{"id":10747,"date":"2022-11-12T17:03:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T17:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/coloradosprings-testing\/yesco-wins-best-of-show-for-las-vegas-gateway-arches-at-annual-world-sign-associates-conference\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T20:57:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T20:57:33","slug":"yesco-wins-best-of-show-for-las-vegas-gateway-arches-at-annual-world-sign-associates-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/coloradosprings\/yesco-wins-best-of-show-for-las-vegas-gateway-arches-at-annual-world-sign-associates-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"YESCO Wins \u201cBest of Show\u201d for Las Vegas Gateway Arches at Annual World Sign Associates Conference&nbsp;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/strat.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/strat.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4163473\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Las Vegas Arches on Las Vegas Blvd. Photo courtesy of the City of Las Vegas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHBqjAa9oB\"><strong><em>Click Here For Downloadable Photos<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>YESCO was awarded with \u201cBest of Show\u201d for its notable Las Vegas Gateway Arches at this year\u2019s annual World Sign Associates (WSA) conference in San Antonio, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Named the \u201ccoolness\u201d sign competition, members of the WSA vote for the top sign from a renowned collection of North America\u2019s most prestigious sign companies. This year, YESCO\u2019s Gateway Arches received a staggering 72 percent of the vote for \u201cBest of Show.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The illuminated arches form a towering gateway to Las Vegas\u2019 burgeoning Downtown and feature a pink, retro-inspired emblem suspended above the boulevard. Since its completion in 2020, the new, brightly lit, Gateway Arches have continued to welcome visitors to the City of Las Vegas as they travel north on Las Vegas Boulevard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FUN FACTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>One leg of the Gateway Arches weighs 18,400 pounds<\/li><li>Number of lights on the arches: 13,016&nbsp;<\/li><li>City Of Las Vegas emblem measures 20-feet x 40-feet and weighs 7,300 pounds<\/li><li>The entire arch draws over 61,000 watts of power<\/li><li>The arches are comprised of more than 13,000&nbsp;+ RGB light-emitting diode (LED) pucks that are individually&nbsp;programmable<\/li><li>Over 700 feet of fully programmable RGBW LED Flex Neon, each pixel&nbsp;is 4.92 inches&nbsp;<\/li><li>Fully programmable, the color-changing sign contains more than 170 IP addresses<\/li><li>Each arch leg spans 140 feet across Las Vegas Boulevard<\/li><li>900-plus LED lamps in the southern face of the hanging \u201cLas Vegas\u201d cabinet<\/li><li>Four footings were drilled with a drill rig and are 20-feet-deep x 4-feet wide with a steel reinforced&nbsp;cage<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe World Sign Associates conference features the best companies in the industry, so it was an honor to be awarded with \u2018Best of Show\u2019 for our Gateway Arches,\u201d said Jeff Young, executive vice president, YESCO. \u201cOur team worked extremely hard on this project, and we are thrilled to be recognized with such an honor.\u201d Other winners at this year\u2019s WSA conference&nbsp;included Davinci Sign Systems for Brighton Crossings in Windsor, Colorado, in the category of signs over 100 square feet, BSC Signs for National Jewish Hospital Donor Structure in Broomfield, Colorado, in the category of signs under 100 square feet and Nagle Signs, Inc. for Farmers State Bank in Waterloo, Iowa, in the category of wall signs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click Here For Downloadable Photos YESCO was awarded with \u201cBest of Show\u201d for its notable Las Vegas Gateway Arches at this year\u2019s annual World Sign Associates (WSA) conference in San Antonio, Texas. Named the \u201ccoolness\u201d sign competition, members of the WSA vote for the top sign from a renowned collection of North America\u2019s most prestigious [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"featured_media_global":[],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":false,"list":false,"medium":false,"full":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/coloradosprings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/coloradosprings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/coloradosprings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/coloradosprings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/coloradosprings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/coloradosprings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11383,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/coloradosprings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10747\/revisions\/11383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/coloradosprings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/coloradosprings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/coloradosprings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}