Encore, the next phase of the Wynn in Las Vegas, is getting ready to open on Sunday, And apparently Steve Wynn was not too crazy about having the broken down New Frontier sign still standing right across the street. So he's paying to have it taken down. The casino's been imploded and torn down. It was already an empty lot when we were there back in February. It's supposed to be the future home of the Plaza (owned by the same folks who own the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan) but no ground has been broken yet. When we were at the Neon Boneyard, our guide said that they probably weren't going to get the Frontier sign because the company was planning on keeping it. Sounds like now they're trying to get involved and salvage some of it. My understanding was that they have little budget to pay for any signs so they mostly have to depend on owner donations. And even though the New Frontier was (as I've mentioned once or twice previously) a wretched hive of scum and villainy, the sign was something of an old school Vegas classic so I hope they're able to save at least some of it.