"On your right, the Flamingo, siad Cureo as they passed a long, low, modernistic hotel with a huge tower of neon, now dead, outside it. "Buggsy Siegel built that back in '46. He came over to Vegas from the coast one day and took a look around. Had a lot of hot money that wanted investing. Vegas was goin' great guns. Town wide open. Gambling. Legalised catshops. Nice setup. It didn't take long for Buggsy to catch on. He saw the possibilities. Bond laughed at the understatement."
1956.