Some time on Thursday June 7, 2012 the Neon Museum and Boneyard posted a photo on their Facebook with the words “Have you seen this sign?” Apparently, the old Las Vegas sign was in the process of being removed from its historic site on the south end of Las Vegas Blvd to be relocated to the museum. The sign was removed from its towering signposts, carefully laid on the ground in a locked fenced in area awaiting to be moved. The sign was to be transported to the Bone Yard at a later date and that is when the mystery begins. Like many fortunes in Las Vegas, this one too disappeared in one night and that it might of been picked up and hauled off as scrap metal.
The Glass Pool Inn sign has disappeared (photo Oct. 2011)
Photo 1999- Glass Pool Inn (click to view larger photo)
What made this sign famous, was not the sign itself, but the 1950’s style motel with 7 large glass portals looking in to the elevated swimming pool where it stood. The Motel and pool was demolished in 2004, and only the sign remained up until last Thursday. Note: The Motel was renamed in 1988 from “The Mirage” when Steve Wynn’s Mirage Hotel Open. Rumor has it that Steve Wynn paid a cool million for the now famous “Mirage” name.
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