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Slide of neon lights for Westward Ho Casino, Las Vegas, circa 1980s
Date
1980 to 1989
Description
A color image of neon lights for Westward Ho Casino at night.
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Slide of neon Foxy's Firehouse Casino signs, Las Vegas, circa 1980s
Date
1980 to 1989
Description
A color image of a neon sign for Foxy's Firehouse Casino at night.
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Slide of neon Foxy's Firehouse Casino signs, Las Vegas, circa 1980s
Date
1980 to 1989
Description
A color image of a neon sign for Foxy's Firehouse Casino at night.
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Slide of neon Foxy's Firehouse Casino signs, Las Vegas, circa 1980s
Date
1980 to 1989
Description
A color image of a neon sign for Foxy's Firehouse Casino at night.
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Film transparency of Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, circa late 1940s
Date
1946 to 1949
Description
An image of an exterior view of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino during the day.
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Film transparency of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, circa late 1940s
Date
1946 to 1950
Description
An image of an exterior view of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino from a distance.
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Photograph of an unidentified diving grandmother at the Sands Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, circa 1965
Date
1964 to 1966
Description
An unidentified diving grandmother at the Sands Hotel and Casino pool in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Arlington Park Turf Club sign is visible in the background.
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Griffiths, Mark, "Blackpool's Regional Casino: Does Blackpool Represent 'The Best Possible Test of Social Impact' for a Regional Casino - A Critique of Psychosocial Impact", 2006
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Archival Collection
Peter Collins Papers on International Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00785
Collection Name: Peter Collins Papers on International Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 07
Collection Name: Peter Collins Papers on International Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 07
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Photographs of La Bayou Casino, Las Vegas (Nev.), June 24, 2016
Date
2016-06-24 to 2017-09-08
Description
The permanently closed Labayou Casino sits at 15 Fremont Street at the Fremont Street Experience. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survery Data Sheet.
Site address: 15 Fremont St
Sign owner: Derek Stevens
Sign details: Opened 1920 as Northern Club By Mayme Stocker. 1943-1960 operated as a few different businesses. 1970 opened as The Coin Castle, 1999 was renovated and opened as La Bayou, 2016 bought by Derek Stevens and torn down.
Sign condition: No longer there
Sign form: Architectural sign
Sign-specific description: Three neon signs site on top of a shack made of wood and sheet metal that is meant to represent something that might be seen in Louisiana. Two windows with green shutters are "open" with T.V. screens inside. Two neon signs sit at the top of the shack that spell out La Bayou in red neon and the cabinet is trimmed with purple neon. At the front of the property, above the entry, is a red neon sign that says "26 New Orleans Daiquiris."
Sign - type of display: Neon and incandescent
Sign - media: Steel, fiberglass
Sign environment: Part of the Fremont Street Experience, next to Golden Gate Casino
Sign - date of installation: c. 1999
Sign - thematic influences: The property has a theme element, which was popular of casinos of Las Vegas in the 1990s.
Sign - artistic significance: Property was decorated with a Louisiana inspired bayou, swamp motif.
Survey - research locations: Newspapers
Survey - research notes: https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/mermaids-la-bayou-and-glitter-gulch-come-to-a-close-on-fremont-photos/ https://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/jun/25/patrons-say-farewell-to-mermaids-and-la-bayou-in-d/ http://classiclasvegas.squarespace.com/downtown-history/?currentPage=3
Survey - other remarks: Property was razed 2016
Surveyor: Wyatt Currie-Diamond
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-08
Sign keywords: Architectural; Neon; Incandescent; Steel; Fiberglass
Site address: 15 Fremont St
Sign owner: Derek Stevens
Sign details: Opened 1920 as Northern Club By Mayme Stocker. 1943-1960 operated as a few different businesses. 1970 opened as The Coin Castle, 1999 was renovated and opened as La Bayou, 2016 bought by Derek Stevens and torn down.
Sign condition: No longer there
Sign form: Architectural sign
Sign-specific description: Three neon signs site on top of a shack made of wood and sheet metal that is meant to represent something that might be seen in Louisiana. Two windows with green shutters are "open" with T.V. screens inside. Two neon signs sit at the top of the shack that spell out La Bayou in red neon and the cabinet is trimmed with purple neon. At the front of the property, above the entry, is a red neon sign that says "26 New Orleans Daiquiris."
Sign - type of display: Neon and incandescent
Sign - media: Steel, fiberglass
Sign environment: Part of the Fremont Street Experience, next to Golden Gate Casino
Sign - date of installation: c. 1999
Sign - thematic influences: The property has a theme element, which was popular of casinos of Las Vegas in the 1990s.
Sign - artistic significance: Property was decorated with a Louisiana inspired bayou, swamp motif.
Survey - research locations: Newspapers
Survey - research notes: https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/mermaids-la-bayou-and-glitter-gulch-come-to-a-close-on-fremont-photos/ https://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/jun/25/patrons-say-farewell-to-mermaids-and-la-bayou-in-d/ http://classiclasvegas.squarespace.com/downtown-history/?currentPage=3
Survey - other remarks: Property was razed 2016
Surveyor: Wyatt Currie-Diamond
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-08
Sign keywords: Architectural; Neon; Incandescent; Steel; Fiberglass
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