Did the Mob Museum's Three Millionth Visitor Happen on Kefauver Day?

Congrats to The Mob Museum on its three millionth visitor, and a local at that! But is it just me or is it a little suspicious that it was on Kefauver Day? Maybe Bugsy or Lefty intervening? Just askin'. Anyway, 3,000,000 in almost ten years = ~25,000/month. How does that compare to other Vegas museums, (Neon, Wax, Pinball, etc.)?

Yes, the auspicious visit occurred on Kefauver Day, Nov. 15. It's a good day for tourism at the Mob Museum, one of the few days of the year when admission is free to the National Museum of Organized Crime & Law Enforcement, as it's formally known.

The lucky visitor received lifetime admission to the Mob Museum, a key to the City of Las Vegas, a miniature replica of the Mob Museum, two tickets (value: $500) to “an upcoming milestone event” slated for next year, a special bottle of the museum’s home-distilled moonshine, a two-night stay at a junior Rush Tower suite at the Golden Nugget, and a $100 F&B credit at the Nugget.

No figures are available for the ever-popular Pinball Hall of Fame. Owner Tim Arnold has never put in a turnstile. Asked for a guesstimate, the always-quotable Arnold said, “It’s somewhere between an [expletive-deleted] load and an [expletive-deleted] ton.”

Moving right along, Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum has a head start, having opened in July 1999. Over that two decade-plus span, it has averaged 35,00 to 40,000 visitors a month, according to Marketing Manager Rachel Peltier, putting it far far past the three-million mark. “Of course, that number fluctuates with market trends and seasonal visitation,” adds Peltier. (2020 was probably pretty a write-off.)

As for the Neon Museum, we importuned it for up-to-date admission figures and received a response from Amy Maier, senior account executive from Warren Group, the museum's public relations firm. She tells us that in fiscal-year 2020, the most recent statistic, the Neon Museum welcomed more than 325,000 visitors, which works out to exactly 27,000 visitors a month. Not only is that respectable for a Las Vegas museum, but it’s a smaller venue and best experienced with an intimate group of visitors.

Our Stiffs & Georges correspondent, David McKee, maintains that the Mob Museum, Neon Museum, and Pinball Hall of Fame are among the best values in Las Vegas, so any itinerary that includes the three will be richly rewarding.

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Kevin Lewis Dec-15-2021

Don't see the appeal

I've never been as fascinated by the Mafia/organized crime as some people seem to be. Yes, the Mob is a part of Vegas history, but really--they were/are nothing more than a gang of violent thugs. American popular culture has glamorized organized crime, which I find baffling. It's like glamorizing dogs that take a shit on people's lawns.

Now, pinball, on the other hand...

[email protected] Dec-15-2021

Atomic Testing Museum

How about visitation for the National Atomic Testing Museum?  I went a few years ago and found it to be fascinating. A tour guide I had put it down for glorifying nuclear weapons, but I didn't see that at all.  It was a very factual look at an important era in Nevada history.

Walter Suttle Dec-15-2021

No Bugsy

My family has done, Atomic, Neon, and The Madame, but like Kevin, I have no interest in the Mobs.

[email protected] Dec-15-2021

Great museum

The history of crime in America has always interested me. I’ve visited the museum twice, the first time the year it opened and more recently 3 years ago. I prefer to visit alone so I can take my time. 
And, I visit the speakeasy downstairs on every Vegas visit; most recently last week. 🥃🥃

Ray Dec-15-2021

No Vegas without them

Similar to somewhat unsavory people being a big part of the formation of the country, Vegas would not be Vegas without the mob starting it. The desert would still be the desert. We don't need to honor or glorify them to acknowledge their major part in the formation of the city.

Roy Furukawa Dec-15-2021

Be Careful

Kevin and Walter might find a horse head in between the sheets for dissing the mob as not that interesting even though Vegas wouldn't be Vegas without them. :D

AL Dec-15-2021

"Kefauver Day"?

Sorry to have to say this, as I don't like to put anyone down, but this whole Q&A is a total dud because neither the Q nor the A said what "Kefauver Day" means.  I've never even heard of Kefauver, or Kefauver Day, and I'm sure a ton of other readers are in the same situation.  How are we supposed to know what you are talking about if you don't define such an esoteric term?  I'm curious as to its meaning.

Donzack Dec-15-2021

Kefauver

Go to the Mob museums website. It has a good explanation of Estes Kefauver, senate chairman of hearings in 1950 exposing the fact that organized crime existed in the United States.  One of the hearings occurred in the Las Vegas federal building which is now the mob museum.

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