Famous Las Vegas Sign Replica Using Cards, Dice, Poker Chips

An artist who graduated from Harvard Design School made a replica of the famous Las Vegas welcome sign using 500 decks of playing cards, 1800 poker chips, 800 dice and a few tubes of Super Glue.

"Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas," or at least welcome to a life-size replica of the famous sign made out cards, dice and poker chips.

Bryan Berg, perhaps best known for building a 25-foot castle out of playing cards, broke his no adhesive rule to build the sign for the World Series of Poker. Berg called the sign, which is attached to a scaffolding of wood and weighs 400 pounds, a "logistical nightmare". It took about 450 hours to complete.

"It's like performing brain surgery," he said. "I didn't think it was going to be possible."

Unlike the original at the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip, the replica does not have a flat front. Pockets of its face are left bare so the structure's interior design is revealed. The honeycomb pattern of the cards and their laminated covering catch the light, making it appear the sign is lighted up and shimmering in the desert heat.

It hangs above the stage in the Rio hotel-casino's convention center, where more than 8,500 entrants are competing in the main event of the World Series of Poker tournament.

"I don't usually use tape, or glue anything together, and I've never even considered it. I've always been a purist," he said. "I think it's important that I'm up front about it."

July 30, 2006
Posted By Susan Torres
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