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Las Megas Neon Sign

A large-scale freestanding neon sign built for Tesla's "Las Megas" launch event in Las Vegas, fabricated on an extremely tight timeline and budget, then installed on-site despite a mid-transport equipment failure. Neon Flamingo designed and fabricated a large-scale freestanding neon sign for Tesla's "Las Megas" event, held in Las Vegas in September 2025 to launch the company's next-generation Megapack energy storage product. The sign served as the event's central photo backdrop, the piece attendees and media gathered around throughout the launch.

An Impossibly Tight Turnaround

Like most of the studio's biggest builds, this one arrived with a short timeline and a firm budget. Designing, engineering and fabricating a large freestanding sign under those conditions means moving fast without cutting corners. The piece had to carry a major product launch in person, not just in a render.

Traveling to Vegas, Prepared for the Worst

We drove to Las Vegas with a full installation crew. Any damage to a large freestanding glass piece that far from the shop is hard to fix on short notice, so we packed backup stock of the most break-prone sections of tubing.

The trip didn't go entirely to plan: the crane truck being used to transport and lift the sign broke down en route to Las Vegas. With master installers on the crew, the team worked out an alternate plan on the spot and got the sign safely installed regardless. In the end, the installation went so smoothly that none of the backup glass was ever needed.

A Piece Worth Being Proud Of

Logistics aside, this was a design the team was proud of. It photographed as the centerpiece of the event, which was the whole point.

A Permanent Home in Texas

After the event, the sign found a permanent home in a Tesla office in Texas, where it continues to light up the space for employees.

Why This Project Matters

Short timeline, strict budget, fragile cargo hauled across state lines, and a crane truck that quit halfway there. None of it moved the install date or cracked the glass. Large-format neon that travels demands that kind of contingency planning.

Client: Tesla ("Las Megas" Megapack launch event, Las Vegas)
Scope: Design, fabrication, cross-country transport, and on-site installation of a large freestanding neon sign
Current location: Tesla office, Texas

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