The Flamingo Las Vegas

Flamingo Falls

  Want a little Miami in your Las Vegas experience?  Do you find Art Deco and Streamline Moderne architectural features appealing?  Want to feel a little connection to old-school Las Vegas?  The Flamingo Las Vegas might be just the spot for your Las Vegas vacation.  The overall look is definitely reminiscent of Miami and South Beach.  While it was the third resort to open on the Las Vegas Strip, it is now the oldest still in operation.

  The Flamingo has its roots in a project dreamed up by Billy Wilkerson, owner of the Hollywood Reporter, in 1945.  He quickly ran into financial trouble during construction and was bailed out by Bugsy Siegel, the legendary mobster.  Wilkerson remained a minority partner while Seigel took over supervision of construction.    The Flamingo opened in 1946 with a price tag of $6 million dollars, really big bucks in those days!  Seigel named the resort The Flamingo after his girlfriend Virginia Hill.  Virginia had long, skinny flamingo-like legs which had inspired Bugsy to nickname her Flamingo.  In 1947 the resort's name was changed to The Fabulous Flamingo.  When Seigel first opened the Flamingo all staff at the luxury resort were required to wear tuxedos.  Unfortunately, for Bugsy Seigel, the Flamingo had a rocky financial beginning and there were allegations of his having skimmed money during construction.  This was not taken well by his mobster investors in the property, and in 1947 he was gunned down in true gangster fashion at his Hollywood home.  Hilton Corporation bought the property in 1972 and changed the name to Flamingo Hilton.  In 1999 the resort was renamed the Flamingo Las Vegas, and Hilton was no longer an owner.  

This is a view of one wing of the Flamingo Las Vegas at dusk, viewed from the gardens and wildlife sanctuary.

X Burlesque

Nathan Burton's show is kid friendly.

                     

Donnie and Marie are booked through 2012.

Laugh!

Chilean Flamingos in the Wildlife Habitat

The Miami/Art Deco themed resort's    current profile includes 3,999 units, a 77,000 square foot casino that includes a race and sportsbook, a wildlife habitat primarily populated by Chilean Flamingos, a fifteen acre tropical retreat pool area, and entertainment including comedian George Wallace, magician Nathan Burton, the X Burlesque entertainers, and headliners Donny and Marie Osmond who are booked through 2012.  The Flamingo Las Vegas's central location on the strip at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road makes it an excellent choice for a Las Vegas vacation if your plans including walking the strip to explore and enjoy the variety and visual spectacle of locations and action going on all around.

Shopping for fun at the Flamingo Las Vegas.

The Flamingo Las Vegas is home to one location of the Sin City Brewing Company.