I think i heard somone say that the man that made or owned las vegas won it by gambling, is that true????
2007-11-20 14:04:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Las Vegas
not true the city was a railroad stop.
Boulder Dam called that first, now Hoover Dam was under construction during the depression. Boulder is a dry town.
Workers would come to Las VEgas for entertainment. And women.
That is the foundation of the town.
The members of organized crime did not come till the late 40s.
2007-11-21 00:36:56 · answer #1 · answered by Michael M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO! People think that Bugsy Segel created the city. He DID NOT. The first casino here was El Rancho (gone long ago). Bugsy used union money to help create a casino but he never finished it before he was slaughtered in front of his girlfriend in CA.
There is NOT one casino in Vegas now or in the past that was won.
2007-11-24 08:14:11 · answer #2 · answered by banananose_89117 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Las Vegas celebrated it's 100th birthday in 2005. To learn a little more about Vegas and it's beginnings, check out
http://lasvegas-wow.com/happy_birthday_las_vegas.htm
you'll get the story in a nutshell! from 1905 up to the present.
2007-11-21 03:11:14 · answer #3 · answered by Joan E 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
bugsy started vegas every1 thought he was crazy sayin no 1 would go to the middle of the desert to gamble but look at it now
2007-11-20 15:36:43 · answer #4 · answered by ~::JAEL::~ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.
2007-11-24 02:58:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