The ENTIRE History of Las Vegas in 15 Minutes

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An Old Fashioned, some red lipstick and a black dress…sigh, there’s just something undeniable about a good ol’ classic. The beloved Vegas showgirl may be an endangered species these days (insert tear), but “VEGAS! THE SHOW” preserved those feather-clad beauties and the likes of an era when everything was flashier and dripping with sophistication. What’s that you ask? Can a show filled with gorgeous and talented women a la Rat Pack era really exist in the here and now? Oh yes my friend, it sure can and all we have to say is raise that curtain and let the good times roll. With a little song, a lot of dance and that certain sultry allure that only old timey Vegas could pull off, this is a trip down memory lane and, well, it’s pretty legit. The costumes are fun, funky, sexy and so real. Ok, well maybe not the candy-themed costumes but hell, their Sammy Davis Jr. sure had us pining for an autograph. For a city that was built on pure, raw talent and obviously dolla dolla bills, this show celebrates iconic moments from the city's rich entertainment history through the decades that made the Vegas we know and love today. And we’ll tip our top hats to that.
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The ENTIRE history of Las Vegas — from a railroad auction in the desert in 1905 to the brightest city on Earth. How a mobster's pink palace started it all, how the Mafia ran the casinos and skimmed the cash, how Howard Hughes pushed the mob out, how Steve Wynn's volcano changed the Strip forever, and how the city keeps reinventing itself — from the Sphere to Formula One.

00:00 Hook — 1946: A Mobster's Pink Palace
01:38 Railroad Town 1905
02:40 Gambling Legal 1931 & Hoover Dam
04:16 El Rancho & the Strip
04:48 Flamingo & Siegel
05:40 Mob Era
07:36 Hughes & Corporate Takeover
09:32 Mirage & Mega-Resorts
10:53 Las Vegas Today
12:11 Palaces, Neon & Sports
14:41 Lesson

Visuals are original flat comic-book illustrated reconstructions, not archive photographs. Voice is a standard narrator, not a recording of any real person.

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