by External Poster » Fri Dec 24, 2004 1:37 pm
This posting is from: Ginger
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This just in from the Las Vegas Monorail:
The Las Vegas monorail will re-open its seven stations simultaneously
starting at 10 a.m on the 24th; Free service to public through Tuesday,
Dec. 28. Its hours of operation are from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily, except
on New Year's Eve, when it will run until 3 a.m. A single ride is $3.
A one-day pass is $10. Daily, multi-day and multi-ride passes are also
available for purchase at participating hotels, at all monorail stations
and at www.lvmonorail.com.
The Las Vegas Monorail connects eight major resorts, linking more than
24,000 hotel rooms and about 4.4 million square feet of meeting and
convention space. The initial 4-mile route stops at the following seven
stations: MGM Grand; Bally's/Paris; Flamingo/Caesars Palace;
Harrah's/Imperial Palace; Las Vegas Convention Center; Las Vegas Hilton;
and the Sahara. The $650 million transportation system runs along the
Las Vegas resort corridor, traveling at a top speed of 50 mph. Up to
nine trains consisting of four cars each run on a single rail that rises
20 feet high in most areas, its highest point reaching 70 feet above the
Las Vegas Convention Center. For more information, call (702) 699-8299
or visit www.lvmonorail.com.
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