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| shows = [[Piff the Magic Dragon]]<br>[[RuPaul's Drag Race Live!]]<br>[[Wayne Newton]]<br>X Burlesque
| attractions = Wildlife habitat
| notable_restaurants = Bugsy & Meyer's Steakhouse<br>[[Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville]] (2003–2024)
| casino_type = Land-based
| owner = [[Caesars Entertainment]]
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For teenage visitors, the Flamingo added its 7-11 Club in 1960, named for its hours of operation during the evening.<ref>{{cite news |title=Flamingo Plans Teenage Club |url=https://reviewjournal.newsbank.com/search?date_from=1960&date_to=&text=%22Flamingo%22+%22Teenage+Club%22&content_added=&pub%5B%5D=1508AFD0E83DBED6 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=June 26, 1960 |access-date=January 8, 2024 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> A convention hall was added the following year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Flying Fashions |url=https://reviewjournal.newsbank.com/search?date_from=1961&date_to=&text=%22Flying%20Fashions%22&content_added=&pub%5B0%5D=1508AFD0E83DBED6 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=March 29, 1961 |access-date=January 9, 2024 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> The present-day Flamingo includes {{convert|73000|sqft|abbr=on}} of meeting space, which underwent a $6.5 million renovation in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Thomas |title=Flamingo completes $6.5 million renovation of meeting center |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/aug/03/flamingo-completes-65-million-renovation-of-meetin/ |access-date=January 8, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=August 3, 2017}}</ref>
By 1988, the Flamingo had six restaurants, including a buffet.<ref name=Golden/> The 167-seat Burger Joint opened in 2010,<ref>{{cite news |title=Hamburger celebrated in many ways at Flamingo |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/food/hamburger-celebrated-in-many-ways-at-flamingo/ |access-date=January 8, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=May 11, 2010}}</ref> and was replaced two years later by Center Cut Steakhouse.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sylvester |first=Ron |title=New steakhouse, Carlos'n Charlie's franchise coming to Flamingo |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2012/mar/01/steakhouse-carlosn-charlies-franchise-coming-flami/ |access-date=January 8, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=March 1, 2012}}</ref> The latter closed in 2019,<ref name=Hiller>{{cite news |last=Hiller |first=Michael |title=Flamingo Las Vegas to launch new steakhouse that channels its gangster past |url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2019-12-20/flamingo-las-vegas-bugsy-meyer-steakhouse |access-date=January 8, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 20, 2019}}</ref> and opened a year later as Bugsy & Meyer's Steakhouse,<ref name=Finally/> named after Siegel and Lansky.<ref name=Hiller/><ref name=Finally>{{cite news |last=Knapp Rinella |first=Heidi |title=New Las Vegas steakhouse Bugsy & Meyer's to finally open |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/food/new-las-vegas-steakhouse-bugsy-meyers-to-finally-open-2056504/ |access-date=January 8, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=June 25, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Durano |first=Genevie |title=Bugsy & Meyer's Steakhouse at the Flamingo pays homage to Las Vegas' past |url=https://lasvegasweekly.com/dining/2020/aug/06/bugsy-meyers-steakhouse-at-the-flamingo-pays-homag/ |access-date=January 8, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Weekly |date=August 6, 2020}}</ref> It includes a hidden [[speakeasy]]-style bar.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stapleton |first=Susan |title=Meet the Secret Speakeasy Dubbed the Count Room Live Inside Bugsy & Meyer's Steakhouse |url=https://vegas.eater.com/2022/2/10/22927367/the-count-room-inside-bugsy-meyers-steakhouse-entertainment-music-cocktail-cart |website=Eater |access-date=January 8, 2024 |date=February 10, 2022}}</ref> Television personality [[Lisa Vanderpump]] is scheduled to open Pinky's in mid-2024, marking her third restaurant on the Strip.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wright |first=Johnathan L. |title=Lisa Vanderpump thinks pink with her newest Strip restaurant |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/food/lisa-vanderpump-thinks-pink-with-her-newest-strip-restaurant-2933198/ |access-date=January 8, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=November 3, 2023}}</ref> Chef [[Gordon Ramsay]] will also open his seventh Strip restaurant, Gordon Ramsay Burger, around the same time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wright |first=Johnathan L. |title=Gordon Ramsay's new restaurant announces name, opening date |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/food/gordon-ramsays-new-restaurant-announces-name-opening-date-2941253/ |access-date=June 20, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=November 20, 2023}}</ref>
