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(KTNV) It was an eventful morning on the streets of Las Vegas with the arrival of a late-January snowfall.

With the snow came a few road closures and advisories, including the shut down of the Red Rock Scenic Loop "due to hazardous winter weather conditions," the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada reported.

Officials at Mt. Charleston advised the Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway would have a delayed opening on Monday "to plow the lot due to snow accumulation."

Those planning to explore Mt. Charleston should remember 4-wheel drive and chains or snow tires are required on all roads in the Spring Mountains, officials advised.

Officials in Nye County advised that snow chains were required to travel state Route 160, the Spring Mountain Pass from Pahrump to Las Vegas.

"NDOT is working on getting the snow plows out to clear the road," sheriff's officials said.

Areas about 3,000 feet in elevation were most likely to get a sprinkling of the white stuff, KTNV meteorologists reported.

Viewers shared photos of snow falling in the southeast valley, near Boulder City, and in Pahrump.

This break from Las Vegas' typical winter weather will be short-lived, the KTNV team says. Snowfall in the valley is likely to cut off around 12 p.m.

On top of the snow conditions, the National Weather Service for Las Vegas issued a wind advisory that can make waters at Lake Mead difficult to navigate in.

The advisory is said to last until Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Experts say north winds can reach 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. The strongest winds are expected to occur south of the Hoover Dam.

NWS says the areas impacted is the San Bernardino County of California. In Nevada, the impacted area is Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Unsecured objects can be impacted by the strong winds.

"Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result," said officials with NWS. "Strong wins over the open waters will make the lake water rough and hazardous, and may result in high waves which may tip or swamp smaller aircraft."

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It may not quite be hell freezing over, but the Las Vegas areas Monday snowfall turned the desert landscape into a winter wonderland many of the areas kids had never experienced before.

Measurable snow was reported in some Henderson and Anthem neighborhoods. Flurries also were spotted in Centennial Hills.

At McCullough Vista Park in Henderson, eighth-grader Ayden Soto was making snowballs and launching them at his friends. He said he was shocked when he first saw the accumulated snowfall.

I was looking at the weather and it said it was going to be 40 degrees and rainy, which isnt, like, snow, Soto said. I just thought (the snow) was really cool, really awesome.

Meanwhile, sixth grader Daylen partnered with a friend to build a snowman. He said although he had seen snow when visiting other cities, this was the first time hes witnessed it in Southern Nevada.

Its fun and you get to throw snowballs at your friends and stuff, said Daylen, who didnt want to give his last name. I wish it snowed more.

At nearby Mission Hills Park, a handful of Mannion Middle School students slid down a snowy hill, some on sleds, others with their bodies. Despite most of them being snow rookies, they also successfully built a snowman.

We (had) learned how to build a snowman in class, one said. That was very helpful.

OCallaghan Park didnt get snow, but it did get rain. So it didnt attract any children, but resident Tanya Dahar, decked in a hat and coat, was out walking her brothers dog.

I love (the rain), she said. We dont see it very often. so its like an adventure.

The weather caused several closures Monday, including the Red Rock Canyon Scenic Drive and the Spring Mountain Visitors Gateway at Mount Charleston.

According to the National Weather Service, there were 3.6 inches of snow in the Sheep Range and Spring Mountain areas.

A winter weather advisory ran through 7 p.m. Monday for higher elevations northwest of the Las Vegas Valley. High temperatures Tuesday are expected to only reach 45 to 50 degrees in Las Vegas and across the Mojave Desert zones, which is about 10-12 degrees below normal.

Temperatures are forecast to gradually rise to the low 60s by the coming weekend.

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Instead of a place for has-beens and nostalgia acts, the Las Vegas Strip now legitimately hosts major headliners -- albeit mostly ones past their creative peak. Yes, Wayne Newton and Donny Osmond still have homes on the Strip (at Caesars Entertainment's (CZR) - Get Free Report Harrah's and Flamingo respectively), but those "only in Vegas" acts have been joined by major names.

Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and Adele all have major long-term residencies on the Strip. They're joined by other big names that are both current acts like Bruno Mars, Maroon 5, and Usher. In addition, nostalgic but still huge artists including Garth Brooks and Gwen Stefani have Las Vegas Strip homes as do many other big names.

Caesars, MGM Resorts International (MGM) - Get Free Report, Wynn Resorts (WYNN) - Get Free Report, Resorts World Las Vegas, and other Strip casino operators have also made Las Vegas the de facto capital of the electronic dance music (EDM) world. Pretty much every big-name DJ plays the Strip regularly both at nightclubs and on the city's day club scene.

But, while those are some major names -- and near the top-level performers in the world -- the biggest acts generally don't set up shop with a Vegas residency. BTS played multiple shows at Allegiant Stadium and Taylor Swift will on her coming tour, but neither will actually take up residency on the Strip.

The same might be said for Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, the Eagles, the Rolling Stones, and the handful of other acts that are sort of too big to play a Las Vegas Strip residency. A new venue -- the Madison Square Garden (MSGE) - Get Free Report Sphere -- might be able to change that, but the unique concert hall's first big-name act may now be in doubt.

MSG Sphere Las Vegas

The Las Vegas Strip has never seen anything like the MSG Sphere. As it's being built near the Venetian, it looks like an alien space ship being reconstructed on land. Once it's complete, it will be an entirely new entertainment venue designed to attract major names for Las Vegas residencies.

Once complete, the unique project will be "a 366-foot-high steel sphere that will "be covered with about 580,000 square feet of fully programmable LED panels, forming the largest LED screen on Earth," according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "The 17,500-seat venue will have a high-resolution display plane, which is larger than three football fields, the worlds largest beam-forming audio system with more than 160,000 speakers and it will deliver superior sound to every seat in the house."

And while it's expected to open in the second half of 2023, financial problems and construction over-runs have made the opening date murky. That may cost the venue its rumored first headliner, U2.

While Billboard reported earlier this year that U2 would be the first act to play a residency at the Sphere, the lack of an opening date for the venue has cast that into major doubt. Lucas Watson, who serves as the Sphere's President, addressed plans for the venue Jan. 23 at Preview Las Vegas at Las Vegas Convention Center.

"After his presentation in the new Convention Center expansion, Watson sidestepped questions about U2 opening The Sphere this September. We are now informed the bands opening dates are being reviewed, pending progress on the $2.18 billion project construction," the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

Watson did say that more news would be coming soon on the first act to take up residency at the Sphere. He also shared that he expects between four and six residency headliners to call the venue home each year.

Each artist will play roughly 10 to 12 shows, depending on their availability and scheduling, Watson said. But thats the rough order of magnitude.

MSG has been contemplating multiple options to pay for cost over-runs on the Sphere, including spinning off the company's other live venue assets as well as the Radio City Rockettes into a separate company.

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