Eight refurbished and historic neon signs have been installed in as part of the completion of the Las Vegas Boulevard Improvement Project. The signs are owned by the city of Las Vegas, The Neon Museum and YESCO Custom Electric Signs, and now create a complete neon streetscape beginning with the gateway arches and showgirl signage all the way up Las Vegas Boulevard to The Neon Museum and Washington Avenue.
The signs join the existing seven classic neon signs already installed in the Las Vegas Boulevard median. The signs celebrate the history of vintage Vegas, beautify a world-famous roadway and create a neon trail to The Neon Museum.
The newly installed signs include:
- Par-A-Dice, 1953, installed just north of Oakey Boulevard;
- Apache Motel, 1965, installed north of Bridger Avenue;
- Golden Inn Motel, 1960, installed south of Bridger;
- Clark Inn, 1962, installed north of Clark Avenue;
- Lone Palm Motel, 1954, installed north of Garces Avenue;
- Domino Motel, 1960s, installed north of Hoover Avenue;
- Fun City Motel, 1952, installed just south of Charleston Boulevard; and
- Rummel Motel, 1968, installed south of Oakey.
The newly refurbished signs join the historic signs on Las Vegas Boulevard already in place that include:
- The Horseshoe Casino, 1951, now located just north of Washington;
- Silver Slipper Casino, 1950, now located near the Neon Museum at McWilliams Avenue;
- Bow and Arrow Motel, 1950s, now located south of McWilliams;
- Society Cleaners, 1946, now located just south of U.S. 95/Interstate 515;
- Normandie Motel, 1940s, now located just north of Stewart Avenue;
- Lucky Cuss Motel, 1955, now located just south of Stewart; and
- Hacienda Casino, 1956, now located at Fremont Street.
The lighting of the signs marks the completion of the $125 million Las Vegas Boulevard Improvement Project, which also included the additions of the gateway arches and showgirls signage. The eight neon signs were refurbished by YESCO, with funding provided by the Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial and the city of Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Boulevard Improvement Project updated infrastructure from Sahara Avenue to Stewart Avenue, with some of the infrastructure dating back to the 1940s. In addition to the new neon signage, the project included replacing underground utilities (water, sewer, storm drain, gas, fiber-optic/smart city infrastructure), traffic signals, medians, curbs, gutters, sidewalks and full-depth pavement; saving and replanting the existing median trees; and adding 200 new trees, bus stop access, pedestrian improvements and two new right-turn pockets. Right-turn pockets were added at the Charleston Boulevard and Stewart Avenue intersections.