Vegas Vickie is likely to return<\/a>. That’s not in the cards for the Trader Bill’s sign.<\/p>\nIn searching for some background about Trader Bill’s (it began operating at the corner of Fremont and 4th Street in the early 1930s), we came across an intriguing quote from an article written in 1997.<\/p>\n
At the time, Trader Bill’s was transitioning from being a souvenir store to a jewelry store, and the then President of Fremont Street Experience, Mark Paris, is quoted as saying, “The thing that’s important to us is the streetscape—how it looks—and the owners of Trader Bill’s have maintained the neon and lights that we feel are in keeping with the spirit of Fremont Street.”<\/p>\n
While a White Castle restaurant fits the “spirit” of Fremont Street perfectly, we can’t say the same for the White Castle sign.<\/p>\n
We’ve said often in this blog that the only constant in Las Vegas is change. That doesn’t mean we have to like it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There’s been a lot of great buzz about a new White Castle coming to Fremont Street. We should know, we started it. Recent developments at the site of the new White Castle, however, have been more buzzkill than buzz. They involve a classic sign for Trader Bill’s. For comparison purposes, here’s a look at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,23,5,30],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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