New Vegas Strip

The  is the area of New Vegas where some of the largest hotels, casinos and resort properties in the world were located before the Great War. It is under the control of the owner, Mr. House. Caesar's Legion is trying to take the area for themselves. It is modeled after the real-world "Strip" of Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas, NV, that is home to some of the more glamorous (some might say "ostentatious") casinos.

Gaining Entrance
There are 5 ways to enter The Strip:
 * Obtaining 2000 caps. You only need to show them, as the Securitron will not take them. The easiest way to earn the 2000 caps and gain entrance is to go to Silver Rush in Freeside. Do the first mission for them. After you finish, go to the front desk and grab the Plasma Caster off the desk and sell it to the Gun Runners.
 * With a Science of 80, the player can hack the Securitron to gain access.
 * You can buy a fake passport at Mick & Ralph's. You will need 50 Speech and 500 caps (375 after bartering) to do so. Alternatively, you can complete the quest G.I. Blues, then use the favor given by The King to get Ralph to make you a passport for free.
 * There is a monorail in the Camp McCarran terminal building that takes you to the Strip; unfortunately, if you try to use it without some kind of NCR armor or by being "accepted" by the NCR, the troopers will open fire.
 * The Securitrons by the gate hold keys to enter the Strip. You can choose to kill them. If you have a high Sneak, you can use a silenced weapon or a Sniper rifle to kill them without being vilified. Alternatively, if you have the Robotics Expert perk and a Stealth Boy, you can disable the robots.

Layout
There is an entrance where you go to get in the strip. To the east is Vault 21 and the Ultra-Luxe, at the west is the Lucky 38, LVB Station and the Gomorrah. North is the Tops. There are tons of people walking around, most are drunk including some NCR, some soldiers can be observed dancing naked in the fountains or throwing up in a corner. Upon entering The Strip, rarely a Brahmin will be chased after a NCR Trooper.

Locations

 * Aces
 * Gomorrah
 * Lucky 38
 * LVB Station
 * Michael Angelo's Workshop
 * NCR Embassy
 * Tops
 * Ultra-Luxe
 * Vault 21

Appearances
only appears in Fallout: New Vegas. EASTER EGG: The sign on the Strip next to the Lucky 38 Casino (to the left) contains what might be a well-disguised Easter Egg: The red letters, when rearranged on the sign that says "Revol(t)ving Cocktail Lounge Hottest Tables in Town," spell out "so wut"?

Strategies

 * The easiest way to kill a Securitron Gatekeeper is using C-4 and the Detonator. You can freely place a C-4 explosive right in front of a Securitron without it turning hostile. Simply walk a short distance away, equip the detonator, go into sneak mode for a critical hit and detonate. None of the other Securitrons will turn hostile if you are a small distance away. It's always a great technique to get a quick 1000 explosive damage for the Love the Bomb trophy/achievement and useful if you get locked out of the main gate (see Bugs).

Bugs
Or steal the key from cliff Brisco or guitar player in the tops. (Only after completing the Talent Scout mission; take the monorail to the strip)
 * It is possible to become locked out of The Strip's main gate. The prerequisite actions may be taken, but the door will remain locked, requiring a key the player can only get from killing the Securitrons outside the gate. The best way to do this is to shoot one of the Securitrons from afar while hidden and to make sure to kill it with a critical (You will need a weapon with Damage higher or equal to 50 to do a one shot sneak critical). This way, the others will not attack and you are free to collect its gate key. If you happen to have the robotics expert perk you can also shut down all the Securitrons and kill one of the robots even though it says you shut it down. If using a PC, you can enter the console command to receive a key. Entering in the Strip from the monorail seems to unlock it. However, in some cases the soldiers outside the monorail may be hostile to the player no matter their reputation with the NCR, forcing the player to do the Securitron Method.


 * Entering The Strip through the train at Camp McCarran will NOT activate the Black Screen. If the NCR is hostile towards you, you should be able to wear some of their armor as a disguise. (Does not work for the north part of the strip as the game just freezes) - patch does not solve the issue.


 * There is also a bug in which the strip remains completely empty. There are only a few soldiers walking around. (addt'l observation - this seems to happen most often after you have already visited The Strip once before. It seems that the first time you visit The Strip it will be decently populated, but on return visits it can appear mostly empty, even at night.)


 * "Old Cowboy Hat" - If the strip freezes when entered, this will allow you to gain access. One can be purchased from the "Crimson Caravan" outfit to the east of New Vegas. You can place the old cowboy hat in the first section of the strip and you can avoid it freezing, (The hat must be just dropped, not placed on someone) - Caleb Mcaffery's Hat will also solve the problem. This may also resolve the similar 'black screen' issue when leaving the Lucky 38 casino  Wearing the Old Cowboy Hat on my character solved the freezing issue, this works in xbox too.


 * If you get the "Strip freezes when entered" glitch, sometimes just entering and exiting through the main gate from Freeside instead of fast-traveling there will keep the glitch from happening.


 * You may be treated to the site of a runaway Brahmin running through the gate and down The Strip, with an NCR soldier chasing after it. Both run to the opposite gate and disappear, as they will not be found in the next section of The Strip. No one on The Strip, including the Securitrons, take notice of this odd occurrence. This is most likely either an easter egg, or a similar random occurrence to the female NCR troopers that dance in the Ultra Luxe's pond.

(The 'old cowboy hat' actually works!)