The Bugsy Building
On this site, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel's original Flamingo Hotel stood from December 26, 1946 until December 14, 1993.
The hotel, which housed 77 rooms, including the notorious Mr. Siegel's "Bugsy Suite," or "Presidential Suite," as it was sometimes referred to, was unique in more ways than one. The windowpanes, for instance, were 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 awaiting at all times.
But Mr. Siegel's preoccupation with safety and 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 a 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.