Las Vegas Dims Marquee Lights And Honors Victims And Heroes With A Sunday Night Tribute

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Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

Oct 09, 2017, 06:41 ET

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Las Vegas community dimmed the lights of its digital marquees for 11 minutes Sunday night to honor the victims and heroes of last week's tragic event. From 10:05 to 10:16 p.m., marquees along the Strip and across the Las Vegas Valley remained dim and the city collectively respected those affected with a moment of darkness.

Following the tribute, digital marquees throughout the city displayed a message of resilience: When Things Get Dark, Las Vegas Shines. This message will remain in rotation until Monday morning.  

The Las Vegas community dimmed the lights of its digital marquees for 11 minutes Sunday night to honor the victims and heroes of last week's tragic event. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau
The Las Vegas community dimmed the lights of its digital marquees for 11 minutes Sunday night to honor the victims and heroes of last week's tragic event. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau
The Las Vegas community dimmed the lights of its digital marquees for 11 minutes Sunday night to honor the victims and heroes of last week's tragic event. CREDIT: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau
The Las Vegas community dimmed the lights of its digital marquees for 11 minutes Sunday night to honor the victims and heroes of last week's tragic event. CREDIT: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau
The Las Vegas community dimmed the lights of its digital marquees for 11 minutes Sunday night to honor the victims and heroes of last week's tragic event. CREDIT: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau
The Las Vegas community dimmed the lights of its digital marquees for 11 minutes Sunday night to honor the victims and heroes of last week's tragic event. CREDIT: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau
The Las Vegas community dimmed the lights of its digital marquees for 11 minutes Sunday night to honor the victims and heroes of last week's tragic event. CREDIT: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau
The Las Vegas community dimmed the lights of its digital marquees for 11 minutes Sunday night to honor the victims and heroes of last week's tragic event. CREDIT: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau
The Las Vegas community dimmed the lights of its digital marquees for 11 minutes Sunday night to honor the victims and heroes of last week's tragic event. CREDIT: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau The Las Vegas community dimmed the lights of its digital marquees for 11 minutes Sunday night to honor the victims and heroes of last week's tragic event. CREDIT: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau The Las Vegas community dimmed the lights of its digital marquees for 11 minutes Sunday night to honor the victims and heroes of last week's tragic event. CREDIT: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau The Las Vegas community dimmed the lights of its digital marquees for 11 minutes Sunday night to honor the victims and heroes of last week's tragic event. CREDIT: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau

The following Las Vegas resorts and businesses participated in the tribute. 

Aliante Casino + Hotel + Spa
ARIA Resort & Casino
Bally's Las Vegas
Bellagio
Caesars Palace
California Hotel Casino
Circus Circus
Delano Las Vegas
Encore Las Vegas
Excalibur
Fashion Show Mall
Flamingo Hotel & Casino
Fiesta Henderson
Fiesta Rancho
Fremont Hotel & Casino
Green Valley Ranch Resort, Spa & Casino
Gold Coast Hotel & Casino
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Harrah's Hotel & Casino
Hooters Casino Hotel Las Vegas
Luxor Las Vegas
Main Street Station Casino Brewery Hotel
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
MGM Grand Hotel & Casino
Miracle Mile Shops
Monte Carlo Resort & Casino
New York-New York
Palace Station Hotel & Casino
Palms Casino Resort
Paris Hotel & Casino
Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino
Red Rock Casino Resort& Spa
Sam's Town Las Vegas
Santa Fe Station Hotel & Casino
SLS Las Vegas Hotel & Casino
South Point Hotel Casino and Spa
Stratosphere Hotel &Casino
Suncoast Hotel & Casino
Sunset Station Hotel & Casino
Texas Station
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
The Cromwell
The LINQ Hotel & Casino
The Orleans Hotel & Casino
The Palazzo Las Vegas
The Venetian Las Vegas
Treasure Island
W Las Vegas
Walgreens
Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino
Wynn Las Vegas
Vdara Hotel & Spa

For more information on how to help those affected, please visit www.VisitLasVegas.com/how-to-help.

For more photos and video of the tribute, please visit the LVCVA Newsroom at http://press.LVCVA.com.

ABOUT THE LVCVA
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) is charged with marketing Southern Nevada as a tourism and convention destination worldwide, and also with operating the Las Vegas Convention Center and Cashman Center.  With nearly 150,000 hotel rooms in Las Vegas alone and more than 11 million square feet of meeting and exhibit space citywide, the LVCVA's mission centers on attracting ever increasing numbers of leisure and business visitors to the area. Download the virtual reality app, Vegas VR, to experience Las Vegas from your iPhone or Android by visiting http://www.vrtv.vegas/. For more information, go to www.lvcva.com or www.visitlasvegas.com.

 

SOURCE Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

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