New Vegas Strip

The New Vegas Strip is a part of New Vegas

Strip Access
The entrance to the Strip is guarded by several Securitrons. The Courier can not gain entrance initially due to their presence. There are seven possible ways to gain admittance:
 * The Securitrons at the gate will permit entrance to anyone possessing 2,000 caps. They will not take the money, but merely check to ensure that the visitor has sufficient funds to do business.
 * Having a Science skill of at least 80 (which is difficult if the player character heads directly to the Strip), the Securitron can be hacked to gain entrance.
 * Alternatively, killing all the Securitrons at the gate will allow access. Note that this triggers hostility in case of witnesses. The rest of the Securitrons inside will also fight and give Infamy.
 * The Securitrons will also allow access with a New Vegas passport. A Speech of 50 or more allows convincing Ralph, from Mick & Ralph's to forge a passport for 500 caps. It can be acquired for 375 with a Barter check of 50, or for free with high enough NCR reputation.
 * A passport can be acquired for free and without needing to pass the Speech check by completing the G.I. Blues quest given by The King and choosing access to the Strip as the favor.
 * Having a "Liked" or greater reputation with the NCR, wearing an NCR uniform or travelling with Boone will allow travel via the monorail at Camp McCarran to Las Vegas Boulevard Station, bypassing the Freeside gate. After entering the Strip through this manner, the Securitrons at the Freeside gate will allow leaving and entering the Strip freely without having to pass a skill check or showing caps.

Layout
When entering through the Strip North Gate, Gomorrah is located to the right and the Lucky 38 is situated to the left. Through the first gate, the Tops casino, the Ultra-Luxe, and the monorail will be found. Through the final gate is Vault 21, Michael Angelo's workshop, and the NCR Embassy.

Appearances
The New Vegas Strip appears only

Behind the scenes
The New Vegas Strip is based on the real world location of the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. Many locations have real world equivalents, such as the casinos and monorail.

Bugs

 * Sometimes, when advancing in "For the Republic, Part 2" or "Wild Card: Side Bets", the door to the Strip is locked.
 * One solution is to travel to the Strip by monorail from Camp McCarran (unless it is already destroyed).
 * Another solution is to kill a gate Securitron to get a key, resulting in lost reputation (and all gate Securitrons will attack). If a silenced sniper rifle or Christine's CoS silencer rifle (with Old World Blues installed) is used, it is possible to kill one of the Securitrons without alerting the remainder.
 * Reloading a previous auto-save seems to fix this problem.
 * This may occur due to the main Securitron getting injured, as the gate locks if this happens.
 * Going near the gate to New Vegas Strip sometimes causes an extremely loud buzzing noise.
 * When in the New Vegas Strip outside of Gomorrah, if the girls dancing outside are attacked, many NPCs will run into Gomorrah. Entering alongside the NPCs will result in a lack of HUD and movement. A reload of a save is required.
 * Entering the Strip may cause a crash, showing only a black screen. Wearing the old cowboy hat can prevent this.