Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign is a Las Vegas landmark funded in May 1959 and erected soon after by Western Neon. The sign was designed by Betty Willis at the request of Ted Rogich, a local salesman, who sold it to Clark County, Nevada.
The sign, just to the south of the Las Vegas Strip, welcoming visitors to the city in 2015
The sign at night with the lights illuminated in 2007
The back of the sign at night in 2009
Drive Carefully - Las Vegas
Las Vegas Boulevard is a major road in Clark County, Nevada, United States, best known for the Las Vegas Strip portion of the road and its casinos. Formerly carrying U.S. Route 91 (USĀ 91), which had been the main highway between Los Angeles, California and Salt Lake City, Utah, it has been bypassed by Interstate 15 and serves mainly local traffic with some sections designated State Route 604.
An aerial view of Las Vegas Boulevard as seen from atop Paris Las Vegas in 2012
Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, picture taken looking north up the strip in 2009