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Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas Strip, c. 1947 The original resort with it’s second sign. For the second opening of the Flamingo in March 1947, with its hotel complete, the lettering on the sign was changed, and the image of a flamingo added to the top....

Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas Strip, c. 1947

The original resort with it’s second sign. For the second opening of the Flamingo in March 1947, with its hotel complete, the lettering on the sign was changed, and the image of a flamingo added to the top. Undated photo circa 1947-’52, Manis Collection, UNLV Special Collections.

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Flamingo, Las Vegas, December 1955 

An unknown photographer walks from a room to the lobby, courtyard, pool, and to front of the hotel. There’s 80 acres for sale across the hwy, where Caesars Palace will be built ten years later. Ektachrome slides, with thanks to Rlomax.

“Kirk Kerkorian bought about 80 acres in Vegas that became the site of Caesars Palace. For his purchase of $960,000, Kerkorian collected $2m annual rent until he sold the property to the hotel’s owners for $5m in ‘68. It was ‘one of the best deals I’ve ever done,’ he said.” – Bloomberg 6/16/15

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