Up all night
New Year’s celebrations in capital city
include dinners, drinks, dancing galore
By Derek Samson
Staff Reporter
If you’re looking to send 1993
out with a bang and you can’t
find any way to celebrate New
Year’s Eve in Lincoln, you’re just not
looking very hard.
From dinner to the midnight cel
ebration, an entire evening on the
town is available at Lincoln bars,
motels and restaurants.
To start the night off with dinner,
many restaurants offer a New Year’s
Eve special, Kerrey’s Restaurant &
Lounge, 201 Sun Valley Blvd, among
them.
Another popular pre-party restau
rant is Lazio’s Brewery & Grill at 710
P St. However, it will only be offering
its regular menu.
Alison Bennett, sales manager at
the airport Holiday Inn, said her mo
tel, like many others in Lincoln, is
planning a big night for New Year’s
Eve.
“We’re having comedians, danc
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“We are so/d-out
every year, and /
know th/s year will
be the same story. ”
—Towers
Best Western manager
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ing, dinner, champagne and a room
for two,” Bennett said. “A lot of what
we have are people and friends from
different towns that meet here in Lin
coln. It gets very busy around here.”
Holiday Inn offers four different
packages for the night, ranging in
price from $29.95 to $87.95. For its
guests’ convenience the motel offers
a 6 p.m. check-out time on New Years
Day.
“It is a lot less of a hassle for most
people,” Bennett said. “There is less
of a clean-up and people don’t have to
worry about being out on the roads.”
Best Western is another motel with
a full agenda set for the holiday. Ron
Towers, motel manager, said the
rooms were already going fast.
“We already have a couple floors
booked up,” he said. “We are sold-out
every year, and I know this year will
be the same story.”
Best Western offers a dinner pack
age consisting of prime rib and lob
ster, two live bands, a room for two
and plenty of other items. Like the
Holiday Inn, the costs vary according
to what package is chosen, but Tow
ers said the average cost was $ 130.
Connie Jelsma, manager of the
Royal Grove Nite Club, 340 W.
Comhusker Highway, also will have
her hands full toward the end of De
cember.
Jelsma said Royal Grove’s festivi
ties include free party favors at the
door, live music from Tight Fit and
the traditional balloon drop when
the clock strikes midnight. Royal
Grove charges a $5 cover charge
S5 drink minimum, alco
• non-alcoholic. Royal
t also participates in
oln’s designated driver
>gram.
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