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Flamingo Hotel, 1946.[FONT=?Helvetica Neue?] This is the original Flamingo Hotel, opened by Benjamin ?Bugsy? Siegel, December 26, 1946. The resort was a flop and would close in less than a month, before reopening in Spring ?47. Siegel was killed June 1947. Photo via UNLV.
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Frank and Nancy Sinatra with Yul Brenner at the Sands Hotel, 1965.[FONT=?Helvetica Neue?] Sinatra was a partner in the Sands until 1967, when it was bought by Howard Hughes. The Hughes management brought with them new rules, including taking away his casino credit and the credit of other big gamblers who had been playing for years. Frank was upset about this and the change of management, started yelling at the bosses, and ended up getting in a fight with Sands manager Carl Cohen, who punched Sinatra in the face, bloodying his nose and knocking out his two front teeth. Sinatra drove a golf cart through the front window of the Sands, and signed with Caesars Palace the next day.
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1951: The Two Tonys[FONT=?Helvetica Neue?]?Brancato and Trombino?found dead in Hollywood not too long after robbing the cash room at the mob-owned Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas.
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I never went in this place, was the casino up top? If so, I bet that turned out to be a bad idea.
Casino was on the ground floor. Not in the tower. Howard Hughes camped out on top
