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1. Name:
Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Sign
2. Owner: YESCO
3. Address: Sunset
and the Strip
3b. Additional Site
Details: The sign sits as a welcome
to travelers entering the Las Vegas experience via Las Vegas Blvd.
The sign itself resides in the middle of traffic median directl
in the middle of the road.
4. Condition:
Structure 5
Surface 5
Lighting 5
Notes: See
description
5. Form: plyon
6. Specfic Description:
The sign itself is a classic roadside
pole design which faces North/South. It is double backed, internally
lit with a border of yellow incandescent bulbs along the flat edge
of its width. Across the top of the sign seven white neon circles
house separate red neon letters which form the word welcome. Crowning
the sign at the very peak, above the word welcome, is a seven pointed
neon star comprised of orange and yellow neon. The cabinet itself
is faced with translucent white plastic and treated with blue and
red painted text. The South side of the sign reads with the Neon
welcome word then in blue painted text "To Fabulous" in
a 50's style text reminiscent of that used in the Last Frontier
property, and cursive. The Words "Las Vegas" are spelled
in all caps, in red block text. And below that in smaller blue text
the word "Nevada" are spelled in all caps block text
7. Type of Display:
neon, incandescent, backlit
8. Media: steel,
plastic
9. Non-neon treatments:
graphics, paint
10. Animation:
chasing, flashing
Notes: {animnotes}
11. Environment:
The famous Welcome to Las Vegas
sign sits alone at the South end of the strip and is often the very
first sign a traveler encounters when entering the strip. It casts
a surprisingly powerful glow over the barren median which it stands.
It stands as a gateway to the extravaganza that is Las Vegas. When
leaving the main drag headed south the sign has an equal effect
of being a lone gateway in and out of the Strip. |
