The Welcome to Las Vegas sign is still fabulous at 60. Behind the landmark:
After getting married in Las Vegas in 2008, Anton and Alina Deschner of Liederbach, Germany, kissed in front of the city’s iconic welcome sign to add to their wedding photos.
Betty Willis, shown here in 2002, created the sign for a local sign company in 1959. She died in 2015. Neither Willis, who died four years ago, nor the sign company ever copyrighted the image, which means entrepreneurs are free to use it in any way they choose without paying royalties. More than six miles south of the Las Vegas city limits, the sign was out in the sticks when erected, near what was then the entrance toAt the time, the road was known as U.S. 91, a the two-lane road called the “Los Angeles Highway” because it linked Southern California with Vegas.
Over the decades, modern-day Las Vegas grew up around the sign, creating the perfect photo backdrop. Free and open 24/7, the welcome sign is visited around-the-clock, as evidenced by apointed at it. People can often be seen queueing up, waiting for their turn for pictures in front of the sign.
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