"Year Of The Goat" Celebration Coming Up At The Venetian & The Palazzo

The Venetian and The Palazzo Las Vegas are commemorating Chinese New Year and the “Year of the Goat” in spectacular fashion with festive celebrations and stunning décor throughout the award-winning resorts. The resorts will welcome the “Year of the Goat” with a ceremonial lion dance on February 19, featuring an eye ceremony and festive firecrackers. The vibrant event will also feature a parade of dancers and drummers dressed in authentic costumes as they make their way throughout the properties, starting at The Venetian porte cochere, circling its way through the casino to The Waterfall Atrium & Gardens of The Palazzo, and continuing through The Palazzo.   

Other celebratory visuals include a “Year of the Goat” display inside The Waterfall Atrium & Gardens of The Palazzo.  To commemorate the “Year of the Goat” the resort’s floral and horticulture department partnered with a team of artisans, and consulted with a feng shui master, to produce the massive “Year of the Goat” art installation. Because the “Year of the Goat” also celebrates sheep and ram, the art display features beautifully sculpted figures of each. Guests are encouraged to revel in the enchanting beauty of this display when strolling through The Waterfall Atrium & Gardens of The Palazzo. In addition, guests can also marvel at the 58 traditional I Ching coins, representing fortune and wealth, which sit among the mountain of the main art installation. The Chinese symbols on the coins read, “may your happiness be according to your wishes,” and the reverse of the coin reads, “live as long as the tortoise and the crane.” According to custom, it is suggested that guests walk clockwise around the feature display three times to bring blessings of heaven, earth, and mankind upon them.

This year’s “Year of the Goat” art installation features:

·       3 unique hand-sculpted, life-size rams

·       8 hand-sculpted sheep adorned with fleece of fresh carnations

·       6-foot hand-loomed brocade silk and jade and red and gold lanterns

·       58 I Ching coins

·       8 Bamboo Trees

·       28 Tangerine Trees

·       2,400 selected plants including

o   Phalaenopsis orchids

o   Cymbidium orchids

o   Kalanchoe

o   Hyacinth

Thursday, February 19, at 3:00 p.m.                                                                                      

The Venetian Las Vegas, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd South 

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