5 things you didn’t know about the Flamingo
The exterior of Flamingo hotel-casino at 3555 Las Vegas Blvd., South, in Las Vegas is shown on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. (Bill Hughes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Flamingo, nearly at the center of the Las Vegas Strip, has been around longer than any other resort in the Las Vegas Valley.
As with some of the other older hotels, the Flamingo wasn't immune to controversy and criticism. Eventually, things began to work out for the resort that started with a modest 150 rooms and now has 3,626.
Here are five things you might not know about the Flamingo:
