The Golden Age of Las Vegas
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
- Discover the fascinating growth of Las Vegas from the 1930s to the 1960s in this collection of stunning photos from the era.
These decades saw the transformation of a small desert town into a bustling entertainment hub, complete with lavish casinos, celebrity sightings, and atomic bomb tests.
In this captivating video, we showcase a collection of stunning photographs that will transport you to the golden age of Las Vegas.
So sit back, relax, and join us on this nostalgic journey through one of America's most iconic cities!
#lifeinamerica #lasvegas #nostalgia 
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Those futuristic aesthetic of the 60s were out of this world
People were so much classier back in the day.
Yeah, Vegas is filthy now. Trashy looking people, smelly hotels, and garbage food.
So much style and glamour - sadly long gone. It's like looking into another universe. Thanks for sharing! 🎲
I totally agree!
Back in time no homeless people
WOW, I wish I could have EXPERIENCED Vegas back in the DAY!
you just did😉
Thank you for showing us the real Las Vegas.
I'm in Vegas right now. I'm 75 years old.
These things are the Vegas I remember growing up.
The Strip was for the high rollers and Fremont Street was for the working class folks. I'm at the Fremont now and I remember staying there with my mom and grandma as a kid.
Sunny.. please give me a Hollar...if you get a chance thanks DG
God, look at the CARS! Fantastic!!
But hey, today you can buy a car made out of composite and running on batteries for $90,000. What an awesome deal! 😂
So well done - I thoroughly enjoyed this. I was born in 56, and a lot of these were when I was a little kid. But even being that young, I still remember the FEEL of those days. Thanks much, great work!!!
Absolutely amazing
Vegas, baby!
There'll never be another.
Even the modern Vegas can't compare.
Give it back to the Wise Guys. They kept it clean and safe.
nice Ann-Margret pics...thanks for sharing!
I stayed at Caesar's Palace the first year it opened and the Flamingo across the street was still a two story motel. And I remember how that "bubble sign" of the Flamingo reflected off the walls of my room, almost hypnotic. I also got to see Elvis perform at the International in those days. Maybe someday, someone will be able to create an immersive virtual reality experience to let you enjoy a town like Las Vegas at different points in its history. But thanks for the memories.
Were there a lot of minorities going to vegas back then
The days when you could win some money and even a car. And the food was dirt cheap and good.
Yes, the food was great but insanely cheap.
No, food was not cheap..that 3.00 breakfast in 1980 is like 12.50 now...Please learn about inflation.
@@jjarm yes it was so much fun I remember 99 cent jumbo shrimp cocktail $1.50 Nathan hot dog and Heineken beer or 99 cent frozen margaritas at slots of fun 99-cent steak and eggs at the Aladdin 499 steak and lobster at the Aladdin and when things got slow the casinos would offer 99-cent buffets the food was quality and the desserts were made on the spot not mass produced and shipped in from someplace the slot machines actually paid out in coins.... Good memories
@@bobcuster8930 this is the 1940s and 50s before the fuel crisis of 73 and energy crisis of 79.
@@bobcuster8930 pls understand what howrider65 actualy saying
Watching the movie "Casino" is about as close to visiting Vegas back in the 70s as I could get.
Agreed - That's one of my favorite movies!
That's my favorite movie of all time. L o l. Before that it was jaws.
I was there in the 1970's before it "Blew Up" into what it is today. You could get a lot of entertainment, food and drinks without spending a ton of money $$. Just be careful on the "Gaming Floor" because things can get "Sideways" pretty quick. I'm really loving this channel!
I love it. ..and the beautiful gorgeous..WOMEN .. what an era.. today people are CLUELESS..I got to appreciate enjoy and see alot of this. Frontier! Great production.. you know what you're doing
Thanks for your very kind comments!
David-People today are not 'clueless'....Las Vegas had many issues then, too.
.. @@bobcuster8930 what were those issues..if you were sight three!? thanks
@@TheHistoryLounge keep up your sharing and understanding of things..set yourself..authentically and and uniquely apart..the word is PROFESSIONALISM a win win win..no one UNDERSTANDS THIS ETHIC AND FORMULA TO A SUCCESSFUL LIFE.. thank you
I remember as a kid our family was moving from Canada to Los Angeles in 1964 and we stopped in Las Vegas for a few days and stayed at the Rivera Hotel and I played in the pool the whole day.
