Las Vegas NV
2005

Vegas Vickie, Sin City's iconic kicking neon cowgirl sign, was named "Sassy Sally" when she first hung over the entrance to the Glitter Gulch casino in 1980. Then in 1994 she "married" a neighboring neon sign cowboy, Vegas Vic, and acquired her current name.

Time took its toll on Vegas Vickie, as it does to all Las Vegas showgirls. Her makeovers grew increasingly involved and expensive, and when Glitter Gulch closed in June 2017, Vickie was taken down and hauled away, her future uncertain.

The vintage neon sign was rescued by the owner of a new casino, the Circa, which opened only a few feet away from the old Glitter Gulch. Vickie was repaired by YESCO, the same sign company that had built her. In a frantic last-minute restoration push, the pulley that kicked her mechanical leg was repaired one minute before she was flipped back on, October 27, 2020. Vickie now hangs in an indoor atrium, next to "Vegas Vickie's Cocktail Lounge." She finally has her own place, and is safely shielded from the elements.


Fremont Street is a street in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada that is the second most famous street in the Las Vegas Valley – and Nevada – besides the Las Vegas Strip. Named in honor of explorer and politician John C. Frémont and located in the heart of the downtown casino corridor, Fremont Street is today, or was, the address for many famous casinos such as Binion's Horseshoe, Eldorado Club, Fremont Hotel and Casino, Golden Gate Hotel and Casino, Golden Nugget, Four Queens, The Mint, and the Pioneer Club.

Prior to the construction of the Fremont Street Experience, the western end of Fremont Street was the representative scene for Las Vegas that was included in virtually every television show and movie that wanted to depict the glittery lights of Las Vegas. The abundance of neon signs, like cowboy Vegas Vic, earned the street the nickname of "Glitter Gulch".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremont_Street#Fremont_East

Fremont Street dates back to 1905, when Las Vegas itself was founded. Fremont Street was the first paved street in Las Vegas in 1925 and received the city's first traffic light in 1931. Fremont Street also carried the shields of U.S. Route 93 (US 93), US 95, and US 466 before the construction of the interstate freeways, including I-15.

While gambling was established prior to being legalized, the Northern Club in 1931 received one of the first 6 gambling licenses issued in Nevada, and the first one for Fremont Street.

Glitter Gulch on Fremont Street, was closed to vehicle traffic in September, 1994, to begin construction on the Fremont Street Experience.