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Re: O L D casino name?
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I think the Flamingo was the first thing on the site.

According to the LV Strip History website:

The original owner of the 40-acre tract was Charles "Pops" Squires, who paid $8.75 an acre. In 1944 he sold it to Margaret Folsom for $7,500. In 1945 Billy Wilkerson bought the land, hired an architect to design the luxury hotel/casino, began construction, and ran out of money. Enter...Bugsy Siegel.

No mention of anything else on the property.

http://www.lvstriphistory.com/ie/flam.htm

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O L D casino name?
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In my opinion,it was called Desert
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Did someone say Illinois? AND old Las Vegas chips?
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Check Al Moe's book..
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Wilkerson & the Flamingo property

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