Nevada Motel - Las Vegas, NV
N 36° 10.272 W 115° 08.538
11S E 667076 N 4004536
The Nevada Motel neon sign is located on the famous Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. It is part of the Neon Museum.
Waymark Code: WM3JB1
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 04/11/2008
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An information sign at the site reads:
Opened in 1937 at 5th Street (Las Vegas Boulevard) and Garces, the Nevada Motel was the first auto court in Las Vegas to identify itself as a "motel". In its last years in business it operated in conjunction with the Sweetheart Wedding Chapel next door. This sign, dating from around the 1950, was one of several neon signs downtown that immortalized the image of cowboy "Vegas Vic", a character created for the Chamber of Commerce publicity campaign in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Installed as part of the Neon Museum on November 15, 2000.
Owned by the Neon Museum.