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Posted by Fliss (Melbourne Beach, United States) on 3 December 2008 in Art & Design and Portfolio.

Well, call it what you may but Vegas is fun... this sign was the old sign for 'Treasure Island' and they were taken to the Neon Junkyard where the signs from the old, old casinos still are...

This is a scanned photo...

Yes, I know that some of the photos are 'big' but I seem to have so much on my plate of doing stuff I wasn't going to mess around with making them smaller...

Well, after having finding out today they are finally up to our month in the adoption and basically 3 days from our date... so, if things go the way they are now... we could hear something by January/February 2010... fingers crossed things keep going smoothly the way they are. Our agency is even sending us papers to get ready for our call... quiet exciting... like I said... our fingers are crossed all keeps going well.

Comments (13)

jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand

very interesting sign Fliss not sure it would encourage you into visit though hehehe

3 Dec 2008 6:19am

@jamesy: You have a point there... :)

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

very cool shot

3 Dec 2008 6:20am

@Alun Lambert: Thanks

Zygene from morlaix, France

Impressionnante cette décoration devant ce casino

3 Dec 2008 6:25am

@Zygene: There are signs from old casinos still there... casinos that have been gone for a long time...

Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand

Scary sign!! Well shot Fliss:-)

3 Dec 2008 6:35am

@Linerberry: It does look a little scary huh

saeed from ahwaz, Iran

nice shot... well framed

3 Dec 2008 8:32am

@saeed: Thanks Saeed

Judy from Brooksville-Florida,, United States

It's just missing the other half ... C I T Y, right? :D

3 Dec 2008 9:39am

@Judy: Exactly! :)

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

hee hee . . well spotted . . fractured signage in that junkyard must be a photographer's dream.

3 Dec 2008 12:26pm

@Ronnie 2¢: Ohhhhhh... photographer's dream isn't the right word... it is more then that... there is SO much there... some people would think of it as a 'junk yard' but no... a must place to go with the camera if you go to Vegas... though do it in winter as it can get very hot...

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

What a find! heavens Fliss that's incredible...sin no more squelleton lol ;)

3 Dec 2008 3:51pm

@Lorraine: Something tells me you may fancy this Neon Junkyard Museum...

Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France

Las Vegas is calles Sin City, isn't it ? And I wonder if it is not a broken "Ca-sin-o" sign…

3 Dec 2008 4:43pm

@Calusarus: Never thought of that... honestly... I can't quiet recall the old sign... guess I didn't take as much notice of it then but I don't like the new sign of Treasure Island.

Alphons from Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands

So sin doesn't pay. Well shot!

3 Dec 2008 6:55pm

@Alphons: It has paid once in a while for me... hehehe... though I haven't hit the big one there... not that I play all that much...

vu@granby Gilles Martineau from Granby, Québec, Canada

Even if it's junk, it's a great find!

4 Dec 2008 2:02am

@vu@granby Gilles Martineau: Actually... it isn't junk... there is tons of old signs from the old casinos... Golden Nugget, El Dorado, Stardust, (old) Binion's sign, Sahara Hotel etc etc and what they do is hold tours of the signs and tell stories behind them, if TV shows (CSI Vegas) are filmed there they have to pay handsomely to do that and they restore the old signs and put them on the streets of Vegas... they look great... I highly recommend the tour to anyone going to Vegas... it is amazing...

http://www.neonmuseum.org/index.html