impersonator, rock band singer, and improv comedian. As a content creator for 96.3 KKLZ, Wendy writes about music, celebrities, mental health and wellness, and life as a Las Vegas local.
