[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S1039]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    RECOGNIZING THE YESCO CENTENNIAL

 Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, I commend youth team sports in 
general, and the sponsors of my youth football team in particular. For 
those that may not know, I love football. I played it, coached it, and 
now watch my sons learn the same valuable lessons I did many years ago. 
Youth sports teach important life lessons and help build pride and a 
sense of community within schools, neighborhoods, and even cities. I 
learned those lifelong lessons growing up in Las Vegas, where I played 
for a youth football team called the Cavaliers. My dad even volunteered 
as the team's equipment manager.
  As a former member of the Cavaliers youth football team, I am honored 
to recognize a special milestone of the sponsor of my team, the Young 
Electric Sign Company--YESCO. In 2020, YESCO celebrates its 100th year; 
a centennial event is scheduled February 20, 2020, in Salt Lake City, 
UT, the company's home base.
  In many ways, the story of YESCO is the story of America: innovation, 
invention, a restlessness to move beyond the status quo, and commitment 
to others. The history of YESCO resonates with me, the son of an 
immigrant. YESCO was founded in 1920 by an immigrant from Liverpool 
named Tom Young, who borrowed $300. By the end of that decade, he had 
27 fulltime employees. By 1932, YESCO was building signs in Las Vegas, 
which is now a showcase of YESCO signage.
  Today, YESCO is creating hundreds of signs for the new football 
stadium in Las Vegas, the Raiders' $2 billion Allegiant Stadium. The 
largest video board will be 180 feet on the front of the stadium, 
facing Interstate 15 and Dean Martin Drive, not far from where my team 
the Cavaliers played youth football. As a Floridian, I note that YESCO 
contracted with Disney World in the 1980s to create sophisticated, 
high-tech signs at EPCOT Center.
  The 2028 Summer Olympics will be hosted by Los Angeles. Men and 
women's soccer matches will be played at the new, state-of-the-art Banc 
of California Stadium, which will feature a high-tech LED digital sign 
built by a U.S. company called YESCO. Many of those athletes got their 
start because of volunteer coaches, dedicated parents, and corporate 
sponsors that understood the meaning of community.
  As a parent and as a former football player, I salute the men and 
women who volunteer to coach youth sports and the corporate sponsors 
who help put kids on the field.
  Congratulations, YESCO, on 100 years of growth and leadership. Thank 
you for your community involvement and for putting a football jersey on 
a skinny kid in Las Vegas who someday would be elected to the U.S. 
Senate.

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