Worked at Rivera for many many years
I stay there 1995. New york eve.
This was a wonderful clip...I love The Old Vegas to bad Im to young will be 50 soon self taught myself and still teaching myself, Vegas is definitely in my blood , lot of my older female cousins ran away from Ohio to be showgirls they made it which was challenging times back then, only 1 Im aware of is buried there..Love Frank Sinatra...like the balance of entire video..Look forward to seeing more..Thank you
Ahhh the good old days😍
History lounge sir,, Thank you so much for this great video my family and I have never been to Las Vegas but have seen so many shows about it and yours is the best... We like the 30s with the cars 🚗 but we like the casinos in the 50s and 60s the Golden Nugget to the pioneer the sands that was operated by The Rat 🐁 🐀 Pack.. so many good times in those days now they have a junkyard with all the old signs and people can buy them at a very expensive price.. Thank You 😁..
Hey Ronald! I thought you've been everywhere - I can't believe you haven't been to Las Vegas! Thanks again for watching!
03:20 God, look at the CARS! Fantastic!!
This was AWESOME!! 😊😊😊
Today, Vegas has zero character or charm. Just a bunch of ridiculous gigantic TV screens everywhere.
For me I enjoy vegas opening up until 2009
I would love to go back in time and have a few days at The Dunes in the late 60s/early 70s, awesome , I can still remember seeing the big vacant lot where it used to be before Bellagio went up.
Nice did you guys happen to check out all the old cars i did lol Ann Margret WOW !!!!!😍😍😍
Roger Smith was a lucky guy. And, I don't mean gambling luck! Ann Margret was entertainment's "Triple Threat."
Las Vegas was a small dusty casino town back in the day, but it always got the big-name entertainers.
Wish I could get on the time machine and get out of this horrible era.
True but not true vegas was not good for everyone back Then they had segregation.
@@1990758 True enough. I'd still like to get out of this era. It's disgusting.
@Backyard Tampa So true it's outside down I don't think we will ever go back to how things were.2019 and back.
Just be happy you’re alive
Would love to see Vegas firsthand back then!!
Me too!
Thank you for this ! Well done. I was married here in 1974 and it was awesome. I love living here and it's still awesome 😀♣♥♠♦💕
@@likearainbow7501 That's great to hear! Thanks for watching and for your kind words!
Excellent. Good labeling and dating adds value. A guy who grew up in the Las Vegas of the 1950's here.
Hey Malcolm - That’s awesome! I’m glad you like the video, thank you for your comments!
1:48 fascinates me.
The strip in 1947 at its infancy. Hard to believe when you see it now.
I'll take Vegas when the mob was around over today's Disneyland playground.
I totally agree - it's just empty acres of sand in all directions! Crazy when you compare the same area today!
Mansfield whoa
been in vegas for 45 years. Thanks, good stuff
What's your favorite casino.
I love the photo slide shows of Vegas. It is amazing how a long time ago there was nothing. you can see a lot of empty land.
I've lived in Las Vegas for well over a decade. My first visit was in the early 1980's when I was in the Air Force. Always like the idea of people dressing at least decently dressing compared to today where anything goes and usually for the worse. Most locals would not be caught dead on the Strip or downtown and I don't go to the locals casinos, taverns.
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Thank you, @KAH56! I'm glad your enjoying the videos - thanks for watching!
@@TheHistoryLounge my name is khatoon it’s Turkish origin means Nobel lady as princess . Thank you sir.
Your videos are amazing... Thank you so much...
Interesting information
I never got to see the classic Vegas, as it was before my time. I actually lived there in ‘08/‘09 where I worked as a cocktail waitress, or as showgirl or a dancer in some of the off strip hotels/casinos. I also did some busking for tips on the strip as a costumed character.
That's awesome!
Believe it or not my first time in vegas was 1990 We stayed at the flamingo July 4th.. We paid the room with a money orbelieve it or not. No credit card needed. You could call they would hold thent for 7 days no credit card just your name and phone number.
the good ole days when dudes were dudes and babes were babes. va-va-vooom!
