A helicopter tour is an alternative to the typical Las Vegas walking tour. Sundance Helicopters, the largest helicopter company in Nevada, offers several tour options that include flights over Las Vegas. The Twilight City Helicopter Tour is an aerial tour of Las Vegas and surrounding areas. The tour begins with round trip limousine transportation from most Las Vegas hotels. Guests are transported to the company's Las Vegas terminal and an awaiting six-passenger jet helicopter.
The helicopter departs and begins the 30-minute flight over Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and the Colorado River. It then heads towards the Las Vegas Strip and the Fremont Street Experience downtown. All the seats on the helicopter are forward facing and allow each passenger a 180-degree view of the city below. As of September 2010, the Twilight Tour starts at $220 per passenger.
Sundance Helicopters
McCarran International Airport
5596 Haven Street
Las Vegas, NV 89119
800-653-1881
sundancehelicopters.com
Based on the popular CBS show, CSI: The Experience provides visitors an interactive look into crime scene investigation. Visitors investigate simulated crime scenes while interacting with characters from the show via video and actual forensic experts. The exhibit includes footage from the show, as well as real life crime scene investigators and forensic analysts.
Among other activities, visitors examine one of three crime scenes for evidence and clues; visit with the medical examiner for additional clues; examine forensic evidence and witness forensic procedures such as ballistic testing; and submit conclusions to learn if his or her case analysis is correct. Visitors can choose the pace at which to proceed through the exhibit; however, the average total time is one hour.
As of September 2010, prices for CSI: The Experience are $23 per child and $30 per adult. The exhibit is open to people of all ages; however, organizers recommend children be at least 12 years of age. The exhibit is housed in the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.
MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
CSI: The Experience
3799 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702-891-7006
lasvegas.csiexhibit.com
The Auto Collections features a 125,000 square-foot showroom where over 250 classic and rare cars are on display. The showroom features classic celebrity cars such as Johnny Carson's 1939 Chrysler Royal Sedan; rare cars such as the 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540k Mayfair Special Roadster; and classic cars such as Packard, Rolls-Royce, Duesenberg, Hispano-Suiza, Talbot Lago, Bentley, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Bugatti and others. Additional car types include antique cars, muscle cars, hot rods, movie cars, exotic cars and Indy 500 cars. Every car on display in The Auto Collections' showroom is available for sale and sales staff is on hand to provide history and background.
The Auto Collections is located on the fifth floor of the Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino. As of September 2010, The Auto Collections offers a free admission coupon available on its website.
The Auto Collections
3535 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
702-794-3174
autocollections.com
