Photos: El Con Mall sign relighting
The 50th-year relighting ceremony officially flipped the switch on the refurbished El Con Mall conquistador-inspired sign on Saturday, Dec. 22.
El Con Mall sign relighting
City officials and mall owners flip the switch Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, to relight the conquistador-inspired sign at El Con Mall. Cook & Company Signmakers refurbished the monument which was originally installed in December 1962 and taken down in 1999..
El Con Mall sign relighting
About 100 people gathered to see city officials and mall owners flip the switch Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, to relight the conquistador-inspired sign at El Con Mall. Cook & Company Signmakers refurbished the monument which was originally installed in December 1962 and taken down in 1999.
El Con Mall sign relighting
Jude Cook, right, owner of Cook & Company Signmakers, speaks to a crowd of about 100 before city officials and mall owners flip the switch Saturday, Dec. 22, to relight the conquistador-inspired sign at El Con Mall. At left is Tucson mayor Jonathan Rothschild and El Con Mall marketing and public relations director Susan Allen. Cook & Company Signmakers refurbished the monument which was originally installed in December 1962 and taken down in 1999.
El Con Mall sign relighting
City officials and mall owners flip the switch Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, to relight the conquistador-inspired sign at El Con Mall. Cook & Company Signmakers refurbished the monument which was originally installed in December 1962 and taken down in 1999.
El Con Mall sign relighting
About 100 people gathered to see city officials and mall owners flip the switch Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, to relight the conquistador-inspired sign at El Con Mall. Cook & Company Signmakers refurbished the monument which was originally installed in December 1962 and taken down in 1999.
El Con Mall sign relighting
Jude Cook, center, owner of Cook & Company Signmakers, admires the relit conquistador-inspired sign at El Con Mall on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. Cook & Company Signmakers refurbished the monument which was originally installed in December 1962 and taken down in 1999.
El Con Mall sign relighting
The Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus performs after the relighting of the conquistador-inspired sign at El Con Mall. Cook & Company Signmakers refurbished the monument which was originally installed in December 1962 and taken down in 1999.
El Con Mall sign relighting
The Tucson Girls Chorus performs after the relighting of the conquistador-inspired sign at El Con Mall. Cook & Company Signmakers refurbished the monument which was originally installed in December 1962 and taken down in 1999.
El Con Mall sign relighting
Tucson mayor Jonathan Rothschild speaks to a crowd of about 100 before city officials and mall owners flip the switch Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, to relight the conquistador-inspired sign at El Con Mall. Cook & Company Signmakers refurbished the monument which was originally installed in December 1962 and taken down in 1999.
El Con Mall sign relighting
About 100 people gathered to see city officials and mall owners flip the switch Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, to relight the conquistador-inspired sign at El Con Mall. Cook & Company Signmakers refurbished the monument which was originally installed in December 1962 and taken down in 1999.
El Con Mall sign relighting
About 100 people gathered to see city officials and mall owners flip the switch Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, to relight the conquistador-inspired sign at El Con Mall. Cook & Company Signmakers refurbished the monument which was originally installed in December 1962 and taken down in 1999.
El Con Mall sign relighting
City officials and mall owners flip the switch Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, to relight the conquistador-inspired sign at El Con Mall. Cook & Company Signmakers refurbished the monument which was originally installed in December 1962 and taken down in 1999..
Tucson’s oldest mall has new owners. El Con Mall was purchased for $81.7 million by a group fronted by St. Louis Rams owner Stanley Kroenke.