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A "newly implemented" policy in Las Vegas will prevent children from being out on the famed Strip after 10 pm. Notice that "new implemented" is in quotes, and we will get to that momentarily.
Current city law enforces strict Las Vegas Strip curfews strictly prohibiting unaccompanied minors (under 18) from 9 PM on weekends/holidays and 10 PM on weekdays. Children are still permitted with a parent or guardian.
Additionally, all casinos, bars, and gaming areas are strictly 21+ at all times, with no exceptions.
So what changed?
Nothing actually.
It seems the Las Vegas Tips Facebook page posted "No Children After 10 pm on the Strip" and folks began celebrating.
But as Corey Levitan of Casino.org noted, this policy has been in effect since.....well....1948. So in other words, "newly implemented" if "recent" applies to nearly 80 years ago.
Bless the hearts of the more than 1,000 commenters who rushed in with hot takes like:
“It’s about damn time — kids shouldn’t be there period”
“Children do not belong where there’s drinking, naked people, gambling”
“We’ll see what kind of success they have enforcing this.”
Levitan adds:
"We don’t expect most people to know that minors have been banned from the Strip late at night since 1948, when Harry S. Truman was in the White House and gas cost 26 cents a gallon.
"What’s not forgivable, however, is not even bothering to Google or ask A.I. about Las Vegas’ “new curfew” before working one’s self into a comment-leaving lather."
We here at Gambling911.com Googled it and found there were a couple of Facebook pages with now deleted posts that suggest the policy was quietly implemented in recent days. Again, as Levitan points out, this has been the case since 1948.
Unaccompanied children actually used to be able to enjoy The Vegas Strip until midnight before a 2013 change of law to 9 pm on weekends. 10 pm has remained the standard on weeknights.
It's important to realize that citywide curfew ordinances across the US generally target unaccompanied minors. Most, if not all, city curfews allow minors to be in public spaces after hours if they are with a parent or adult.
In fact, such a law banning accompanied children would be on legally shaky ground and almost certain to face Constitutional challenges. Instead, some cities do prohibit children from being in bars and certain other adult venues and/or events, even if accompanied, after certain hours. Certain liquor licenses require that anyone under the age of 21 be excluded. Removing alcohol does not change the core legal classification for certain adult-only venues like strip clubs either. This includes casinos, though most do serve alcohol.
- Nagesh Rath, Gambling911.com
