On Nov. 15, 1973, Las Vegas’ world-renowned hotel-casinos switched off nearly all their famous signs and “plunged neon city into an unnatural and spooky darkness,” the Las Vegas Review ...

Neon signs came to Las Vegas in the late 1920s, according to Emily Fellmer, senior collections manager at The Neon Museum. The Overland Hotel at the present site of Circa likely put up the first ...

Displaying neon signs from Vegas’s earliest casinos, shows, and landmarks, the museum traces the evolution of the city’s flashy identity. Highlights include a 1959 Moulin Rouge sign designed ...

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The Neon Museum added a 50-year-old sign from the El Cortez to its historic collection last week, the museum announced Friday. The hotel-casino ... “As one of Las Vegas’ oldest and most ...

"Founded in 1996, the Neon Museum is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, studying and exhibiting iconic Las Vegas signs for educational, historic, arts and ...

Gambling and contemporary art have long had influences that go beyond aesthetics. From neon-lit glamour in Las Vegas to the sleek digital design of online casinos, gambling environments have long ...

You've seen the famous historic footage of old Vegas casinos being imploded. The buildings might be gone, but what about the fabulous neon signs that advertised them? Fortunately, even as the city ...