hi Alex if you Google The Flamingo Hotel in Chicago 1930s you will find out that Al Capone loved that place and ate there and even resided there later when Miami Beach became popular The Flamingo Hotel opened on Biscayne Bay by Carl Fischer Al Capone held his winter meetings there at the hotel and also built the house on Flamingo Island The Story Goes that the mob like the name flamingo and when they moved West hence the name Flamingo Hotel or hotel flamingo and that's my story thank you Richard burgel