50-Foot Showgirl Gateway Signs (Main Street)

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Two 50-foot-tall showgirl signs stand at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Main Street near The STRAT. YESCO built them for the City of Las Vegas in 2022 to replace smaller showgirls, which were refurbished and moved elsewhere downtown.

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50-Foot Showgirl Gateway Signs (Main Street)

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Approximate location · 36.170° N, 115.140° W

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Downtown Las Vegas announces itself with two showgirls, each 50 feet tall, at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Main Street near The STRAT. YESCO built the signs for the City of Las Vegas, and the city said they would light up for the first time at dusk on 31 August 2022.

They replaced an earlier pair. The city put the original showgirls at 25 feet tall, while News 3 gave 26. FOX5 reported that the showgirls, together with dice and a roulette table painting, had welcomed visitors to downtown since August 2018, and KTNV described the old figures as installed in 2018. The Neon Museum, writing in December 2025, dates the smaller showgirls to the early 2000s. The city, FOX5, News 3 and KTNV agree that the originals came down for refurbishment after weather damage. FOX5 said they would move to a sign near the Arts District, KTNV to the corner of 4th Street and Las Vegas Boulevard, and the Neon Museum says they were restored and relocated to the Arts District.

FOX5 reported the project's expected cost as $631,334. According to the city, each new figure weighs about 6,800 pounds and is internally lit with white LEDs, with full-colour LED pucks in the headdresses, which were each fabricated separately. Mayor Carolyn Goodman, quoted by KTNV, said "bigger is better!" She also pointed to YESCO's earlier downtown work, including the Gateway Arches and signage at Circa Resort & Casino.

The Neon Museum describes the pair as marking the official entrance to downtown, alongside the 80-foot Gateway Arches unveiled in 2020. It suggests exploring these gateway installations before or after a visit to its own collection of preserved signs.

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Two large internally lit showgirl signs mark the downtown entrance at Las Vegas Boulevard and Main Street, near The STRAT. They are seen from the street. The 80-foot Gateway Arches, unveiled in 2020, are part of the same downtown entrance, according to the Neon Museum (2025).

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Seen from the street at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Main Street, near The STRAT, as a city-sponsored gateway. There is nothing to enter; the signs are part of the streetscape.

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