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 in the control of Mr. House, the owner of New Vegas. The Caesar's Legion are trying to take over the area. It is modeled after the real world 60's strip, when buildings such as the casinos are spaced out.

Gaining Entrance
Unfortunately for the player, access isn't admitted without a credit check; the PC must have 2000 bottle caps on their person, or have a certain type of passport to enter. (You can also buy a fake passport) Thankfully they don't actually take your money. With a Science skill of 80, you can also hack the computers for the securitrons to gain access as well. Alternatively, with a high enough speech check (50), the player can go to Mick & Ralph's, speak to Ralph, and gain a Counterfeit passport for 500 caps or 375 caps after Bartering. Alternatively, you can enter the Strip through the monorail located in the Camp McCarran terminal; in order to gain entrance to the monorail terminal itself, disguising yourself as an NCR trooper is recommended as the two guards are under orders to not allow civilians through. If you are accepted by the NCR, you are allowed straight through. It is also possible to just kill the securitron guards and take the gate key off the corpse. The alternative to gaining entrance is completing G.I. Blues then using the favor from The King, he will tell you to go to Mick and Ralph's and say The King sent you. 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.

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.

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.

Bugs

 * 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. This way, the others will not attack and you are free to collect it's 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.


 * The easiest way to kill a Securitron Gatekeeper is using C4 and the detonator. You can freely place a C4 explosive right in front of a Securitron without it turning hostile. Simple walk away a short distance, 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.


 * Also sometimes you may receive freezing after entering the strip. A loading screen will be displayed, followed by an all black screen. this also usually results in the player's autosave being corrupted. This seems most prominent after completing the Things That Go Boom quest.  Going to turn in with the ambassador, now all of sudden freezing every time i try to access the strip. Wear an 'old cowboy hat' and the black screen will not occur. **User Noddist** I myself haven't even gotten the "Things that Go Boom" Quest and this was happening, but the old cowboy hat let me in.


 * 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.


 * When in the Strip, the screen may "smudge", and you will see 6 copies of buildings and objects across the screen.


 * "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 (unconfirmed).


 * 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.


 * NEVER make your main save in the strip. It will become corrupted, regardless of the fact that you are wearing either the Old Cowboy hat or the Quest version.


 * Amusingly, the music playing over the loudspeakers in the strip (which, presumably, is being streamed from the Mojave Music Radio) will not always play in-sync with the actual Mojave Music Radio.