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A marquee is most commonly a structure placed over the entrance to a hotel
Hotel

----A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis.






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A marquee is most commonly a structure placed over the entrance to a hotel
Hotel

----A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including Bathroom#Types of bathroomss and air conditioning or clima...
 or theatre
Theatre

Theatre is the branch of the performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one or more actor, isolated in time and/or Theater , present themselves to Audience." By this broad definition, theatre has existed since the dawn of man, as a result of human tendency for story telling....
. It has signage on the sides either stating the name of the location, or in the cases of theatres, the movie
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 or artist now appearing at that location. The marquee is often identifiable by a surrounding cache of light bulbs, usually yellow or white, that flash intermittently or as chasing lights
Chasing lights

Chasing lights is an electrical application where strings of adjacent light bulbs cycle on and off frequently to give the illusion of lights moving along the string....
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