It was here shortly before midnight on 20th June1947 that Bugsy Siegel was shot and killed by a hail of bullets. Siegel is widely acclaimed as the man who built Las Vegas. His hotel The Flamingo was the first super hotel to be built on the now famous strip, then just a dirt track outside Las Vegas. Built with Mob money Bugsy was reportedly killed for skimming money from the Mob. Subject of the 1991 Film Bugsy starring Warren Beatty, Benny Siegal was perhaps the most famous mobster of his era.
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