(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 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...
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...
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...
