At one point, Las Vegans wanted to called the Strip the Gay White Way because of all of the lights. Now, some people think the lights are a little too bright. From the LV Sun:
Perhaps the Las Vegas Strip has gotten just too bright for its own good.
Clark County officials are considering a law that could dim lights on Strip marquees and other signs that blind or dazzle motorists – once someone figures out when bright is too bright.
Critics point to a Mandalay Bay marquee that floods Interstate 15 with flashing – and some say blinding – light.
Local lighting industry officials say most Strip hotel marquees have sensors that keep their brightness in check by adjusting sign lights depending on conditions, such as changing sunlight.
Current sign settings are well below the brightness limits being considered by the county, the illumination industry says.
Clark County Planner Chuck Pulsipher said the proposed ordinance would be part of package that also could allow electronic message billboards in the county, similar to those permitted in Las Vegas and Henderson.
The county’s current ordinance allows only signs that do not “illuminate with such brilliance as to blind or dazzle the vision of travelers.” County officials admit they don’t need an incandescent light bulb to go off in their heads to see how vague and unenforceable that measure is.
Las Vegas SUN: Too bright for Vegas? Clark County thinks on it
When I look at the list of problems confronting Clark County, I see “Strip too bright” pretty close to the bottom.
I thought the whole purpose of billboards was to “dazzle the traveler,” but I guess not. The ordinance makes it sound like the billboards are casting a befuddlement spell on the unwary–some real Harry Potter stuff.