Natural Woman 💦
In the early 1970's Western Airlines ('the only way to fly') had a deal out of Hollywood-Burbank Airport. You could board any Vegas bound plane after 4PM and fly round trip for 25 bucks. The only catch is you had to be on the midnight flight home. In those days downtown was a
$ 3.00 cab ride from the airport and it only took about 10 minutes. Some friends and I did it a dozen times before the deal was no more. We always figured the flights were subsidized by you know who and it mattered not one bit. Returned once in the 1990s for a bachelor party, left
confident I'd never bother again. But once upon a time.....
I’m here now and it’s shocking how much a place can go to utter garbage so fast. Wow
What defines Las Vegas these days are the events and conventions. No other city in the world gets more of them.
Piss poor urban planning. That’s what happens when you let The Goodman’s run the city for 25 years.
WOW!
How people 'dressed'....back then. What an Jerry Springer "Slob Ass' Society we have now. I grew up in LV. years 64 to about 74. What a Town it was then!
Jerry died last week..as well as the rest of the his epidemic.. it's over for America..a New agenda is being designed..the great life is over.. slaves will NOW have to work harder with lesser amenities..or left overs
Peopel dressed down then,too. Not everyone dressed up...
you have excellence in creating amazing videos congratulations great job
Thank you very much!
Nostalgic 😊
Bring back the good old days Because the strip now is a rip off and it sucks
That was very interesting 😊
For Vegas not being "family friendly", there sure were a lot of station wagons at the Stardust in 1964.
Ha,hah! I guess they left the kids at home!
My parents went twice a year in the 60's. They always dripped me off at my Aunt and Uncles for the weekend when they went. We lived in L.A. and they would drive up to Vegas in, you guess it. Our station wagon. LOL
I’m life long resident, born in Vegas as well, cool slideshow, definitely brings back childhood memories from the 60’s and 70’s.
No mention of the legal brothels that were on Fremont Street, I believe those were open up until the late 50’s, well before I was born, darn !!!!
Hey, @BassedinVegas - Thanks for your comments. I'm only an infrequent visitor to your city, but I think it's been a neat place in every decade. But, it sure seemed especially swanky and hip in the 60s!
@@TheHistoryLounge yep, it was definitely swanky in the 60’s.
A very unique city to grow up in.
Sadly, all the corporations have taken over Vegas and the only thing they care about is money, there’s nothing wrong with caring about money but when it’s the only thing that is cared about it unfortunately has had a bad effect on Vegas.
The locals that call Las Vegas home have become totally screwed.
Thanks for your video though, it brought back memories of a Vegas vibe that is sadly no longer alive.
I first visited Vegas in 1974....glad I saw it then.
wow that is amazing!
My how things have changed, and not for the better! They charge more and more, and you get less and less, of everything!
That's true but nothing stays the same
I suppose that if the demand is there they have no reason to entice you in with the old late night 99¢ ham and eggs.
Good images, but GREAT choice of music!
Hey - Thanks, Rick - I’m glad you liked the songs!
@@TheHistoryLounge why is the mob the only group that could bring us this entertainment ?
Nice 👍
Thanks!
I've always liked Vegas, and I probably always will. The city renews itself every decade. I miss the old historical buildings, but the new things are exciting as well. Cool stuff!
*I know the town has a shady side to it, but I choose to ignore it. 😄
3:21 Jack Benny in the audience.
Good find - thanks!
Thanks for uploading....brings back nice memories. Stayed in the GOLDEN NUGGETS where the pretty girls were serving me delicious Brandy-Manhatten while doin the slotmachine
You said it exactly right at the beginning of this video. Las Vegas used to be a town for adults, people about 50's and over who wanted to come gamble, maybe see a show, and maybe have a great dinner at a swanky place. Vegas has now been taken over by a much younger crowd who for the most part are NOT interested in dressing up for a show and nice dinner. My first couple visits there in the late 1970's and early 80's people did dress up just a bit for the shows and for dinner in a very nice place. Now days you rarely see any of that, ........ and its a shame. Corporations now run the place and they want to squeeze every dime they can from people.
Ed- Las Vegas is bigger and better than ever before..
It's going to get even worse when they build that baseball stadium on the strip. Where the tropicana is at.
Very different from today’s Vegas with L.A. hoodlums all over the strip, bums flopped all over the sidewalks, and the stench of weed everywhere.
