<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> caesars.com/flamingo-las-vegas </Td> </Tr> <P> Flamingo Las Vegas (formerly The Fabulous Flamingo and Flamingo Hilton Las Vegas) is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada . It is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corporation . </P> <P> The property includes a 72,299 - square - foot (6,716.8 m) casino along with 3,626 hotel rooms . The 15 - acre (6.1 ha) site's architectural theme is reminiscent of the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne style of Miami and South Beach . Staying true to its theme, the hotel includes a garden courtyard which serves as a wildlife habitat for flamingos . The hotel was the third resort to open on the Strip and remains the oldest resort on the Strip in operation today . The Flamingo has a Las Vegas Monorail station called the Flamingo & Caesars Palace station at the rear of the property . After opening in 1946, it has undergone a number of ownership changes . </P> <P> The Flamingo site occupies 40 acres (16 ha) originally owned by one of Las Vegas' first settlers, Charles "Pops" Squires . Squires paid $8.75 an acre for the land . In 1944, Margaret Folsom bought the tract for $7,500 from Squires, and she then later sold it to Billy Wilkerson . Wilkerson was the owner of The Hollywood Reporter as well as some very popular nightclubs in the Sunset Strip: Cafe Trocadero, Ciro's and La Rue 's. (Los Angeles) La Rue Restaurant's Sunset Blvd . RN - 086 - 4 1949 </P>

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