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LED rope lights - a lot cheaper than neon
I have a friend who has been in the process of opening his own nightclub, over the past two months they have built the inside to look great, and now are focused on the outside of the building. 
I was quite surprised to find out that neon around the building was going to cost in the neighborhood of $50,000 for just a couple of strips around the building. Well they don’t have that in the budget, but they need something to draw the attention!
In comes the newer LED technology, I remember when the LED rope lights first came out, they were in the neighborhood of a thousand dollars for one strip, and that is actually a bargain compared to the quote we got on the neon, so I did some more research and found that LED rope lights have become much more affordable. I guess there are all kinds of places using them now and it’s bringing the price down to where it’s affordable for even homeowners to use them I may end up adding some of these to the driveway!
Rich ended up using the red LED lights for sign at the new club, and they looked so good from the highway, they decided to use white lights to highlight the driveway and entrance. I guess we’ll be seeing less neon around town with these prices!