Las Vegas, Nevada: Blue Angel
Blue Angel Motel featured lovely 15-foot-tall blue angel hovering on a pole since 1957. When the wind blew hard enough, the wings acted as a weather vane and turned her showgirl body. Restored and relocated nearby in March 2020.
- Address:
- 2320 E. Fremont St., Las Vegas, NV
- Directions:
- East of downtown. On the north side of NV-159/E. Charleston Blvd, just west of its intersection with NV-582/E. Fremont St.
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In 2017, the Blue Angel statue was taken down and moved to a shop for restoration. It's now owned by the city, and should make a return somewhere in town as a display of vintage advertising. We're hoping she'll still spin with the wind!
[RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 03/30/2017]
The Blue Angel Weather Vane is still there, although her former hotel is completely gone. The lot is vacant and cleaned up; easy to get to and to take photos. She still moves whichever way the wind blows.
[NMatson, 07/07/2016]
The motel buildings are pretty much totally gone now. Heard they were going to build a new mini mall, but the developer is saving the statue.
[Joie, 02/28/2015]
The Blue Angel Motel will be bulldozed in 2015, but the motel's memorable Blue Angel weather vane will be allowed to survive right where it is. The 35-foot-high angel -- her look a blend of fairytale whimsy and showgirl va-va-voom -- arrived in the late 1950s, designed by Betty Willis (who later went on to create the iconic Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign). The motel site will be rebuilt as a shopping plaza, but -- in a surprising move for this implosion-mad metropolis -- developer Arnold Stalk has pledged that the Blue Angel will not be touched.
[RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 02/03/2015]
The hotel is fenced up and falling to bits (as are most hotels in that area), but the Blue Angel is still happily rotating.
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