St. Louis New Years Fireworks

December 27, 2006 11:58 AM

St. Louis New Years Fireworks: I'm going to be in St. Louis over New Years Eve. Where are the fireworks? Googling has found a fireworks display at First Night St. Louis at 9:00 PM and another in Westport Plaza at 6:00 PM. Surely there's more than this (and at least one show at midnight) right?

Also, any experiences regarding which of these shows are likely to be the best would be helpful. Since I'm not from St. Louis, it's hard to figure out whether these shows will be worth my time.

posted by trystero to travel & transportation (4 comments total)

The only one I'm familiar with is First Night, which is a pretty big one, from what I've heard in the past. It's no 4th of July show, but big enough to be worth your while.
posted by chrisamiller at 12:43 PM on December 27, 2006

St. Louis is a bunch of pyros, so the downtown (First Night) show outghta be good. Unfortunately, it's at 9 for 'family' reasons.
posted by notsnot at 12:44 PM on December 27, 2006

Actually, there are First Night fireworks displays at both 9 pm and midnight, the earlier show for the kiddies who have to be put to bed and the later show for the night owls.

Note also that First Night is no longer downtown, but back where it began in Grand Center (centered around Grand Blvd. between Lindell and Delmar), with a ton of indoor and outdoor entertainment besides the fireworks. There are all sorts of details on the First Night St. Louis website.
posted by bradlands at 1:51 PM on December 27, 2006

The First Night Saint Louis fireworks are actually launched from the Saint Louis University campus, from the Olive Parking Garage (#38 ) on this map (.pdf).

The adjacent ballfields are good places to watch them from.

The 9 o'clock set will be more crowded, lots of kids / families. The midnight set will be pretty much the same from a fireworks perspective, but a bit less crowded. Either is worth seeing if you enjoy pyro.

Hope you have fun.
posted by Exchequer at 2:24 PM on December 27, 2006