Yup even back in the 70s the Strip was a clean area,,,the casinos took care of the bums, and wiseguys. So there was not a inch the casinos did not control. Today your lucky if some one doesn't hit you in the head from behind. Don't go to Vegas,, it stinks like POT, on the streets and in the hotels. Police do make arrest but there are to many cockroaches in Vegas. Bring back the mob. I would stay at there hotel any day of the week.
hoodlums are kept under control on the Vegas strip
bums are only on the bridges between Casinos
not on the sidewalks
and many people , including myself like the smell of weed
Do you have more pictures of the Dunes ? Thanks nice work!
What a Great Video Thank You for Sharing !! Times have changed Uh
My dads uncle worked for a ' security company ' in vegas late 50s till 89. They handled almost all the cash, escorted celebrities, politicians etc to shows and events. He said they rarely had problems ever. Handled lots of stuff up at lake tahoe also. Dont remember the name. Dont think they even had a name. Worked with state police to secret service. Ive tried for years to find out more about that line of work during that time but no luck. Perhaps someone can comment if they were around back then?
What is the name of the opening song? It's amazing.
The opening song with the drums is called, "The Devil's Defiance," by Ritchie Everett.
3:20… Jack and Mary Benny sitting in the row watching Dean Martin
Aweseome - I didn't catch that!
Outstanding!
Love old Vegas and it’s history. I have a photo taken at the Steakhouse in the Sands around 1986. Does anyone know the name of the restaurant? I remember it was something like the Regency Room? Not sure?
Very well done video! Zooming in and panning across the photos is extremely effective.....Brings them to life. Great job!
(That looks like it might be George C. Scott there with Ernest Hemingway?)
Jayne Mansfield: HUBBA HUBBA! ARF ARF! OWWWWOOOOOO!!!!
1957 showgirls were way better than anything you see today.
You are totally right
Before the consultants and the corporations arrived. Actual slot machines, single deck blackjack, roulette with one zero, cheap minimums. They have ground every last penny out of the consumer with resort fees, paid parking, three zero roulette, 6-5 blackjack, 25 plus min.. they hardly have live dealers anymore as machines generate more hands per hour. I don’t remember any of this as I started going in the early 2000s but even then had little to no relation to the corporate profit machine it is today.
Vegas heyday.
1:08 That Pioneer Club Cowboy sign has been there for over 60 years?
3:10 The woman in the back looks like she is floating the that color swimsuit.
5:20 You Masher! How Dare You?!? (fitting for the time)
😆 Great comments - thanks for watching!
That Pioneer Club cowboy sign is named Vegas Vic...
No Evel Kenieval jumping over the fountains at ceasar;s palace on his scooter?
I used to get everything outside of gambling comped. Now its all marked up. Good old days are way gone. When I was a young man if I heard a guy "blew a tranny" it was an automotive term, now you're never sure.
Wait a minute . . . "blew a tranny?". . . could you run that by me again? It needs a hypothesis as in a proposed explanation.
@@austindarrenor Dude, you're over-thinking this.🤔🚗😉
What is the name of the song with that amazing clarinet player in the 30's section in the beginning of your video?
When it comes to "modern" Las Vegas, there no such thing as too tacky
Excellent work! Very nice Las Vegas photographs! A couple notes - how about the exact year, and how about photo credits? Whoever took these great photos made this video possible. Photography meant hard work and spending money per photo back then- the digital photography of today is far easier. Also, in fact, the mob only controlled up to 10 casinos out of 300+ in Nevada in 1975. The U.S. and Nevada crime rate was higher per capita and even in total in 1975, then it is today. Thanks!
This post may be a little long, but I hope to describe the "Old Vegas" as it once was. Present day Las Vegas, like the rest of America has lost its "Class." I still love the 1960's Las Vegas. The days of $.69 breakfasts, $4.95 Steak dinners with all the trimmings from soup to nuts. Did the Mob run the town back then, yes! Whatever your opinion of the Mob is, they sure knew how to treat their customers. Their philosophy was, to let the players keep more money in their pockets because we'll get more of it when they gamble. A very sound business principle if you happened to own a gambling casino. Did they know how to attract customers? With names like Sinatra, Davis, Martin, Nat Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Hackett, Elvis, Streisand, & Steve & Eydie, how could those showrooms ever be empty? The lounges back then had entertainers like Louis Prima & Keely, Shecky, Rickles. Lounge shows continued until dawn.
