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Vegas Vic is a neon sign resembling a cowboy that was erected on the exterior of The Pioneer Club in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in 1951.[1] The sign was a departure in graphic design from typeface based neon signs, to a friendly and welcoming human form of a cowboy. The sign's human-like abilities of talking and waving its arm constituted an immediate acceptance as the unofficial welcoming sign reproduced thousands of times over the years and all over the world. The trademark is currently owned by Pioneer Hotel, Inc. which owns and operates the Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada. The sign can still be found at 25 E Fremont Street, where he has been since 1951 on the exterior of what used to be The Pioneer Club but is currently a souvenir shop. Pioneer Hotel, Inc. is the owner of the Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall along the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nevada that has a twin of the Vegas Vic image on another large sign referred to as River Rick.

History[edit]

1948 Postcard of Vegas Vic's first use

Although the Pioneer Club no longer operates as a casino, the 40-foot (12 m)[2] neon cowboy that was its mascot still exists. In 1947, the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce hired a West-Marquis firm to draw visitors to Las Vegas. The company then created the first image of Vegas Vic and his friendly 'Howdy Podner' greeting.[3] Due to the popularity of the cowboy, Young Electric Sign Company was commissioned to build a neon-sign version by the owners of the Pioneer Club. They then commissioned Pat Denner,[4] who modeled it after the image in use by the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. The neon version was complete with a waving arm, a moving cigarette, and a recording of 'HOWDY PODNER!!!!!' every 15 minutes. Vegas Vic was then erected on the exterior of the Pioneer club in 1951[5] on the southwest corner of First Street and Fremont Street replacing the sign that simply said Pioneer Club with an image of a horse drawn covered wagon.

In 1966, Lee Marvin was filming The Professionals and staying at the Mint Hotel. Marvin complained that Vegas Vic was too loud, so casino executives silenced Vegas Vic and it was left that way for nearly two decades.[2] The speaking was restored in the 1980s, but as of 2006 no longer works. The arm stopped waving in 1991.[5]

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Bag of Durham tobacco

When the Fremont Street Experience was under construction in 1994, several feet were cut off of the brim of Vegas Vic's hat to make him fit properly under the curve of the canopy of the Fremont Street Experience. After the Pioneer Club closed in 1995, Vegas Vic fell into disrepair. The Neon Museum at the Fremont Street Experience stepped in and offered to restore and maintain the sign if the building owner paid for the electric bill to operate it. Under the proposal, the building owner would retain ownership of the sign but has since acknowledged that the Federally Registered Trademark for Vegas Vic is owned by Pioneer Hotel, Inc. If the building is sold, the sign would become the property of the Neon Museum who would then maintain it from that point on. The building owner ultimately declined the offer and eventually restored the sign themselves.[5]

The red circle on his pocket is supposed to represent a Durham Tobacco tag that is dangling from a yellow string attached to the bag that is stowed away in his pocket (Vegas Vic represents a time when a cowboy rolled their own cigarettes from a bag of tobacco).

Vegas Vic was the first of what would become three neon cowboys at Nevada casinos. Wendover Will was erected a year later in 1952 at Stateline Casino and River Rick was erected in 1981 at the Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall in Laughlin. River Rick is virtually an identical copy of Vegas Vic, outfitted with a different color scheme.

  • Vegas Vic (erected 1951), Las Vegas (photographed by Carol Highsmith)

  • Vegas Vickie (erected 1980), Las Vegas (Highsmith)

In 1980 another neon sign, depicting a cowgirl in a fringed outfit seated with one leg kicking outward, was erected across Fremont Street. Standing over the Girls of Glitter Gulch strip club, she was known as Vegas Vickie (sometimes erroneously referred to as 'Sassy Sally', for the nearby casino).[6][7] Vic and Vickie were 'married' in a 1994 ceremony during construction of the Fremont Street Experience.[8] Vickie was removed in 2017 in preparation for the demolition of the strip club along with Mermaids Casino, La Bayou and the Las Vegas Club.[9] Plans are for her to be returned to Fremont Street after the completion of a new resort on the site planned to open in 2020.[10]

Vegas Vic has received new paint schemes through the years. Originally, from the '50s through the '60s, his shirt was white with yellow checkered stripes. Later during an early restoration in the '70s, his shirt was painted solid yellow. When he was restored in 1998 his shirt was painted a red and yellow checkered pattern.

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In popular culture[edit]

  • In the Obsidian Entertainment video game Fallout: New Vegas, a robot named Victor acts as an ally to the player and a servant of the owner of New Vegas, Mr. House. Victor is based on Vegas Vic, bearing a similar face and greeting the player with 'Howdy, partner!'
  • The Belgian comics hero Lucky Luke strongly resembles Vegas Vic.
  • A 1994 commercial for Miller Genuine Draft beer has a neon cowboy and cowgirl, similar to Vegas Vic and Vickie, 'coming to life' in downtown Vegas to the tune of JJ Cale's 'After Midnight'.[11]
  • During the Wonderful Wonderful tour, The Killers, who formed in Las Vegas and make frequent references to the city in their music and videos, included the image of Vegas Vic in the background on the song 'The Man'.[12]
  • Vegas Vic makes an appearance in The Simpsons episode 'I Married Marge'.

Gallery[edit]

  • The Pioneer Club 1950s (Yellow and white plaid shirt)

  • The Pioneer Club 1980s (Solid yellow shirt), with Vegas Vickie in the background

  • Post-1998 restoration (Red and yellow checkered shirt)

  • Royal vegas sign up bonus. Vegas Vic, the neon cowboy of Fremont Street

See also[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vegas Vic.

References[edit]

  1. ^'Timeline'. Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
  2. ^ ab'Vegas Vic Lives!'. Las Vegas Sun. 2000-06-25. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  3. ^Eugene P. Moehring, Michael S. Green (2005). Las Vegas - A Centennial History. University of Nevada Press. ISBN9780874176155. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
  4. ^Moreno, Richard (2008). Nevada Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff. Globe Pequot. p. 1880. ISBN978-0-7627-4682-8. Standing 40 feet tall, the illuminated buckaroo weighs about 6 tons and, at the time it was erected on top of the Pioneer Club in downtown Las Vegas, was the world's largest mechanical sign (his arm waved, his eye winked, and his cigarette moved and blew smoke rings.
  5. ^ abc'Faded Glory'. Review Journal. 2000-01-16. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
  6. ^'Landmark 'Vegas Vickie' neon cowgirl sign removed'. Associated Press. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  7. ^Fitzgerald, Michael (December 26, 2017). 'A sign of respect'. The Record. Stockton, CA. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  8. ^Moore, Thomas (8 June 2017). 'So long, Vickie: Iconic Fremont Street sign riding into the sunset'. Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  9. ^Cling, Carol (8 June 2017). 'Take a photo with Fremont's Vegas Vickie before she's gone'. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  10. ^'18 Fremont Update: Vegas Vickie, Mermaids, Las Vegas Club, Demolition'. Vital Vegas Blog. 2017-07-16. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  11. ^'Miller Genuine Draft Vegas Neon Cowboy'. YouTube. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  12. ^'The Killers Live in Newcastle 2017 - The Man'. YouTube. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

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