Talk:Flamingo Las Vegas

O'Sheas
First, the grammar in this sentence: O'Sheas Casino which is an irish themed casino is located in the same building as the Flamingo but both casinos operate separately should be corrected before it gets posted. Capitalization of "irish", for example, or the lack of punctuation.

Secondly, please refer to other articles that also deal with connected properties to see how they're dealt with. Technically, Bally's and Paris are the same physical building (O'Sheas and Flamingo are not), but they are handled as completely separate entries in Wikipedia. Now that Imperial Palace is part of Harrah's and those buildings are next to each other, do we say that "Imperial Palace is an asian themed casino is located in the same building as Harrahs but both casinos operate separately"? No, as they should be handled as separate entities.

Information about O'Sheas would be better suited to the page of the parent organization (as another Strip property owned by Harrah's), rather than located on the Flamingo page.SpikeJones 03:32, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Sorry but you are wrong Flamingo and O'Sheas are in the same building and on the same property, If you look up the Flamingo and O'Sheas in the phone book or on any website that gives detailed information about the two casinos you will see that they are both located at 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South, There has also been occassions that O'Sheas has run low on casino chips and as a substitute they've used chips from the Flamingo on the O'Sheas gaming table. Misterrick 08:25, 04 September 2005 (UTC).


 * Just like the chips from Bally's and Paris are intermingled, I'm sure. How do you explain the street with traffic light that cuts straight through between Margaritaville/OShea's?  Sure, there's a walkway connecting the two buildings on the 2nd (or is it 3rd?) floor -- but they are not the same building, regardless of where they receive their mail.  Why not look into the history of O'Sheas, as it was originally a Hilton property and named the same as other Hilton destinations (like the Kitty O'Sheas bar in the Chicago Hilton)SpikeJones 14:54, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Again your wrong, O'Sheas was never a Hilton, they don't even have a hotel, Your thinking of the Flamingo which was a Hilton hotel property. Misterrick 20:17, 04 September 2005 (UTC).


 * There are plenty of articles and references that refer to O'Shea's as a Hilton property (before the Park Place buyout, of course). Yes, they don't have a hotel.   Then again, Slots'o'Fun doesn't have a hotel and I believe they are a Mandalay operation as well.  Existence of a hotel is meaningless.  SpikeJones 23:53, 4 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Ok, Can you point me to these articles and references because O'Sheas was at one point was owned by Hilton but NEVER and I repeat NEVER actually bared the Hilton name on any of the building, casino or casino chips and as to your claim that the existence of a hotel is meaningless is utter crap in my opinion. Also I have spoken to the Licensing and Taxation division of the Nevada Gaming Control Board who confirmed today that the Flamingo and O'Sheas are one and the same. Also I have been tracking gaming for the past 20 years I've attending numerous shareholder meetings, press conferences and corporate presentations so I suspect I know a bit more then you about the gaming industry in the U.S. and internationally. I will be reinserting the O'Sheas reference. Misterrick 01:45, 15 September 2005 (UTC).


 * Thinking about this some more, my recommendation would be to keep any mention of the O'Sheas facility to a minimum in passing, similar to the way the London Club at the Aladdin is handled. That is, as an internal-yet-separately-operated-casino as part of a larger one with a specific street address.   In any case, your passion and expertise are welcome as part of the Vegas Wikiproject; please feel free to join us over there and help out.SpikeJones 22:27, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

There was some confusion as far as the previous names of O'Sheas, I found a map that displays the previous name. http://www.pcap.com/et-map-strip.htm --Ben 23:19, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Hill
The first and only reference to someone named Hill is in this sentence: "On June 20, 1947, relaxing in the Hollywood bungalow he shared with Hill, who was away at the time, Siegel was shot to death." Clarification is needed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.219.24.101 (talk) 07:43, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

I clarified it a bit by linking it to the Virginia Hill page.HumanisticRationale (talk) 15:04, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Stick 'em up
Just thought maybe we should mention the '51 Flamingo robbery by major league morons Tony Brancato & Tony Trombino, the only successful heist of a Vegas casino--if you call getting murdered for ripping of the Mob successful... Trekphiler 08:27, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Image deleted
I deleted the photo that purported to show the "old Flamingo." The scene depicted could not have been what it says, as The Strip never had trolley cars. This scene depicted was a downtown scene, and the The Flamingo was never even close to downtown. Realkyhick 08:31, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

