lansky's when. the flamingo opened in 1946, they had spent 6 million to build this hotel. and of that there are stories that siegel stolen million benjamin siegel's financiers. >> let's just call them that, were convinced he was pocketing the money. >> june 20, 1947 siegel was assassinated in beverly hills, california and not 15 minutes later, other people are at the flamingo saying we're in charge, bugs ease out we're in and flamingo becomes one of the iconic hotels on the strike and from then on, it was full speed ahead for the model the flamingo hotel was the first hotel to really go after big, big name entertainment the mob people loved mixing with stars. >> and so they would shell out the money for them. >> no, i walked out with a slot machine and i put $11 in a slap. and what do you think came up dm manager they got jimmy durante to open the hotel. >> they had martin and louis, they had the biggest thing entertainers in america they entertainment in the 50s and las vegas is centralized where i