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1. Name:
Mandalay Bay Resort Casino
2. Owner: Mandalay
Resort Group
3. Address: 3950
S. Las Vegas Blvd.
3b. Additional Site
Details: Mandalay Bay resides
on the west side of the Strip, south of the Luxor. The expanse of
property is surrounded with ornate foliage, jutting faux rocks,
and assorted statuary accented with the flavor of an ancient island.
The three-winged tower looms over the low-rise casino structure.
The surface of the tower is covered with an impressive expanse of
gold mirrored windows, and vertically striped with gold tubes of
neon. The towers also home to the giant channel letters, which serve
as the logo building text for the establishment. The ground level
the property is home to two giant pylon signs at either end of the
property as well. One resides on the east side of the property,
while the other on the west.
4. Condition:
Structure 5
Surface 5
Lighting 5
Notes: See
description
5. Form: plyon,
fasica
6. Specfic Description:
The Mandalay Bay has little signage,
but is cohesively joined together into a simple yet effective use
of lighting, which fits in well with it's environment. The building
itself is actually the biggest piece of signage, being vertically
striped with tubing of gold neon. There is actually over three miles
of neon tubing which runs up and down the surface of the tower,
reflecting off of the gold, mirrored, surface of the tower. The
tower itself during the day is unassuming, for the off white stucco,
and mirrored surface, blend to create a harmonious surface. When
dark, the building transforms into a mysterious figure clad in golden
stripes. On each wing of the Y shaped tower, " Mandalay Bay"
is spelled in channel letters across the top edge of the surface.
These giant black pans hold incandescent bulbs, which oscillate
rapidly.
The two pylon signs sit flanking the building on extreme edges of
the property. The two pylons are rather plain in design, but are
efficient and large. They are highly integrated architecturally,
being essentially two giant vertical rectangles. Two massive square
legs support an upshot of space defined by two internally it color
screens advertising for the "Shark Reef" and for the "House
of Blues" These two are squares which sit side by sides, comprising
the bottom section of the face. Above that, a large LED screen stretches
up to the end of this section. The three signs are closed in on
either side by a set square legs capped on the top and bottom with
molding. Making up the top section of the pylon another horizontal
plane rises up a bit before being topped with a series of crown
moldings. Two lines of channel letters spell " Mandalay Bay"
and are filled with incandescent bulbs.
7. Type of Display:
neon, incandescent, backlit, LED
8. Media: steel,
plastic, masonry
9. Non-neon treatments:
graphics, paint
10. Animation:
oscillation
Notes: The
incandescent bulbs inside the channel letters which spell the text
for the establishment oscillate in a pattern which makes them appear
as if shimmering. This style is the most common animation next to
the incandescent bulbs on the raceway.
11. Environment:
The Mandalay Bay resides in
exclusive company on the south end of the Strip. It stands as one
of the four major establishments before Tropicana Ave. The other
three include the Luxor, the
Excalibur, and the Tropicana |