The reason his death was ordered
I was watching a movie on the history channel about this and it said Virginia Hill had been skimming money; and Siegel took responsibility for her which bothered the investors but they were willing to let it go if the Flimingo made the money back. When the Flamingo failed to generate revenue fast enough to pay them back Siegel death was then ordered. I changed it and some one keeps changing it back. I'm going to give whoever keeps doing this a week to respond after that I'll change it back- (Debo7)
 * The current text has been there for a while and appears to be commonly accepted. If what you are saying is correct, please provide a cite to support it when you add it back in. Vegaswikian 06:56, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know the name of the movie I just saw it on the history channel one sudnay ago which I think would make it march 24- Debo7
 * It is the responsibility of the editor making the claim to provide a reliable source for the data. Since at least two editors have seen fit to revert this change, you really need to provide a cite in the article that others can see supports the claim.  Right now there is nothing.  For all we know your change is correct, but you could have left out a disclaimer like 'some have claimed'.  Bottom line, find a source in print somewhere that supports this version.  Even with that, there may well be other sources that say otherwise, I don't know what consensus would be reached in that case of opposing sources. Vegaswikian 17:30, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Flamingologo.gif
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Fair use rationale for Image:FlamingoLogo.jpg
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copy-and-pasted block
A large chunk of this article has been copied and pasted between Bugsy Siegel, Flamingo Las Vegas, and William Wilkerson. As far as I can tell, it wasn't copied and pasted from some outside source — Google doesn’t find an outside source anyway — but being copied and pasted in these three places poses a problem for future editors, since any improvement that can be made to that text probably ought to be made in all three places. But that's ① labor-intensive, ② error-prone, and ③ unlikely to happen since there’s no way to tell that there are other copies of the text.

Is there some Wikipedia policy about what to do about duplicated chunks like this?

Further discussion about this should go to Talk:Bugsy Siegel, since I’ve copy-and-pasted my comment on the talk pages of all three articles.

Kragen Javier Sitaker (talk) 18:58, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Distance from 'downtown Las Vegas'
In the section "Flamingo Opening", there is a sentence which reads:

the 105-room property and first luxury hotel on the strip,[11] was built seven miles (11 km) from Downtown Las Vegas

If Fremont Street is considered "downtown Las Vegas", then traveling 7 miles along Las Vegas Blvd. would place you near the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, south of Mandalay Bay.

The distance from the intersection of Fremont Street & Las Vegas Blvd. to the current location of the Flamingo is exactly 4 miles, according to Google Maps.

I'm not editing the info since I don't know if the Flamingo is currently located in the same place as when it was built... or what point of reference is being used for "downtown Las Vegas."

Urbanphotos (talk) 18:50, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

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source of the name
Hi, there is a discrepancy in the source of the name of "The Flamingo Hotel." The main article claims bugsy seigel named it in homage to his girlfriend's legs. However, Billy Wilkerson's article goes into great detail of Wilkerson's love of tropical birds, etc, and credits him with the inspiration for the name. I wonder who is right. I'm inclined to go with the guy who isn't a criminal.

Source of "Pink Flamingo" Name
I've been unable to find any verified source to confirm that the Flamingo was ever opened under the name "Pink Flamingo". Perhaps someone can research the archives of the Las Vegas Review Journal and determine what name was used when it was reported on for the initial opening. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cottonchipper (talk • contribs) 18:52, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Removed reference to Florence Ballard
I removed the sentence saying, "Florence Ballard was fired from The Supremes during their engagement at the hotel in June-July 1967." It seems irrelevant to the section. Timhowardriley (talk) 08:11, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Flamingo Resort, Inc. v. United States
It appears that Flamingo Resort Casino is famous for establishing an important legal precedent, as reported in the Flamingo Resort, Inc. v. United States article. Given that all publicity is good publicity, is it perhaps worth making a reference to this case, here? TheAMmollusc (talk) 10:58, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

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