The Flamingo Hotel - Pink Hotel
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Flamingo Hotel
The Flamingo Hotel, also
called the “pink hotel” because of its
striking neon pink trimmings, is a hotel
casino along the Las Vegas Strip in
Paradise, Nevada. It is owned and operated
by Harrah’s Entertainment, and was the third
resort hotel, and the first luxury hotel, to
open on the Las Vegas strip.
Infamous mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel
opened The Pink Flamingo Hotel and Casino on
December 26, 1946 at a cost of six million
dollars. Back then, it was considered to be
the most luxurious hotel in
the world. The building was
a William R, Wilkerson project, the
architect behind tt was Richard Stadelman,
and the prime contractor was Del Webb
Construction. Seigel named the hotel after
his girlfriend Virginia Hill, who, because
of her slim legs, was given the nickname
“Flamingo”.
The structure has 77,000 square feet of
casino space and 3,626 square feet worth of
hotel rooms and suites. The property
occupies 15 acres of land, and is designed
in the Art Deco and Steamline
Moderne style of
architecture, which is typical in Miami and
South Beach.
The hotel features an central outdoor area,
which houses an exhibit of flamingos in
their wildlife habitat. The area used to
have a few penguins as well, but they were
moved to a zoo in Dallas.