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What is the most iconic landmark in Las Vegas?

By YPB Team

A sign from 1959, a lake that fires water hundreds of feet up, a pyramid with a beam on top and a screen you can see from a plane. Nothing here is old, and half of it is a copy of something else. Rank what says Las Vegas fastest.

  1. Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign — ranked #11
    Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
    Betty Willis's 1959 sign at the south end of the Strip.
    1000pts
  2. Fremont Street Experience — ranked #22
    Fremont Street Experience
    Downtown canopy where the original neon casinos still stand.
    656pts
  3. Bellagio fountains — ranked #33
    Bellagio fountains
    Choreographed jets on an eight-acre lake, firing hundreds of feet up.
    656pts
  4. Eiffel Tower at Paris Las Vegas — ranked #44
    Eiffel Tower at Paris Las Vegas
    Half-scale replica with an observation deck over the Boulevard.
    636pts
  5. Red Rock Canyon — ranked #55
    Red Rock Canyon
    Sandstone escarpment that frames the valley from the west.
    515pts
  6. High Roller — ranked #66
    High Roller
    550-foot observation wheel at the Linq, once the world's tallest.
    384pts
  7. Sphere — ranked #77
    Sphere
    The $2.3bn wrap-around screen that opened in 2023.
    384pts
  8. Caesars Palace — ranked #88
    Caesars Palace
    Roman columns and fountains that have fronted the Strip since 1966.
    384pts
  9. Neon Museum — ranked #99
    Neon Museum
    Boneyard of retired casino signs, open to the public since 2012.
    384pts
  10. Stratosphere Tower — ranked #1010
    Stratosphere Tower
    The tallest observation tower in the United States, opened 1996.
    384pts
  11. Circus Circus big top — ranked #1111
    Circus Circus big top
    Pink-and-white tent facade at the north end of the Strip.
    303pts
  12. Hoover Dam — ranked #1212
    Hoover Dam
    Depression-era wall of concrete half an hour from the Strip.
    303pts
  13. Luxor pyramid — ranked #1313
    Luxor pyramid
    Black glass pyramid with the brightest beam on earth on its tip.
    206pts
  14. The Venetian canals — ranked #1414
    The Venetian canals
    Indoor waterways with gondoliers under a painted sky.
    206pts
  15. Allegiant Stadium — ranked #1515
    Allegiant Stadium
    The black dome the Raiders moved into in 2020.
    206pts
  16. Golden Gate Hotel — ranked #1616
    Golden Gate Hotel
    The city's oldest hotel, open downtown since 1906.
    206pts
  17. Vegas Vic — ranked #1717
    Vegas Vic
    The waving neon cowboy who has stood over Fremont Street since 1951.
    206pts

Comments 1

Betty Willis never copyrighted the Welcome sign she designed in 1959, and Sphere opened in 2023 at a cost of $2.3 billion: https://youpick.best/articles/las-vegas-ranked-many-ways

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Aug 21