LGBTQ Advocacy Group Executive Pride Presents Neon Museum with $2,500 in Front of Red Barn Sign at Fashion Show Plaza Las Vegas
To celebrate PRIDE month, LGBTQ advocacy organization Executive Pride gathered at the Neon Museum’s Red Barn sign, now installed on the Fashion Show’s Plaza, to illuminate the sign and present a donation to the museum.
LGBTQ Advocacy Group Executive Pride Presents Neon Museum with $2,500 in Front of Red Barn Sign at Fashion Show Plaza Las Vegas
Executive Pride, the workplace equality organization, exists to amplify the voice for LGBTQ equal rights in business and beyond.
Travis Turner, executive director, Executive Pride; Janet LaFevre, senior marketing manager, Fashion Show; Rob McCoy, president and chief executive officer, Neon Museum. Executive Pride presented the museum with a $2,500 check to celebrate the installation of the Red Barn sign on Fashion Show Plaza.
The Red Barn opened in the late 1950s as an antique store at 1317 Tropicana Avenue and was converted into a bar in the early 1960s. By 1969, it had evolved into one of the first openly gay bars in Las Vegas. Featuring drag shows, such as the popular “RB Follies,” the Red Barn provided a place for the gay community to socialize. The Red Barn also published the “RB Bag,” one of the earliest gay magazines in Southern Nevada. The bar closed in March 1988, and its restored iconic martini glass sign is now a part of the Neon Museum’s collection.
Guests at Red Barn Sign at Fashion Show Plaza Las Vegas
Thanks to a partnership with Fashion Show, the Red Barn sign is currently on view on the Fashion Show’s Plaza, able to be seen and enjoyed by thousands of visitors who traverse the Las Vegas Strip each day.
Guests at Red Barn Sign at Fashion Show Plaza Las Vegas
Guests at Red Barn Sign at Fashion Show Plaza Las Vegas
The sign is installed on a platform near Neiman Marcus (near the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Fashion Show Drive)
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The Plaza at Fashion Show
3200 S. Las Vegas Blvd.
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109For more information about the Neon Museum, go to www.neonmuseum.org or call (702) 387-6366.