You know what? You were as safe walking down the Strip, or Downtown in the wee hours of the morning, as you were back home in your living room. You could even walk around outside, at night, wearing a tux, dinner jacket, and have your lady in a cocktail dress with pearls, or diamonds, and no one would dare touch you. I'm sure that there were Bad Actors around then, and the proprietors took care of them in their own way. All I know is that there was NO crime to be seen ANYWHERE!
Nothing was more terrific than playing loose slots in the casinos. My favorite personal adventure was having Dean Martin dealing Blackjack at the Sands, hitting the players with more than enough cards to bust, and saying, 26!!!! YOU WIN!!! and paying the player. More of my true experiences....whoever was manning the "Eye in the Sky," as long as you were a player, they somehow figured out what orders you placed with the cocktail waitresses. When you returned to your room, on the round table in front of your rooms' window, sat an ice bucket, cocktail glasses, and a full fifth of whatever your favorite whiskey, or beverage of choice was! I'm still not sure how all that was done without a hitch!
One night when flying back from Disneyland in Anaheim in a private plane piloted by a guy named John Collins (a trip made possible with our Vegas winnings), we beheld a sight which is probably now impossible to see again. When approaching Las Vegas from the air, there was nothing to be seen but darkness, to the left, to the right and behind the city. But this sparkling jewel right in the center, all lit up in the desert night, was something we'll never forget.
When the "bean counters," or accountants took over Vegas it was truly the end of an era. It's never been the same since. It will never return to the old ways! I'm an "old fart" now and have absolutely no desire to go back. My special thanks to "The History Lounge" for bringing those wonderful memories back with this superb video. You've touched my heart!
I went to a big trade show in Las Vegas (CES) and an older cab driver told me similar to what you've written about the old days. It would have been great to see the city back in those days.
WOAH... totally awesome and professionally done.. good job.. you sound too young to be able to deliver this piece of work.. hum!
This shows that it use to be an adult playground and not a kid destination. Can’t get away from noisy offspring of others.
It's all about money
Lol
@@1990758 3 in 4 households have zero children in them. Makes no sense to me.
In all of these videos you can start to see society collapsing around 1958
Background music is better than hearing you talk.
Ya smoke filled casinos. Women dressed to the t all sparkly with hats also men wore hats smoke cigars and dressed in suits and shiny shoes and yes the food was dirt cheap . To go see a show was a ball.
MR PRESEDENT.........................MARILYN MONROE 🎂🍰🥧
This sounds like the guy from Hollywood Graveyard.
I loved Vegas when the ‘mob’ ran things. You couldn’t be safer. They knew how to treat their customers.
Very true in many respects. The liars, cheats, pick pockets, and thieves were taken for a walk in the desert.
The mob ran up to 10 casinos out of 300 in Nevada back in 1970, and the crime rate was actually higher then, too..
“I noticed you shuffle your chips with your right hand…can you do it just as easily with your left?” ✋ 💥 🔨
@@princessmarlena1359 Bang bang bang
You got a better bang for your buck before MGM hit town. That's what started it all and nothings been the same since.
Vegas is dead. Thanks for the important reminder of how much better life was back then. People had class.
No doubt. Another reminder of how far Vegas has regressed in regards to sophistication is to watch one of the current walking tour videos on YT. Hard to believe it's the same planet.
Yeah, the Mob was “class” all the way. LOL The fact that Vegas now caters to a different demographic is NOT a sign of it’s decline, it’s a sign of your decline. “Dead” you called it. You do of course realize that Vegas is, today, the number one travel destination in the entire world. Look it up. What I think is that you no longer feel relevant. The fashions have changed, the music has changed, and society in general has changed. You however remain locked in a bygone era, bemoaning change.
Not dead on Big Fight night. On those occasions, Las Vegas is the place to be.
#Nonsense. Complete mythology.
@Allen Harris London, Tokyo, Paris , Rome, New York , Brussels, Hong Kong, Zurich, Sidney, Stockholm, Rio de Janeiro and Monte Carlo are just a few places people should visit in the world before visiting Las Vegas.
Anybody who was anything that played in Vegas is basically dead now. It's over. Vegas is not Vegas anymore.
It's a wonderful town, exciting and ever changing. So much more to do here now too! Btw they are not all dead. I know a few and, the stories they can tell!
