Bugsy Siegel
Bugsy Siegel · Economics & Business
Co-founder of modern Las Vegas — built the Flamingo Hotel that launched the Strip
1906, Brooklyn, New York, USA — 1947, Beverly Hills, California, USA
New York · California · Las Vegas, USA
Bugsy Siegel is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Co-founder of modern Las Vegas — built the Flamingo Hotel that launched the Strip
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, born to a poor Ashkenazi Jewish immigrant family in Brooklyn, was an organized-crime figure — a fact stated plainly here — who in 1945-46 poured mob money into the lavish Flamingo Hotel on a desert highway outside Las Vegas. The Flamingo's success after his 1947 murder triggered the wave of resort-casino building that created the modern Las Vegas Strip, which is why historians credit him, for better and worse, as a founder of modern Las Vegas.
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Source: SoulOfAmerica — Founder of modern Las Vegas; Wikipedia
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Co-founder of modern Las Vegas — built the Flamingo Hotel that launched the Strip
Source: SoulOfAmerica — Founder of modern Las Vegas; Wikipedia
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