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Tropicacana Museum Case Study

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Standing in the “boneyard,” the evening sky is turning dark; out guide, Tom is giving us a brief history of the Neon Museum, and the stormy history of Las Vegas, Nevada. Tom says, “Be careful of sharp objects,” as our tour begins. The Museum began in 1996 as a way to rescue the remnants of a bygone era. The Young Electric Sign Company donated its corpses to the boneyard, an outdoor collection of signs that once advertised the grand dames of the Las Vegas hotels. With Sassy Sally’s and Binion’s lighting up the night, I am reminded of a Las Vegas, when it was a road in the desert. Tom, was saying, “IF these signs could talk, the stories they would tell of big dreamers and questionable characters.” The Tropicacana Sign catches my eye, with

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