The infamous Fun City, home to the famous Chapel of the Bells (still there), was so vibrant and inviting that it was truly a one-stop motel for your Vegas needs. Given the sleep, eat, and get married style, I decided to go formal for the frame of this neon beauty.

A true trailblazer of a motel needed a certain refined frame to reflect its true nature: all business. I call this style The Tuxedo. Ready to party, get married, and take your money.

This frame holds a secret behind it, almost like the wall safe hidden in the manager’s office. The back is made from small offcuts I assembled to spell out Fun City. Since this was now of solid wood, this could be bolted on, securing David’s illustration permanently.

I like to tell people this is my play against capitalism and how it changed Vegas into just a grind em up type of town but that’s only partially true. I was also watching March Madness and National Treasure at the time. So maybe I bolted a basketball court floor to the back in case Nicolas Cage decided to try and steal this one. Honestly, that would be so rad.