Flamingo Hotel & Casino - Las Vegas: Walkin’ Thru
Channel: Walking Driving Flying Las Vegas
Date: 2019-11-04

The Flamingo Hotel & Casino is the oldest casino on the Las Vegas Strip. With a storied beginning in December 1946 it has seen several ownership changes and numerous renovations over the years.

This video explores a little about its history and features a walk-through of the Flamingo today (November 2019).

From its massive casino, its hotel lobby and shops, to it's outdoor Habitat and Gardens I hope you enjoy watching this as much as I did making it.

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- All video shot with an iPhone X using an Osmo Mobile 3 gimbal.
- Edited using iMovie on an Apple MacBook Pro

MUSIC USED
(Opening Narration)
"Seen it Before"
Artist: Sight of Wonders

(Remainder)
"Light Up"
Artist: Ben Elson
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CORRECTION at :53: The actual quote was: "The West's greatest resort hotel."

The following is the inscription found on the Benjamin ”Bugsy” Siegel memorial plaque seen in the video at 3:30.

The ”Bugsy Building”

On this site Benjamin “Bugsy“ Seigel’s original Flamingo Hotel stood from December 26, 1946 Until December 14, 1993.

Just a casino at the beginning, the eventual hotel housed 77 rooms. It included the notorious Mr. Seigel’s ” Bugsy Suite” or ”Residential Suite,” as it was sometimes referred to, and was unique in more ways than one. The window panes, for instance, we're  bullet proof, and although there was only one entrance to the top floor Suite, there were five possible exits. This included a hidden ladder leading from the hallway closet to a basement tunnel, which led to an underground garage, where Bugsy allegedly had a chauffeured getaway car waiting at all times.

But Mr. Siegel’s preoccupation with safety escape routes proved to be geographically misplaced. On June 20, 1947, 300 miles from Las Vegas, at the Beverly Hills mansion of his girlfriend, Virginia Hill, Bugsy was killed in the hail of gunfire by unknown assailants.

Since that day, the Flamingo has changed ownership 4 times, including its final sale from Park Place Entertainment in 2005.

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