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1. Name:
Grand Canyon Experience
2. Owner: M
H & K Enterprises
3. Address: 3791
S. Las Vegas Blvd. 740-8484
3b. Additional Site
Details: The Grand Canyon Experience
is directly North of the MGM next to the GameWorks complex. Above
the clear glass entrances to the outdoor scenic tour's facility
is a large building front designed marquee design, as well as a
smaller version over the entrance facing northwest.
4. Condition:
Structure 5
Surface 3
Lighting 5
Notes: See
description
5. Form:
fasica
6. Specfic Description:
The marquee reads Grand Canyon
in yellow channel letters outlined in yellow neon, the insides are
orange with orange neon in the middle. Experience is spelled in
a cursive style orange channel letters with orange neon and incandescent
bulbs on the interior. The two texts are supported on a steel framework
of interconnecting steel pipes. The shape looks as if it is a bow
pointed toward the ground. Two steel poles run vertically approximately
16 feet from the edge of the support system. They run toward the
ground against the wall and stop to square i18" tall 10 inch
deep, yellow, message box with a black surface. The neon whit von
inside of the red channel letters reads "Shop Grand Avenue"
in an all caps Arial style text. Two halogen lamps project off of
the top of the sign and illuminate a three-dimensional sculpted
caricature of a hiker. The entire structure is supported on the
West wall of the building. The logo itself spans seventy-eight and
a half feet at it's widest and is approximately twenty-three feet
tall. Below the NW entrance to the establishment, a smaller version
of the giant marquee sign sits above the door. Aluminum channel
letters spell " Grand Canyon," with orange argon on the
interiors. Below that sits a three-tiered back lit message panel.
It forms a shape reminiscent of an upside down step pyramid. The
top section actually contains yellow argon in nine-inch cursive
text spelling experience. The three stepped cabinet is of a polished
aluminum. The text sits on sheet metal raceways.
7. Type of Display:
neon, incandescent, backlit
8. Media: steel,
fiberglass, plastic
9. Non-neon treatments:
paint
10. Animation:
none
Notes: n/a
11. Environment:
{The Grand Canyon Experience
is a rather large sign but is dwarfed by the immense MGM pylon just
to the south of it. It is accented by faux rock serving as door
jambs for the actual entrances. |
