Wendover Will Neon Cowboy — Attraction in West Wendover

He's ugly! Why would anyone want such a goofy looking statue greeting them as they enter town? Apparently this cartoon cowboy was designed in the early 1950s and it definitely looks like it. With it's happy demeanor, tacky use of primary colors, and lack of interesting characteristics, this statue is beyond amateur. I can almost gurantee you there weren't any competing designs. There's no other explanation for this abomination. They had to have commissioned the first draft they saw. William would be ashamed of how his likeness is being represented. Frankly I could draw a better design in an afternoon. Ugly...

LOL how can a sign be made out of foam and cardboard that has been in Wendover since the 1950's? Some of the reviews on this old neon sign are silly. This 62 ft sign was up where the Nugget casino is today, back when it was the Stateline Casino. The so called primary colors were the same back then as well, so I am sure William Smith was fine with it, since it was commissioned for his Casino. The Nugget donated the sign to West Wendover and they restored it. It is part of West and Wendover history. It isn't the prettiest thing to look at but I think it is cool that they kept it and...

So the statue, for what it is, is fine. It's a weird giant cowboy outlined in neon. If you like weird random stuff along these lines, this will tickle your fancy. Gas right nearby was very reasonably priced.

This statue is often referred to as the world's largest mechanical cowboy statue. This is not true. It has zero mechanical parts, just some lights. After driving 700 miles, I had promised my long suffering family a mechanical cowboy statue. For a mechanical cowboy statue this gets 0 out of 5 stars. The word fraud was...