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Photographs of Roadhouse Casino sign, Las Vegas (Nev.), March 14, 2017

Date

2017-03-14
2017-09-01

Description

The Roadhouse Casino sign sits unlit at 2100 North Boulder Highway. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Data Sheet.
Site address: 2100 N Boulder Hwy
Sign owner: Robert McMackin
Sign details: Roadhouse approved for gaming 1988, Robert McMackin bought the Roadhouse 1992, but it closed 2002. They planned to refurbish and reopen by 2010 but has been in legal trouble and has not reopened.
Sign condition: 2- reader board portion/plastic back lit portion is gone and paint has faded drastically
Sign form: Pylon
Sign-specific description: Big Letters on top "Roadhouse" below Is a Huge Letter "R". Still up but in horrible condition. Reader board is a frame and appears to be scrapped. No upkeep has been made to the sign. There is an array of colors behind the 'R' such as purple, white, yellow and green in a parallel plume shape.
Sign - type of display: Neon
Sign - media: Steel
Sign - non-neon treatments: There must have been plastic on this sign since there is a sign box that would contain it.
Sign environment: This location is on Boulder Hwy. near Sunset Road.
Sign - thematic influences: The letter R in the middle of the sign is remnant of the 1980's car/video game font.
Survey - research locations: Las Vegas Sun Article synopsis https://vegasinc.lasvegassun.com/business/legal/2012/mar/26/city-henderson-reverses-course-roadhouse-casino-li/ Review Journal article https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/station-casinos-henderson-settle-roadhouse-dispute/
Survey - research notes: The articles were helpful with finding information on this property since other avenues did not have any information on it.
Surveyor: Wyatt Currie-Diamond
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-01
Sign keywords: Pylon; Neon; Steel; Plastic; Incandescent; Backlit; Back to back

Mixed Content

Grant of easement, Las Vegas Land and Water Company, Audit No. 5353, June 1, 1954

Date

1954-06-01

Archival Collection

Description

Granting of an easement by the Union Pacific Railroad to the Las Vegas Valley Water District for the purpose of maintaining the water supply facilities. Notarized by Louis Scholnick in Douglas County, Nebraska on June 3, 1954.

Text

University of Nevada, Las Vegas law school establishment: correspondence

Date

1973

Archival Collection

Description

Folder from the Flora Dungan Papers (MS-00193) -- Series 4. University of Nevada Regents Material.

Text