Vegas Vic

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1986 Fremont Street with Vegas Vic (right). In the meantime, part of the hat has been removed due to the construction of the Fremont Street Experience.

a more recent recording

Vegas Vic is the unofficial but often used name for an illuminated Las Vegas landmark that depicts a cowboy .

Designed in 1951, it stood above the Pioneer Club on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas.

The Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) constructed a 23 meter (75 foot) high version of the Vegas Vic, which depicted a cowboy in blue jeans with a yellow spotted shirt. He had a movable arm with a cigarette in hand and a voice that said " Howdy partner" every 15 minutes . The voice was turned off again in 1966 when Lee Marvin complained about the volume. When the Fremont Street Experience was built in 1994 , part of his hat had to be removed to make way for the roof.

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Commons : Vegas Vic  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 36 ° 10 ′ 16.1 ″  N , 115 ° 8 ′ 43.3 ″  W.