'Not just a quiet little holiday' - 2004-01-02
To a lot of Americans, New Year's Day has always gone hand in hand with family gatherings, college football championships and in some cases, recovering from the previous night's celebrations.
In Las Vegas, however, Jan. 1 has also become one of the most popular days of the year to hit the stores and shop.
"If you don't want to play (in the casino), there really aren't many other things to do today in Las Vegas," Bill Berland, a visitor from Albuquerque, N.M., said Thursday as he strolled through the Forum Shops at Caesars with his wife, Debbie. "This is as good as place as any to bum around and kill some time."
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