Nevada<\/a> isn\u2019t an optimal viewing location that isn\u2019t stopping businesses from trying to promote the tourist destination as a prime place to be when the moon passes in front of the sun.<\/p>\nThe casinos would rather have you inside gambling, rather than outside looking at the sun, but while they didn\u2019t have any formal activities planned for the event, several places were taking advantage of the spectacle.<\/p>\n
The activities are running the gamut from improving your chi to thrilling your senses.<\/p>\n
A boutique will host a gong meditation on the shopping center\u2019s lawn. The owner of the shop, which sells Native American jewelry, is offering geological lessons and will be raffling off crystals.<\/p>\n
A company in near by Boulder City is taking people on a raft ride near the Hoover Dam and around Lake Mead for $97, plus an additional $49 to pick up guests and bring them back to their hotels.<\/p>\n
The most adventurous way to celebrate the eclipse was trying to get as close to it as possible. One private jet company had scheduled flights to Los Angeles from McCarran airport for $129 each way during the peak time for people to get a better look.<\/p>\n
Another company was charging $349 for a one-way flight, where they then opened the door and passengers jumped out of plane. Parachutes were included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Las Vegas is cashing in on Monday\u2019s solar eclipse with everything from luxury jet trips to proposition bets on the public\u2019s fascination with the astrological phenomenon. The last total solar eclipse visible in the United States was in 1979 from the Pacific Northwest\u00a0through northern Canada. The total phase began at sunrise in the North Pacific, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":57114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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