#154: Las Vegas

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It's the world's Sin City, where fortunes and made and
lost. 


In this episode, you'll learn about the history of this unlikely
city, from its early days as a desert oasis to its links with the
Mafia, from eccentric entrepreneurs right through to atomic
bombs.





Geographic location of Las Vegas

Discovering Las Vegas ("The Meadows")

1905: A sleepy railway town

Construction begins on The Hoover Dam

Providing entertainment for construction workers

1930s and 1940s: Bugsy Siegel and The Mafia arrive

Bugsy Siegel's early life

Building The Flamingo

Post World War II: "cheap luxury"

Watching atomic bombs explode

Howard Hughes arrives and never leaves

Pushing the mafia out of town

1980s: Las Vegas revival

Las Vegas today




Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary
available on the website:
https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/las-vegas


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