{"id":10822,"date":"2020-03-19T12:08:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T12:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/phoenix-testing\/yescos-centennial-highlights\/"},"modified":"2020-03-19T12:08:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T12:08:10","slug":"yescos-centennial-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/phoenix\/yescos-centennial-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"YESCO&#8217;s Centennial Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The family-owned and\noperated company began in 1920 in Ogden, Utah when founder Thomas Young\nborrowed $300 from his father to start the business. It began specializing in\nwall-painted advertisements, gold-leaf window lettering and coffin plates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, headquartered in Salt\nLake City and helmed by second-, third- and fourth-generation members of the\nYoung family, YESCO designs and creates the world\u2019s most spectacular signs,\nincorporating dazzling color, LED displays, motion and digital animation and\nvideo. With three state-of-the-art manufacturing plants featuring automated and\ncustom equipment, as well as sales and service offices located around the\ncountry the company continues to grow. YESCO also operates a franchise sign-and-lighting\nservice business throughout the United States and Canada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis year marks an\nextraordinary milestone for our family\u2019s business,\u201d says Jeff Young, vice\npresident and chief marketing officer, YESCO. \u201cThanks to my grandfather\u2019s\nvision and ingenuity during the pioneering days of sign design, along with the\nhard work of nearly 1,100 employees today, our company is \u2013 literally \u2013 looking\nahead to a bright future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A pivotal moment in the history of YESCO was its entry into the burgeoning Las Vegas market in 1932, with the iconic Boulder Club sign, which depicted a stein of flowing beer. With this sign and others, YESCO became a pioneer in incorporating neon into storefront advertising and acquired national recognition for its creativity. In 1945, the company opened a branch in Las Vegas, which today represents its largest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recognizable examples of YESCO\u2019s\nwork illuminate the United States and Canada. Notable projects include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hacienda Horse and Rider, Silver Slipper, Vegas Vic and Welcome to\nFabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas<\/li><li>El Capitan Theatre, Hollywood, California <\/li><li>The Forum, Inglewood, California<\/li><li>Snelgrove Ice Cream, featuring a giant, rotating ice cream cone,\nSalt Lake City<\/li><li>Iconic Olympic rings illuminating the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, Salt\nLake City<\/li><li>Denver International Airport, Denver<\/li><li>Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, Jackson Hole, Wyoming<\/li><li>Jackson\u2019s Food Stores, Boise, Idaho<\/li><li>Vee Quiva Hotel &amp; Casino Laveen, Arizona<\/li><li>Reno Arch, Reno, Nevada<\/li><li>Rogers Arena, Edmonton, Alberta<\/li><li>Signage for Las Vegas Raiders Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, opening\nin 2020<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/phoenix\/files\/2020\/03\/YESCO_100yr-logo-Final_051419-1-778x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-323\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family-owned and operated company began in 1920 in Ogden, Utah when founder Thomas Young borrowed $300 from his father to start the business. It began specializing in wall-painted advertisements, gold-leaf window lettering and coffin plates. Today, headquartered in Salt Lake City and helmed by second-, third- and fourth-generation members of the Young family, YESCO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"featured_media_global":[],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":false,"list":false,"medium":false,"full":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}