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1. Name:
Excalibur Hotel and Casino
2. Owner: Mandalay
Resort Group
3. Address: 3850
Las Vegas Blvd.
3b. Additional Site
Details: The Excalibur Hotel and
Casino sits on the NE corner of Las Vegas Blvd and Tropicana Ave.
While the main attraction is the brightly illuminated fantasy castle
façade, the two giant multimedia pylon signs flank the property
along the streets. One, on the South side of Tropicana, faces East
/West, while the second sits on the West Side of LV Blvd., and faces
North/South.
4. Condition:
Structure 5
Surface 4
Lighting 5
Notes: See
description
5. Form: plyon
6. Specfic Description:
The two pylons are identical in
design. They are both double backed, pylons containing animated
incandescent Excalibur logos, neon borders, an animated, color,
matrix message center, and a two dizzying renderings of jousting
knights, constructed completely of neon, on either side. Constructed
to appear as a medieval castle façade themselves, the signs
are finished in stucco to appear as if built with stone blocks.
The scroll shaped main logo sign box, the outline of the logo, the
spires, and sword, are all outlined in neon. The 10'-6" channel
letters contain white incandescent bulbs that animate.
7. Type of Display:
neon, incandescent, matrix
8. Media: steel
9. Non-neon treatments:
graphics, paint
10. Animation:
chasing, flashing
Notes: The
Excalibur logo, which is comprised of incandescent bulbs, displays
a two part chase animation from left to right over the entire text,
then in sequence, displays a flashing animation over the entire
word before starting the pattern over again.
11. Environment:
The two pylons are both in
parking lots of their respected positions. Pedestrians may walk
up to the one located in a public lot on Tropicana Ave. |
