The Flamingo’s founder, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 28, 1906. The Man Behind the Flamingo: Early History Bugsy Siegel in 1928. It’s not the new ownership’s fault, though-it isn’t easy to shake the legacy of the larger-than-life Bugsy Siegel… especially when his spirit refuses to leave the premises. Though the Flamingo has since tried to minimize Siegel’s legacy, its many renovations haven’t managed to remove the mobster from the resort. After all, the Flamingo was the brainchild of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, one of America’s most infamous gangsters.
The legendary Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, in the heart of the Strip, is notorious for its checkered history.
