Flamingo Las Vegas, Casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, Paradise, Nevada, US
The Flamingo Las Vegas is an Art Deco hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, United States. The complex includes a 28-story tower holding around 3,460 rooms and a gaming floor spanning roughly 6,700 square meters (72,000 square feet).
Bugsy Siegel began construction in 1945 and opened the casino on December 26, 1946, making it the oldest still operating resort on the Strip. The original three-story hotel structure from 1946 was torn down in 1993 to make room for modern facilities.
The name comes from the pink flamingos that still live in a tropical garden on the property today. Visitors can walk among palms and ponds to watch the birds up close, which feels unusual for a desert city.
Access to the complex is direct through a Las Vegas Monorail station that connects to other locations along the Strip. Multiple restaurants, performance spaces, and a large pool area spread across the property and remain open to guests.
The 15-acre pool area and animal habitat replaced part of the property in the 1990s, and the habitat holds flamingos. The name's origin is disputed: Lucky Luciano's memoir credits Bugsy Siegel, who had an interest in Florida's Hialeah Park Race Track and its flock of flamingos, while another story ties it to his girlfriend Virginia Hill's red hair.
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