30th October - Neon Boneyard
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| Skull from Treasure Island Casino |
This was a tour Amanda booked long before we arrived, and a good job, they were sold out for the next couple of weeks. We were lucky we had the first tour of the day in the first week that the remodelled Museum opened.
All the neon signs in Las Vegas are rented from a Company called YESCO who maintain the signs. When the casinos close or are sold, the signs either get rented to the new owners or they go back to YESCO.
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| The signs are placed in rows and you walk around |
In 2007 Vegas wanted to preserve these signs and they have opened this museum. Some of the signs have been restored, but mostly they are placed in a particular pathway so that you can walk through and look at them with the guide. It costs a lot of money to restore the signs. The staff all volunteer.
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| This little duck came from a used car yard. |
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| Kurt, Amanda and Phoebe's feet |
Outside the museum they have a little park with the history of the Neon Boneyard. It is set in the Downtown district of Vegas.
As they raise more money, their plan is to preserve and restore the signs.
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| A non-neon figure |
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| One of the animated signs |
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| The oldest sign in the park |
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| I liked this one |
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| Mouline Rouge |
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| Sassy Sally's saloon |
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