LAS VEGAS NIGHTCLUBS HOST NEW YEAR’S EVE

Las Vegas is undoubtedly the place to ring in the new year, and if you have the bucks, yule (tee hee) get to see celebrities galore counting down at various nightclubs, which generally include drinks and food. For the money you’re paying, they’d better.

New Year’s Eve is the perfect fit for Vegas nightclubs, which open at 10 p.m. anyway.

Trouble is, where to choose? If you’re going celeb gawking, think of the audience they attract. We’d easily pass up a looker for a rocker, a singer for a dancer, a baker for a candlestick maker (we’re not sure what that means). This Dec. 31, there’ll be a mix of both.

Britney Spears is at PURE Nightclub (Caesars Palace), rumored to have been paid $30,000 to look cute and count backwards.

Kid Rock will live DJ at JET Nightclub (Mirage).

Just like their divorce, Kid’s ex Pamela Anderson will split and do countdown duties across the Strip at TAO Nightclub (The Venetian).

Dave Navarro hosts at Tangerine (Treasure Island).

Kara Monaco (aka Playboy Playmate of the Year) will smile at Playboy Club (The Palms). Alison Wawite, Miss May 2006, will tag along too.

Camp Freddy plays live at Body English (Hard Rock). Camp who? Camp Freddy is the cover band with celeb rockers including Scott Weiland (Velvet Revolver), Chester Bennington (Linkin Park), Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains), Chris Chaney (Jane’s Addiction), Matt Sorum (Velvet Revolver), Billy Morrison (The Cult), and Donovan Leitch.

Cirque du Soleil performs at LIGHT Nightclub (Bellagio). Artists from O, KA, LOVE, Mystere, and Zumanity will be onhand for live displays of dancing.

If it were up to us, though, you’ll find us mingled with the throngs of thousands on the Las Vegas Strip, marveling at the rooftop fireworks and trying not to get drinks spilled on our wool/nylon combo that we’re hoping to get for Christmas.