Iconic Vegas Vickie sign kicking it elsewhere — VIDEO

Las Vegas Review-Journal

8 years ago

People watch as workers remove Vegas Vickie on the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on Tuesday, June 13. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

A worker prepares to remove the high-kicking Vegas Vickie on Fremont Street on Tuesday, June 13, in Las Vegas. A portion of the sign, with the character’s other leg, was removed as a separate section. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Workers prepare to remove the high-kicking Vegas Vickie on the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on Tuesday, June 13. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Workers remove the Vegas Vickie on the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on Tuesday, June 13. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Vegas Vic is a little lonelier on the Fremont Street Experience. His “wife,” Vegas Vickie, has been removed from the building across from him and carted away.

The high-kicking neon cowgirl atop Glitter Gulch was removed early Tuesday morning in preparation for the demolition of buildings in downtown Las Vegas to make way for a new hotel-casino. The new is being built by a group led by Derek Stevens, who owns the D Las Vegas and Golden Gate.

Originally dubbed Sassy Sally — after the casino where she rode high over Fremont Street — the sign was created in 1980 by Ad Art’s Jack Dubois and Charles Barnard for the late Bob Stupak’s Glitter Gulch.