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  • A month before departure, and shortly after booking my room, I had asked Yelp what to do in Las Vegas. What I shouldn't miss when visiting Sin City. I was told to book a night tour at the Neon Museum. I did that and boy. It was awesome. When I arrived just a few minutes before my tour, I was welcomed, and given a ticket. I was then led out to the boneyard where the tour commenced. My tour guide was a native of Las Vegas. We had tourists from all over the planet in our group. It was very cool. For an hour or so we meandered around the lot learning the history of the signs and the history in turn of Las Vegas. Take all the pictures you want. If you want a picture with no people in it, feel free to wait behind and catch up. Good bits to know. The downside however, I spent much time taking pictures, and didn't hear some of the information. But the bits I heard were fascinating and very entertaining. The tour guide dude was great, friendly and informative. Absolutely willing to answer a bevy of stupid questions that were hurled at him. We also learned the initial purpose of the lot. The initial purpose was to store the old signs for storing, and available to raid for components. Gut some bits that work to stick into another sign, and leave the hulk for anything else salvageable. That being said, while they have renovated a handful of neon signs, there are still a good lot of signs that don't work. So, most of the lights are not lit, but they've been illuminated by lights placed around the place. During the tour, in addition to much local history, I also learned about the artists who were tapped for designing the signs, as well as the process of making neon tubes, the gasses that generate the assorted colors, and the terms for the construction of the lights and signs that once illuminated las Vegas. Many of the signs were so monstrously huge that they'd been sliced up so they could fit in the yard. It was a very neat experience, and I'll most definitely head back again. I've been informed that Night tour tickets sell out weeks in advance, so I'm glad I bought mine a month ahead. Not sure how quickly the day tours sell out. But next time I'll try to pay more attention to the tour, and less attention to my camera. I also feel that a day tour might be just as good.
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