Las Vegas Sun

May 8, 2024

Clark County firefighters extinguish the last flickers of flame that engulfed the Caesars Palace marquee, March 27, 1980. The blaze erupted shortly after 12:30p.m. and caused $200,000 worth of damage. The 70-foot fluorescent sign was ignited by an electrical short as workmen were changing the headliner from Paul Anka to Tom Jones. Jones was the headliner two years earlier, when another small fire engulfed the sign.

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Clark County firefighters extinguish the last flickers of flame that engulfed the Caesars Palace marquee, March 27, 1980. The blaze erupted shortly after 12:30p.m. and caused $200,000 worth of damage. The 70-foot fluorescent sign was ignited by an electrical short as workmen were changing the headliner from Paul Anka to Tom Jones. Jones was the headliner two years earlier, when another small fire engulfed the sign.