Just saw this.

https://www.amazon.com/Bugsy-Warren-Beatty/dp/B00178VVNY

A very depressing ending and the music makes it more so.



The Flamingo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo_Las_Vegas was built for $6 million in 1945-1946.

Per this it's 91 million today.

https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/

Bugsy was crazy or a visionary to built a $6 million casino restaurant hotel in the desert with not much near it and expected folks to go to it from Los Angeles 300 miles away.