Yearly Archives - 2015

YESCO Delivers a “Win” at the Hunstman Basketball Training Facility | Custom Signs

New interior and exterior sign and brand identity package at the University of Utah facility completed. Salt Lake City, Utah−December 17, 2015−YESCO recently completed a brand identity package at the Jon M. and Karen Huntsman Training Facility located on the University of Utah campus. The overall construction project includes new construction and renovation totaling 80,000’, complete...

Sign & Lighting Service Convention

The annual YESCO Sign & Lighting Service Convention will be held January 13-16, 2016 at the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. All of our franchisees are invited and encouraged to attend. Contact Nate Young for details – nyoung@yesco.com.

YESCO Lighting Retrofit for Bellagio Warehouse

A team of YESCO service and lighting experts recently completed a warehouse lighting retrofit for the Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The project is one of two properties awarded to YESCO from MGM Resorts International to upgrade existing lighting systems in warehouses and dry storage facilities. “It took a while to get used to...

The Mint – The Birth of a Giant

    The 1950s came alive with color-neon color. Las Vegas mushroomed into the most razzle-dazzle city in the world. The term “spectacular sign” took on new meaning. In 1959 a massive sign was designed, manufactured, and installed for The Mint Hotel and Casino. It was acknowledged as the electrical engineering classic sign of its time. This...

YESCO Outdoor Media Sponsors Utah 100 Event

Earlier this month, the MountainWest Capital Network held the annual Utah 100 event, honoring the 100 fastest-growing companies in Utah, along with 16 emerging businesses. This was the third year YESCO Outdoor Media has sponsored this event as an advertising partner, providing networking opportunities with all of the attendees, as well as access to the Winner’s...

Delta Air Lines Chairman’s Club Welcomes One of Our Own

Delta Air Lines welcomed one of our own into the ranks of its Chairman’s Club, the airline’s most prestigious honor.  Laura Swanson, the wife of Lee Gruetter, YESCO Franchising, Director of Training, was recognized by her peers as an employee who embodies Delta values and has distinguished herself with exceptional service to customers and the...

A Better Billboard Campaign

Have you seen YESCO’s new outdoor ads? The dynamic “A Better Billboard” campaign is currently running in all of our markets. Messages are displayed on 14′ x 48′ digital billboards.

Employee Appreciation Week

Recently, management at each YESCO location took the opportunity to gather employees together for a lunch.  Everyone was presented with a token of appreciation for their hard work and dedication. Our employees are the best in the sign industry and we look forward to all that we will accomplish together in the future.

A Better Billboard

Have you seen YESCO's new outdoor ads? The dynamic "A Better Billboard" campaign is currently running in all of our markets. Messages are displayed on 14' x 48' digital billboards.

D. Duane Wardle Retires

    D. Duane Wardle formally passed the torch of YESCO chief financial officer (CFO) to Christopher M. Record on September 30, 2015. Duane first came to YESCO in 1968 as an employee of Peat Marwick Mitchell, a public accounting firm. He spent his first summer at YESCO performing audits at the Las Vegas region office. “Tom Young Sr....

Tropicana Atlantic City Pylon Signs

    YESCO recently completed the integration of a spectacular electronic display system at the Tropicana Atlantic City Casino & Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Tropicana Atlantic City is one of the largest properties on the famed Boardwalk.   YESCO’s display system fulfilled Tropicana’s objective to become the main attraction on the Boardwalk. Through collaboration with SOSH Architects...

Grand Canyon University Billboard

The project goal was to create a prominent display on the interstate, with the intention of standing out from the saturated billboard market. Our solution was to angle the support pipe and pole cover so as to give the effect that the display was reaching out toward the interstate, in addition to the various...

Hole in One | YESCO Energy-Efficient Lighting

Salt Lake City offers some of the highest-rated and best-maintained public golf courses in the county. Recently, five of the eight courses in Salt Lake City Golf recognized the need to retrofit the properties with energy-efficient lighting solutions. YESCO's pros went to work and aced the job. The project consisted of retrofitting 650 interior and...

Expansion Through YESCO Franchising

YESCO recently announced the opening of its newest franchise located in Toledo, Ohio. This is the twelfth territory opened this year. “In the coming months we are focusing our expansion efforts in Daytona Beach, Florida; Traverse City, Michigan and San Antonio, Texas,” said Josh Young, vice president of YESCO Franchising. ”The sign and lighting service...

YESCO Updates Historic Sign by Donating a New Electrical System and Bulbs

  (First published by Vegas News, July 30, 2015.)   https://www.vegasnews.com/   Illuminating for the first time since the property closed on May 4, the Neon Museum officially lit the Riviera Hotel & Casino sign.  The Riviera joins a small group of restored signs in the Neon Boneyard that are able to be illuminated. The sign is located just above the iconic Stardust sign. Young Electric...

Grapevine City Museum Neon Sign Restoration

Grapevine City Museum Neon Sign Restoration Saved from the scrap yard the Grapevine Flower Mart Florist sign had been awaiting restoration for many years.  After watching the NBC Today Show featuring YESCO members of the Grapevine, Texas Convention and Visitors Bureau contacted Sam Powell, general manager of YESCO Dallas, and his talented team to restore...

The Neon Story

Neon lighting may have been invented in France and popularised in Jazz-era America – but it reached its peak in brash, booming post-war Las Vegas. Now the challenge is to save Vegas neon’s colourful history (First published in N by Norwegian magazine, May 2015. Photography by Tim White) Back in 1958, the new Stardust hotel-casino’s neon sign was...

YESCO Supports the American Red Cross Giving Day

The inaugural American Red Cross Giving Day was held on June 2, 2015. The event was designed to celebrate all the good that the organization and its volunteers do every day. A total of $2.45 million was raised during the 24-hour period. The fundraiser rallied the public to support the American Red Cross mission to prevent...

YESCO Lighting Systems Shine at the Grand Bazaar Shops Las Vegas

The Grand Bazaar Shops Las Vegas is a unique shopping and dining experience located at the heart of the famous Strip. Designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects the open-air mall features dramatic colors and shaded passageways, emulating those found in historic public markets like Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar and London’s Portobello Road. YESCO’s involvement with the project was...

Swarovski Las Vegas

YESCO Lights up Las Vegas at the Swarovski Las Vegas Grand Bazaar Shops

Swarovski is the centerpiece for the brand new Grand Bazaar Shops with its striking faceted exterior design and stunning crystal starburst. Las Vegas may be known for some of the world’s most dynamic venues; however, Swarovski’s newest boutique at the Grand Bazaar Shops is...

YESCO Lights up Las Vegas at the Swarovski Las Vegas Grand Bazaar Shops

Swarovski is the centerpiece for the brand new Grand Bazaar Shops with its striking faceted exterior design and stunning crystal starburst. Las Vegas may be known for some of the world’s most dynamic venues; however, Swarovski’s newest boutique at the Grand Bazaar Shops is making quite an impact on the famous Strip. The Swarovski Midnight Celebration is...

YESCO Helps Savi Ranch to Get Noticed With New Signs

Savi Ranch, a retail shopping center in Yorba Linda, California, has several new signs crafted and installed by YESCO. The signs are located along the 91 freeway at the Weir Canyon Road interchange. The center, which features more than a dozen nationally-known retail stores, asked YESCO to provide them with signage that would help Savi...