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1. Name:
Tropicana Hotel Casino
2. Owner: Aztar
3. Address: 3801
S. Las Vegas Blvd.
3b. Additional Site
Details: The southeast corner
of Las Vegas Blvd. and Tropicana Boulevard belongs to the Tropicana
Hotel Casino. The Tropicana is composed of two high-rise towers,
the low-rise wings of rooms, and the casino itself. One tower faces
southwest/northeast, while the other tower, further east on the
property faces southeast/northwest. The expanse of the corner, near
the street is an open concrete pedestrian plaza, with rising planters,
a large functioning waterfall, also surrounded by foliage, and various
vendors. The porte-cochere connects the plaza to the hotel, with
the connecting bridge to the Excalibur, residing on top.
4. Condition:
Structure 5
Surface 5
Lighting 5
Notes: See
description
5. Form: plyon,
fasica
6. Specfic Description:
On the north and south faces of
the porte-cochere roof line, on a pediment between the sloping blue
roof and a row of brass fixtures, large channel letters in the faceted
Tropicana font, horizontally spell "Tropicana." The exteriors
are painted black wit a blue reflective finishing the interiors.
They are filled with blue neon. The ceiling of the porte-cochere
holds two distinct features to its credit. The north half is adorned
with a glass domed hole through the roof. The interior thickness
and recessed lip are covered in a polished metallic surface. Seashells
adorn the edge where the lip meets the ceiling as well as on the
face of the ledge as well. Teal, red and gold organic lines are
floating across the surface in paint. The south half of the porte-cochere
is covered with six recessed rectangular areas. Within the giant
coffering a field of polished metal squares form a tiled field bordered
with incandescent bulbs. In each of the corner intersections a sculpted
glass cover, hold a single incandescent bulbs. Each field holds
forty or so of these bulbs and their coverings. Two identical pylons
flank the courtyard. One of them is on the south side of Tropicana
avenue facing east /west, while the other faces north/south on the
east side of the street. The pylon is essentially a giant double-sided
rectangle with a top section that angles back into space on either
side to meet at a peak. The result is a small roof like peak at
the top of the sign supporting text on its face. The text however
is standing up horizontally at a 90-degree angle. Besides the text
logo at the top, the sign possesses an internally lit message cabinet
on the bottom of the face, a small LED message center, and another
backlit cabinet with a color advertisement for Follies Berger. The
message center at the bottom is white plastic with vinyl lettering.
The small message center is flanked by three steel poles, the height
of the sign and finished to look like bamboo. The horizontal line
created by the top edge of the sign is also lined with this false
bamboo. The channel lettering at the top are polished metallic,
shallow channel letters, which extend in depth all the way back
to the face of the roof like form. The faces are filled with incandescent
bulbs and bordered in neon. The sides of the sign are treated with
a vertical bull nose like shape which runs vertically up the width
of the sign. It is pointed wit ha triangular shape on both ends.
The shape begins flush with the triangular peak of the signs profile
and ends with its point approximately halfway down the height of
the bottom message center. The bull nose is faceted with three faces.
At the triangular tips, the three faces appear to make the space
retain a jewel like shape. The middle face is laden with incandescent
bulbs. The rest of the width of the sign is also finished in polished
gold metal. The remaining open space on the faces of the cabinet,
as well as exposed pieces of the cabinet, are painted a teal color.
A border on incandescent bulbs runs around the entire face of the
signage. The only signage present on the towers , is the on the
first tower, closest to the corner. Running vertically down the
west side of the southwest face of the tower, giant metallic channel
letters spell "Tropicana" and are lined on the inetriors
with a double row of neon. Along the western end of the tower, three,
double rows of incandescent bulbs run the entire height of the building.
These animate, chasing each other down , simulating a waterfall.
7. Type of Display:
neon, incandescent, backlit, LED
8. Media: steel,
plastic
9. Non-neon treatments:
graphics, paint
10. Animation:
chasing, oscillating
Notes: Pylons:
The incandescent bulbs inside the channel letters for the logo oscillate,
as well as on the vertical width of the pylon. The raceways around
the backlit screen chase each other, but it is a double row of incandescent
bulbs that chase in opposite directions to each other.
Building: The giant raceways of incandescent bulbs on the northwest
corner of the Tropicana's front tower, chase each other from top
to bottom, representing a waterfall.
11. Environment:
The Tropicana belongs to one
of the four major properties which comprise the intersection of
Tropicana Ave. and Las Vegas Blvd. The corner is occupied by a plaza
and pedestrian element that is also seen in the other neighbors
in the intersection as well. The towers loom over the plaza, as
is accented by kiosks for patron promotions, and other services
such as refreshments. The property is a good example of a property
which has adapted over the years to fit and compete with the rapid
evolution of Las Vegas. |
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