Most Photographed Sculpture in Las Vegas (Gone)
Las Vegas, Nevada
If you believe its publicist, this is the Most Photographed Sculpture in Las Vegas. It's the cast-from-life bronze posteriors of the Crazy Girls, a semi-nude showgirl revue that ran in the Riviera Hotel-Casino from 1988 until 2015, then moved to the Planet Hollywood Hotel-Casino (The show was corny and campy, with an amusing male juggler interspersed for comic relief). Anyone can see the bronze butts for free, on the Planet Hollywood casino floor. Above it is the Crazy Girls' slogan: "No ifs, ands, or.... (empty space)." Bwahahaha...get it?
For posterior posterity, the showgirls immortalized in the sculpture are (L-R) Karen Raider, Debra Sill, Pat Lumpkin, Kim Baranco, Angela Sampras-Stabile, Michelle Sandoval, and Chris Zytko.
The sculpture does seem to attract shutterbugs; during the brief time we spent taking photos, several other people came up to do the same thing. So it was less embarrassing for us, sort of.
Women usually stand next to the last butt in line, jutting a hip and matching their derrieres to those of the display. Men usually rub, grope, slap, or pretend to bite a butt. Vigorous burnishing of the bottoms imparts good luck in direct proportion to the velocity and friction heat attained -- or so we're told.