El Rancho: The 1st Resort on the Strip

*Patreon Content Preview

Full episode available at 

Patreon.com/360Vegas

Isolated gambling clubs existed on Highway 91 before 1941 but the concept of a full scale resort with overnight accommodations, gaming, dining, entertainment and shopping all in one vacation destination wasn’t conceived as something anyone would want in the harsh desert climate.  The El Rancho not only offered something Highway 91 had never seen, it set a precedent by creating a themed vacation destination that would shape what would later become the Las Vegas Strip.  This is the story of the El Rancho Vegas.

For more on the El Rancho...

UNLV Center for Gaming Research

www.lvstriphistory.com

Battle Born Pins

Vintage Vegas Shirts

Billy Wilkerson and the Flamingo (Remastered)

*Patreon Content Preview

Full episode available at 

Patreon.com/360Vegas

History hasn’t been fair to Billy Wilkerson.  For years, a myth has lived in romantic Hollywood lour that Bugsy Siegel is the father of modern Vegas.  When in truth, it was stolen and ruined by the notorious gangster who caused the project to cost 6 times more than its original projected cost.  When it finally opened, it was a disaster of such catastrophic proportions that his
partners in the mafia had him killed.  Now it is time to set the record straight about the real man behind the Flamingo. 

For more on the Billy Wilkerson...

The Man Who Invented Las Vegas Book
Battle Born Pins 
Vintage Vegas Shirts