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Las Vegas Sign

 
Description: The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign is a Las Vegas Strip landmark funded in May 1959 and erected soon after by ... more
Las Vegas Sign ... Western Neon. The sign was designed by Betty Willis at the request of Ted Rogich, a local salesman, who sold it to Clark County, Nevada.

Newest Review: ... You could run across the street fearing being run down by a fast moving car to get a good picture. I never did get my picture taken next to the sign for fear of ruining a good time by being hit by a careless cab driver. As the years went by they really started to spend money on the strip. Hotels like Mandalay bay and the Luxor were built giving reason to make the strip pretty even ... more

 ... closer to the sign. Then some one had an idea to make the sign a tourist attraction. Now you can pull over and park in a nice little parking lot next to the sign. Get out stretch your legs and take a nice little walk around the sign. There is grass...more

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Autumnrose
Premium Review Las Vegas Sign: Neat piece of History. (279 words)
by - written on 30/11/09 (Very useful, 7 readings)
Rating:

I can remember the first time I ever saw this sign it was 14 years ago and I was really dissapointed with what I saw. I was shocked to see it was really in the middle of the Las Vegas Strip with nothing around it. There was really no way to get close to it to take any pictures. You could run across the street fearing being run down by a fast moving car to get a good picture. I never did get my picture taken next to the sign for fear of ruining a good time by being hit by a careless cab driver. As the years went by they really started to spend money on the strip. Hotels like Mandalay bay and the Luxor were built giving reason to make the strip pretty ...  Read the complete review

katygriff
Premium Review The Best Things are Always Short and Quick! (700 words)
by - written on 24/10/09 (Very useful, 21 readings)
Rating:

When in Vegas you have to see the sign. It is the one sight that you always see on the TV and in films and although it is just a sign it is a bit iconic I think. Vegas as you all probably know by now is so over the top in its glamour, its tackiness and it's just general amazingness and the sign really reflects this. Location The Vegas sign is not in the middle of the strip or anything like that but it is down the South of the Strip. To be honest we were driven to the sign and it did take a few minutes to get there so I am a bit unsure of if you could actually walk there. There are however car parking spaces right by the sign to welcome ...  Read the complete review

 

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