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1. Name:
MGM Grand Casino-Hotel-Resort
2. Owner: MGM
Mirage
3. Address: 3799
S. Las Vegas Blvd.
3b. Additional Site
Details: The MGM Grand is host
to several types and numbers of signs around the exterior of the
property. These types include the MGM lion logo and text which adorn
the tops of the towers, a multimedia pylon sign, a golden monument
sculpture of a lion which serves as the main entrance, and several
smaller textual signs that denote parking and entrances.
4. Condition:
Structure 5
Surface 5
Lighting 5
Notes: The
MGM's signage is excellent repair, being a less than a decade old.
The structure is intact, as well as all the lighting, and surface.
5. Form: plyon,
fasica, porte cochere
6. Specfic Description:
specific description The property
contains different types signs including Pylon, sculpted three-dimensional
signs as well as building front logos. The pylon sits along the
East side of Las Vegas Blvd., just north of Tropicana Blvd., and
faces north /south. Constructed as if to appear as different sized
towers from the emerald city, the double backed pylon contains the
MGM Lion Logo in a backlit steel cabinet and the Letters "MGM"
at the top in gold polished channel letters with horizontal bars
of Neon. Directly beneath that sit two message centers one being
an animated color LED screen on the left, and the one on the right
being a backlit plastic advertisement screen. Located beneath the
two screens the phrase The City of Entertainment in all capital
polished gold aluminum channel letters with neon running horizontally
across the diameter of the letters. The sculpted three dimensional
lion structure sits on the North East corner of Las Vegas Blvd.
and Tropicana and faces to the Southwest. The statue appears to
be made of polished gold and is surrounded by an impressive array
of fountains, which are illuminated themselves. The statue is ambiently
lit from underneath with spot lighting and the glow of the fountains.
Serving as a backdrop for the structure, an impressive wall of multicolored
incandescent bulbs form a concave geometric canvass that wraps the
corner of the building. This wall is separated into different sized
fields by square columns of similar height. Sitting atop each of
the columns is a statue of a man holding a giant urn upon his back.
The statuary is lit from underneath with ambient lighting similar
to that of the lion sculpture. The bulbs animate in a subtle waving
pattern that gently creates the illusion of a rippling of the surface.
7. Type of Display:
neon, incandescent, LED, LCD, matrix,
backlit
8. Media: steel,
plastic, fiberglass, masonry, glass
9. Non-neon treatments:
n/a
10. Animation:
oscillation
Notes: The
field that sits behind the lion statue animates in a subtle waving
patterns of color, while the incandescent bulbs that line fill the
giant initials, oscillate wildly.
11. Environment:
The MGM Grand dominates the
corner on which it sits. Headed west on Tropicana toward the Strip
the property casts a green glow but not too electrifying. Once you
reach the corner you can't help but be overwhelmed by standing underneath
the looming golden lion and the bustling fountains. Facing the structure
from the corner, the façade becomes a canvass of dancing
light and water. Look up toward the strip the giant pylon booms
the golden letters "MGM" and busy LED screens. |