Mob Vegas was a lot less expensive but, so was everything else ♠♥♣♦
@@likearainbow7501 Who is there from old real vegas? Wayne Newton?
What's going on behind Frank's ear at 6:55?
...I don't know but Dino is ordering another martini.....
I loved seeing Frank's photo on this video that was cool
Behind Sinatra's ear are forceps scars from his delivery at birth. While in his mid-sixties he had them corrected by a plastic surgeon. Later in life there was no trace of them at all.
@@user-ss6lg4zf3o Thanks!
@@user-ss6lg4zf3o Thanks!
Ann Margret was one pretty and beautiful dame.😊🥰 I dont get the whole Jayne Mansfield hoopla. I dont find her one bit attractive. I also saw some showgirl nipage 😁
Boobage👙
As of round eight years ago and I was there, Las Vegas is still sin city for adults. It was seedy. Interesting picture this would be for you. Peters is right next to a children's restaurant. Toddler was looking over from the restaurant balcony to the Hooters balcony. It looks like you're sinking buffet. Yes I make light of it a little bit but he would put those two restaurants together. Rainforest Cafe and Hooters? Not to mention my kid almost got his face mold off by pitbull shedding in the McDonald's dining room area. Women selling themselves in the parking lot of another McDonald's right next to a legal dispensary. And let's not forget the private 🚨 police. Somebody who hit them face more penalty and if they hit a real policeman. Iwatches one of them especially through the weight around. She was pissed off because I got everybody fired the day before. Amazing what video cameras will record. Your introduction once was a city for adults is reason I put in this reply. We try to help this one woman but she was too afraid of her pimp. He came charging at my young son who immediately beam him with a rock 🪨 in self-defense. Fortunately there were some other men there to help me out to protect my son to protect him in the parking lot of this retro McDonald's. Vegas is real kid friendly. NOT.
Great comments, thanks for sharing these stories. When I mentioned that Vegas "used to be a city for GROWN-UPS," I was referring to the so-called "adults" that go there and ACT like little kids. The town nowadays seems to be filled with so many phony people who all go there to be pretend big-shots and end up behaving like children the whole time. They often have no sense of courtesy, or respect for themselves or the people around them. (Not everyone, mind you - but there are plenty.) When I look at these photos, especially from the 50s and 60s - it seemed like a vacation spot that people could go to and let loose from their everyday lives a bit, while maintaining some class and self-respect. I still think Vegas is a fun place to visit, but I believe I would've much preferred the experience of sipping a cocktail in The Copa Room and watching a show, rather than riding a rollercoaster on the top of a casino, or walking the streets with a 3-foot long plastic container of cheap booze and melted ice!
2023? The world has become so boring.
Over Priced every thing today - Biden
#Nonsense...
@@bobcuster8930 He's right about Biden.
His and his democrat senators ‘ fau’t
Basement J has made a cesspool of filth out of the USA worst time in history for the US with worst of everything, worst president in the history of the Nation.
great history BUT I believe everyone shown is long dead.....so how does that make it golden????....
on research...indeed Ann Margaret is apparently still alive but appx 85 years old
Smh just don’t post again
Old Vegas just sucked balls ! *So happy to see all those old hotels are finally gone !*
Loved to see eyesores, like The Sands, Riviera, and Frontier, etc, are blown up ! 👍
Vegas was cheaper, safer, cooler, and more fun when the mob ran it and you put actual coins in the slot machines. Now it's just overbuilt, overpriced, and A-list celebrities don't play it anymore.
Now it's a kiddie park ruined by junk bonds and Disney
Love the marquis billing Dean Martin front of lewis. JL was a mean guy, who
revealed his I'll feelings towards Dean Martin. Mr Martin was a nice man, who was devastated by the death of his son. Lewis meanwhile, cut his family and especially his son Gary out of the will. Oh, acting like a bafoon and screaming isnt funny.
Elvis 1969 International Hotel we were there third Dinner Show !!
That is crazy
Did the mob run all the casino's in Vegas during this period
The mob was involved in illegal casinos all over the country, and many of the legal ones in Las Vegas. The did not run *all* of them.
Busy Siegal built the desert inn...with mob money...private syndicates built casionos...watch the movie about Las vegas...called..casino ...its true...just the names were changed....
Everything. They bank rolled/built Vegas.