Casa Grande Neon Sign Park – Review and Guide – Arizona

Located just south of the Phoenix area, the Casa Grande Neon sign park offers visitors a chance to see old skool neon signs restored to their former glory. This park showcases 14 salvaged and meticulously restored signs originating from significant historical sites in and around the city of Casa Grande. I love old neon signs so I was foaming at the mouth to get to this place when I heard of it! In this post, I’ll review everything you need to know before your visit to this neon sign park!

Casa Grande Neon Sign Park – Quick Overview

• Free admission
• This is an outdoor park / open air museum.
• Small parking lot, but I had no issues finding a spot. This place isn’t busy. No one was there except me.
• Signs are lit up from dusk until 11pm.
• Expect to spend only 15-20 minutes here, unless you’re doing night photography with a tripod.

Casa Grande Neon Sign Park Location

This park is about 45 minutes to an hour south from the Phoenix area, depending on where you are in the valley.

Address:

408 N Sacaton St, Casa Grande, AZ 85122.

History of the Casa Grande Neon Sign Park

The Casa Grande Neon Sign Park opened in April 2019, so it’s relatively new. It’s a joint effort from the Casa Grande Main Street and the city of Casa Grande Historic Preservation Commission, and received a grant from American Express back in 2018 for the park. Right now, there are only 14 signs here.

The official website has all the information on how each sign came to be at the park, as well as their full history.

My Experience at the Casa Grande Neon Sign Park

This park is very small – so if you’re expecting Las Vegas Neon Sign museum-type place, you’ll be disappointed. There are only 14 signs here at this time, so it won’t take you long to go through all of them. Everything about this park is very well-maintained — the restored signs look great and the park is clean and welcoming. There are no amenities at this park — no gift shop, no restrooms, no snack bar. It’s essentially just a small city park in the middle of town.

As for the signs, they’re all nicely restored, but in general, they’re not particularly very visually interesting, except for a few — Red Goose Shoes, Casa Grande Photo Shop and the Horseshoe Motel. The other signs were kind of boring. They even had a Dairy Queen sign and the plastic ice cream cones used at DQ drive throughs. While it’s cool that they saved these particular ones, the Dairy Queens in my area still use this signage and theming in their restaurants. I just found it odd that this was here.

I visited this area on a Sunday and nothing was open near this park. It felt like a ghost town.

Casa Grande itself has some other cool signs that are still in use – I particularly liked this one at Cotton’s Wonder Bar.

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Is it worth visiting?

As a trip from Phoenix, probably not, unless you’re super into neon signs. Like I said, there are only 14 signs here and the park is postage-stamp size. I was passing through this area anyway, from Tucson to Phoenix, so I made the stop — I also really like neon signs though. But even so, as much as I love vintage signs, I wouldn’t go out of my way to see this.

Final Thoughts – Casa Grande Neon Sign Park – Pros and Cons

I enjoyed my quick stop at the Casa Grande Neon Sign park, but I don’t feel the need to visit again unless they add like two dozen more signs. I appreciate the effort that went into saving and restoring these signs, but this isn’t a spot I’d go out of my way to visit. I’d say if you’re traveling between Tucson and Phoenix, this is a great stop between the two cities, or if you traveled out to see Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, then a quick visit would be warranted.

Pros:
Signs are lovingly restored
Park is clean and well-kept
Signs light up at night!
Free

Cons:
Very small
Most of the signs just aren’t that eye-catching