Within the New York mob, however, Siegel was losing allies ... to step into a real-life gangster movie. The Fabulous Flamingo was the hotel that evoked Las Vegas in the public imagination.

28-story casino hotel on 30 ... and waterfalls - On Strip. The Flamingo is the oldest of the veteran hotels in Vegas, built by Bugsy Siegel in the 1940s. Its mob connection has long been severed ...

Black-and-white images of the ‘60s in the lobby, corded princess phones in the guest rooms, and a 50-foot pillar blaring Hotel Flamingo in pink neon letters harken to the days when teens couldn ...