{"id":10864,"date":"2020-04-20T07:05:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T07:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/reno-testing\/yesco-centennial-highlights\/"},"modified":"2020-04-20T07:05:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T07:05:08","slug":"yesco-centennial-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yesco.com\/reno\/yesco-centennial-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"YESCO Centennial Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>1920<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Thomas Young borrows $300 from his father and creates\u00a0the Thomas Young Sign Company. The company specializes in wall-painted advertisements, gold-leaf window lettering and coffin plates.<\/li><li><strong>1932<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 YESCO begins servicing Las Vegas. First clients include the Boulder Club, with its sign depicting a stein of flowing beer. Young would become credited with pioneering the use of neon in storefront advertising and building a national reputation for creativity.<\/li><li><strong>1942<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Thomas Young, Jr., second generation, joins YESCO.<\/li><li><strong>1945<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 YESCO opens a branch in Las Vegas.<\/li><li><strong>1955<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 YESCO acquires Rainbow Sign Company of Southern Utah.<\/li><li><strong>1958<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Silver Slipper and Golden Nugget neon spectaculars are designed and built by YESCO; the massive Stardust sign and fascia cover the entire front of the building with flashing light bulbs, neon tubing, simulated stars and planets against a painted lunar background.<\/li><li><strong>1959<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 A massive sign is designed, manufactured and installed for The Mint Hotel and Casino. Acknowledged as the electrical engineering classic sign of its time, the majestic sign\u2019s curved and arched form towered 96 feet above \u201cGlitter Gulch,\u201d as Las Vegas\u2019 Fremont Street was known.<\/li><li><strong>1962\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>YESCO designs, builds and installs a new sign for Snelgrove\u2019s Ice Cream in Salt Lake City, featuring a fabulously popular rotating ice cream cone.<\/li><li><strong>1964\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>YESCO acquires Sierra Neon and Western Neon (which created the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign), and YESCO Reno installs the Palace Club and Harrah&#8217;s Club spectaculars.<\/li><li><strong>1965\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Three-dimensional Dee Burger clown signs designed by YESCO appear in Salt Lake City.<\/li><li><strong>1969\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>YESCO opens branch offices in Idaho Falls and Twins Falls; Thomas Young, Jr., is named president of YESCO. The company expands to eight branch offices and 300 employees; the Circus Circus Clown spectacular is installed in Las Vegas. The sign is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world\u2019s largest freestanding sign.<\/li><li><strong>1970s <\/strong>YESCO America is established and a new YESCO logo is introduced. A branch office opens in Boise, and YESCO acquires Westarc Leasing of Denver. YESCO expands the Salt Lake Division and opens offices in Los Angeles; Elko, Nevada; and Kingman, Arizona. Royal Sign Company is acquired. YESCO acquires Federal Sign offices in Phoenix, Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada, and Epcon Signs in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada. After 45 years, YESCO&#8217;s Ogden division moves to a new location. YESCO opens a branch office in Phoenix.<\/li><li><strong>1971\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Thomas Young Sr. dies on September 11, leaving behind his life\u2019s work \u2013 a legacy of light to be carried like a torch from generation to generation.<\/li><li><strong>1972<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Michael T. Young, third generation, joins YESCO.<\/li><li><strong>1977<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Paul C. Young, third generation, joins YESCO.<\/li><li><strong>1980\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Jeffrey S. Young, third generation, joins YESCO; at 222.5 feet tall, YESCO installs the world\u2019s tallest freestanding sign at the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.<\/li><li><strong>1982\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>YESCO creates sign package for Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida.<\/li><li><strong>1989\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>YESCO installs the sign forThe Mirage Las Vegas Hotel and Casino.<\/li><li><strong>1990 \u00a0 <\/strong>YESCO installs the sign forExcalibur Hotel and Casino.<\/li><li><strong>1993\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Stephen E. Jones, third generation, joins YESCO. Jones is the son-in-law of Tom Young, Jr.; YESCO installs the signs forLuxor Las Vegas Hotel and Casino and MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.<\/li><li><strong>1996<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Ryan P. Young, fourth generation, joins YESCO; YESCO turns over its retired boneyard signs to The Neon Museum, a new 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of Las Vegas\u2019 historic signs; YESCO installs the sign for the Monte Carlo Hotel and Casino.<\/li><li><strong>1997 \u00a0 <\/strong>YESCO installs the sign forNew York-New York Hotel and Casino.<\/li><li><strong>1998\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>YESCO installs the sign forBellagio Las Vegas Hotel and Casino.<\/li><li><strong>1999\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Joshua M. Young, fourth generation, joins YESCO; the company installs the sign forThe Venetian Las Vegas Hotel and Casino.<\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 YESCO creates the Olympic rings illuminating the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City; LED becomes the preferred lighting format for Las Vegas Strip resorts.<\/li><li><strong>2004\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>YESCO fabricates Hollywood\u2019s iconic El Capitan Theatre sign, featuring LED high resolution display; Nathan T. Young, fourth generation, joins YESCO; Daniel T. Young, fourth generation, joins YESCO.<\/li><li><strong>2011<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 YESCO launches franchise sign maintenance and repair operation.<\/li><li><strong>2012<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 The Neon Museum opens to the public, featuring hundreds of signs acquired from YESCO\u2019s boneyard; Thomas R. Young, fourth generation joins YESCO. <\/li><li><strong>2016\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>David K. Jones, fourth generation, joins YESCO. Jones is the grandson of Thomas Young, Jr. and the son of Stephen Jones.<\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 YESCO restores and installs the 80-foot-tall Hard Rock Caf\u00e9 guitar sign in The Neon Museum Boneyard; YESCO installs the 79-foot-wide by 272-foot-high LED sign on the Palms Casino Resort tower in conjunction with its property-wide renovation; YESCO\u2019s Franchise Sign and Lighting Service maintenance and repair operation covers 180 territories by the end of the year.<\/li><li><strong>2020\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>YESCO installs its largest sign ever at 38,500 square feet atop The Reef building in downtown Los Angeles; YESCO fabricates\/installs signage for Allegiant Las Vegas Raiders Stadium, opening in August.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1920\u00a0\u00a0 Thomas Young borrows $300 from his father and creates\u00a0the Thomas Young Sign Company. The company specializes in wall-painted advertisements, gold-leaf window lettering and coffin plates. 1932\u00a0\u00a0 YESCO begins servicing Las Vegas. First clients include the Boulder Club, with its sign depicting a stein of flowing beer. 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