{"id":44585,"date":"2025-08-16T04:34:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T11:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=44585"},"modified":"2025-08-17T03:23:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T10:23:52","slug":"venetian-boots-love-photo-op-for-the-wizard-of-oz-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/venetian-boots-love-photo-op-for-the-wizard-of-oz-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Venetian Boots “Love” Photo Op for “The Wizard of Oz” Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a visual metaphor for the ages, Venetian has removed its iconic “Love” photo op and replaced it with an ad for “The Wizard of Oz,” already causing a stir at Sphere.<\/p>\n

As if there weren’t already a shortage of love in Las Vegas. Cirque’s Beatles-themed “Love” show closed at Mirage in July 2024.<\/p>\n

Venetian says the “Love” artwork will be back, but that sort of ruins the narrative “everything is ruined,” so we’re just going to harp on the lame part of the story if that’s cool with you.<\/p>\n

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Whoever said “All you need is love” never tried chicken parm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The “Love” statue was located in the Venetian’s (or possibly Palazzo’s) gloriously Grammable Waterfall Atrium. It’s been there since 2016.<\/p>\n

We’ve never been to Venetian when there weren’t tourists posing with the “Love” statue. It’s sort of interactive, because you can get inside the letters without security shouting at you.<\/p>\n

The letters in “Love” are perforated with bird-shaped stamps.<\/p>\n

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We took this photo in 2016 in the hopes we could use it some day. This is that day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The piece is 12 feet tall and 36 feet across, and is sort of a rip-off of the famous “Love” sculpture (also very red) by Robert Indiana<\/a> that’s been around since the early 1960s.<\/p>\n

The “Love” sculpture is by famed artist Laura Kimpton<\/a>, who we didn’t know existed until writing this sentence. The piece is part of Kimpton’s Monumental Word Series. Other words in the series include bigass metal “Believe,” “Dream” and “Ego.”<\/p>\n

Lots of Vegas tie-ins! Criss Angel “Believe” closed April 17, 2016. Construction of the Dream hotel in Las Vegas was halted in 2023 due to a lack of funding. “Ego”? See also Criss Angel.<\/p>\n

Sounds like an urban myth in the making. Like the one about Garth Brooks being a serial killer<\/a>, further confirmation America is currently experiencing peak stupid.<\/p>\n

The removal of the artwork was first shared by Chris Holmes<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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WTF, no. https:\/\/t.co\/uf07jbb1DW<\/a><\/p>\n

— Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) July 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n