In December 2003, the resort added a [[Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville]] restaurant and gift shop, located along the Strip.<ref>{{cite news |title = Margaritaville opens at Flamingo |url = http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2003/dec/15/margaritaville-opens-at-flamingo/ |access-date = September 8, 2011 |newspaper = Las Vegas Sun |date = December 15, 2003 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Patterson |first=Spencer |title=Buffett treats devotees to party at Flamingo |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2004/jan/23/buffett-treats-devotees-to-party-at-flamingo/ |access-date=January 14, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=January 23, 2004}}</ref> Its construction required the removal of two prior restaurants.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stevens |first=Muriel |title=Flamingo's newest diverse and delicious |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2003/nov/07/columnist-muriel-stevens-flamingos-newest-diverse-/ |access-date=January 12, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=November 7, 2003}}</ref> An adjacent Margaritaville "minicasino", with {{convert|15000|sqft|abbr=on}} of gaming space, was opened in October 2011, replacing Steakhouse 46.<ref>{{cite news |title = Margaritaville Casino to hire 250 workers |url = http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/aug/16/jimmy-buffetts-margaritaville-casino-hire-250-work/ |access-date = September 8, 2011 |newspaper = Las Vegas Sun |date = August 16, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sieroty |first=Chris |title=Margaritaville-themed gaming area planned for Flamingo |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/margaritaville-themed-gaming-area-planned-for-flamingo/ |access-date=January 14, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=May 26, 2011}}</ref> The addition cost $10 million, and featured 220 slot machines and 22 table games.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stutz |first=Howard |title=No more wasting away: Margaritaville casino expansion serves two purposes |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/no-more-wasting-away-margaritaville-casino-expansion-serves-two-purposes/ |access-date=March 22, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=September 29, 2011}}</ref> The Margaritaville casino operated until 2018,<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaritaville Casino at Flamingo to be rebranded |url=https://vegaschanges.com/2018/05/14/margaritaville-casino-at-flamingo-to-be-rebranded/ |website=VegasChanges |access-date=March 22, 2024 |date=September 1, 2018}}</ref> and the restaurant
==Live entertainment==
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A 230-seat venue, Bugsy's Celebrity Theatre, was added as part of an expansion in 1992. It is named after Siegel,<ref name=Impersonator>{{cite news |title=Impersonator show to open at Bugsy's Celebrity Theatre |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/177423785/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 25, 1992 |access-date=January 13, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Recognition comes late |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/152784570/ |work=Reno Gazette-Journal |date=October 29, 1992 |access-date=January 13, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Flamingo Hilton remembers Bugsy Siegel during 50th anniversary |url=https://reviewjournal.newsbank.com/search?text=%22Flamingo+Hilton+remembers+Bugsy+Siegel+during+50th+anniversary%22&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%5B%5D=1508AFD0E83DBED6 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=May 16, 1997 |access-date=January 13, 2024 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> and was later renamed Bugsy's Cabaret.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fink |first=Jerry |title=Comic takes raunchy act to bigger digs at the Flamingo |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/18/comic-takes-raunchy-act-bigger-digs-flamingo/ |access-date=January 13, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=August 18, 2008}}</ref> A musical, ''Forever Plaid'', ended its six-year run at the theater in 2001, after more than 3,500 performances.<ref>{{cite news |title=Top 5 Shows: In Vegas |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/266706278/ |work=The Honolulu Advertiser |date=June 18, 1995 |access-date=January 12, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Forever Plaid' left to ponder life after Flamingo |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2000/dec/15/forever-plaid-left-to-ponder-life-after-flamingo/ |access-date=January 14, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=December 15, 2000}}</ref> It was replaced by [[The Second City]], an [[improvisational comedy]] group with a rotating cast of performers. The Second City debuted in 2001,<ref>{{cite news |last=Maddox |first=Kate |title=Flamingo lining up for Seconds |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2001/jan/09/columnist-kate-maddox-flamingo-lining-up-for-secon/ |access-date=January 14, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=January 9, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Delaney |first=Joe |title='Second City' settles in nicely at Flamingo Las Vegas' showroom |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2001/mar/16/second-city-settles-in-nicely-at-flamingo-las-vega/ |access-date=January 14, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=March 16, 2001}}</ref> and ran for several years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Second to none: 'The Second City' chugs along at Flamingo Las Vegas |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2002/aug/29/second-to-none-the-second-city-chugs-along-at-flam/ |access-date=January 14, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=August 29, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Split-second timing crucial for 'City' comedy troupe at Flamingo |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2005/jan/14/split-second-timing-crucial-for-city-comedy-troupe/ |access-date=January 14, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=January 14, 2005}}</ref>
