Throughout the world there are many
different types of enormous, lighted outdoor signs. The
neon sign that looms over the Palace Station Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas,
Nevada is one example. As the largest
free-standing sign in the world, it consists of over 6 miles of neon and
fluorescent lights and contains more than 12,000 individual light bulbs. The sign is 279-feet-tall and 40-feet-thick
with a surface area of more than 70,000 square feet. An even larger sign had stood in its place
but was blow over in a severe wind storm.
The biggest figural (signs based on
human or animal figures) neon sign in the country is in Saginaw, Michigan. The sign is 35 feet tall and 50 feet long. Other large neon signs can be found in
Piccadilly Circus in London, Tokyo’s Ginza and Shibuya, and Shanghai’s Nanjinj
Road to name a few.
Also over the last few years, we have seen larger and larger digital billboards become part of a
city’s landscape. Two years ago, New
York Times Square went live with the highest resolution and most expensive digital
billboard to-date in North America. The
new billboard spans an entire city block and is eight stories tall and almost
as long as a football field. The display
has a higher resolution than the best top-of-the-line television sets and is
comprised of nearly 24 million LED pixels, made up of miniature red, blue and
green light. The screen represents one
of the most expensive pieces of outdoor advertisement, and at the time it was
installed, it cost more than $2.5 million for four weeks.
Another huge digital billboard in the
U.S. is the 65-foot-tall and 320-foot-long sign at Harmon Avenue and Las Vegas
Boulevard in Las Vegas. The billboard
serves as a display for high-definition advertisements and special events, and
has an ultra-high pixel count of 7K or 7,360 by 1,440 pixels.
LightSources and our affiliated companies
are among the leading light bulb manufacturers in the world. As part of our
group, Voltarc Technologies Inc. is a recognized leader in the signage industry
and architectural lighting and the leading manufacturer of fluorescent and neon
sign lighting components and specialty fluorescent lamps.
LightSources and our affiliated
companies represent the leading high-tech designers and manufacturers in the
lamp industry today. Our products are used world-wide in a multitude of
applications and industries such as our UV air treatment systems that provide
industries a way to disinfect and improve the quality of air without the need
for toxic chemicals. Please contact us to learn more about our
broad range of standard and custom lighting solutions.
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