''X Burlesque'', featuring female dancers, opened at the theater in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |last=Weatherford |first=Mike |title=X Burlesque |url=https://reviewjournal.newsbank.com/search?date_from=2007&date_to=&text=%22x+burlesque%22+%22flamingo%22&content_added=&pub%5B%5D=LVRB&sort=old |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=March 2, 2007 |access-date=January 13, 2024 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Katsilometes |first=John |title=Steeped in Vegas history, 'X Burlesque' hits No. 20 at Flamingo |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/steeped-in-vegas-history-x-burlesque-hits-no-20-at-flamingo-2564122/ |access-date=January 13, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=April 20, 2022}}</ref> [[Piff the Magic Dragon]], a comedic entertainer, has performed at the Flamingo since 2015,<ref>{{cite news |last=Stapleton |first=Susan |title='X Comedy Uncensored Fun' brings a magic dragon, impersonator and more |url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/lasvegas/lasvegasnow/la-tr-lvn-las-vegas-shows-x-comedy-uncensored-fun-20150617-story.html |access-date=January 13, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 18, 2015}}</ref> initially using the same stage as ''X Burlesque''. The venue was renamed after Piff in 2019,<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/1-theater-2-shows-3-titles-on-the-las-vegas-strip-1671228/ |title = 1 theater, 2 shows, 3 titles on the Las Vegas Strip |date = May 24, 2019 |website = Las Vegas Review-Journal |language = en-US |access-date = June 3, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1 = Palmer |first1 = Rob |title = The Dragons of CSICon |url = https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-dragons-of-csicon/ |website = Skeptical Inquirer |date = July 23, 2019 |publisher = Center for Inquiry |access-date = April 8, 2021 }}</ref> until he moved to the main showroom a year later.<ref name=Rolls>{{cite news |last=Radke |first=Brock |title=Piff the Magic Dragon rolls into three more years at Flamingo Las Vegas |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/dec/06/piff-the-magic-dragon-rolls-into-three-more-years/ |access-date=January 13, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=December 6, 2021}}</ref><ref name=Breathing/> Piff's sidekicks include showgirl and spouse Jade Simone, and a chihuahua named Mr. Piffles.<ref>{{cite news |last=Katsilometes |first=John |title=Piff ready to fire it up once more at Flamingo |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/piff-ready-to-fire-it-up-once-more-at-flamingo-2262327/ |access-date=January 3, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=January 22, 2021}}</ref><ref name=Breathing>{{cite news |last=Katsilometes |first=John |title=Piff still breathing fire with three-year Flamingo extension |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/piff-still-breathing-fire-with-three-year-flamingo-extension-2467353/ |access-date=January 13, 2024 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=October 27, 2021}}</ref>
==In popular culture==
===Film===
The Flamingo made numerous film appearances in its early years, including ''[[The Invisible Wall (1947 film)|The Invisible Wall]]'' (1947),<ref name=Bright/><ref>{{cite web |last=Stoldal |first=Bob |title=Vegas goes dark |url=https://knpr.org/magazine-desert-companion/2015-08-27/vegas-goes-dark |website=Nevada Public Radio |access-date=January 14, 2024 |date=August 27, 2015}}</ref> ''[[The Lady Gambles]]'' (1949),<ref name=Bright/> ''[[My Friend Irma Goes West]]'' (1950),<ref name=Epting>{{cite news |last=Epting |first=Chris |title=Reel Las Vegas |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3840263 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505211932/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3840263 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 5, 2022 |access-date=December 26, 2023 |work=NBC News |date=December 30, 2003}}</ref> ''[[The Las Vegas Story (film)|The Las Vegas Story]]'' (1952),<ref name=Bright/><ref>{{cite news |last=Hawley |first=Tom |title=Video Vault {{!}} 'Las Vegas Story' sought to be U.S. version of 'Casablanca' |url=https://news3lv.com/features/video-vault/video-vault-las-vegas-story-sought-to-be-us-version-of-casablanca |access-date=January 14, 2024 |work=KSNV |date=July 6, 2016}}</ref> and ''[[The Girl Rush]]'' (1955).<ref name=Bright>{{cite book |last=Gragg |first=Larry |title=Bright Light City: Las Vegas in Popular Culture |date=2013 |publisher=University Press of Kansas |isbn=978-0-7006-1903-0 |pages=86–87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dR6pEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA186 |access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref>
In ''[[Ocean's 11]]'' (1960), the Flamingo is one of five Las Vegas casinos to be robbed by the main characters.<ref>{{Cite news |last = Abramovitch |first = Seth |date = May 31, 2018 |title = Hollywood Flashback: How Sinatra and the Men of 'Ocean's 11' Made Vegas 'Pop' in 1960 |language = en-US |work = Hollywood Reporter |url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/how-frank-sinatra-men-ocean-s-11-made-vegas-pop-1114894/ |access-date = December 24, 2021 }}</ref> The resort also appears in a flashback sequence in [[Ocean's Eleven|the 2001 remake]].<ref>{{Cite web |date = June 8, 2016 |title = Scene In Nevada: Ocean's Eleven |url = https://nevadafilm.com/scene-in-nevada-oceans-eleven/ |access-date = December 24, 2021 |website = Nevada Film Office |language = en-US }}</ref> ''[[Viva Las Vegas]]'' (1964) includes prominent footage of the Flamingo's pool area.<ref>{{Cite news |last = Taylor |first = F. Andrew |date = May 15, 2014 |title = Many 'Viva Las Vegas' filming sites remain unchanged |language = en-US |work = Las Vegas Review-Journal |url = https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/movies/many-viva-las-vegas-filming-sites-remain-unchanged/ |access-date = December 24, 2021 }}</ref> The resort later appeared in ''[[Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (film)|Elvira: Mistress of the Dark]]'' (1988).<ref>{{cite news |title=Video Vault: Horror Hostess 'Elvira' started career as Vegas' youngest showgirl |url=https://news3lv.com/features/video-vault/video-vault--horror-hostess-elvira-started-career-as-vegas-youngest-showgirl |access-date=January 14, 2024 |work=KSNV |date=September 24, 2015}}</ref>
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