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*Premium Content Preview\nPatreon.com/360Vegas\nThere are a collection of men who helped build the city of Las Vegas during its formative years that didn\u2019t have colored pasts.\xa0 Their origins are not linked to organized crime and their stories aren\u2019t the sort of things people make movies about.\xa0 However they would become the shining examples that the gaming industry could not only exist without the Mob but could continue to grow. A fact that was established in 1941 and continues to endure to this day.\xa0 The El Cortez is the city\u2019s oldest hotel casino to continuously operate under the same name and only the 2nd casino ever added to the nation\u2019s historical preservation list.\xa0 It\u2019s also the only casino on that list still open to this day.\xa0 This is the story of the people and the properties that shaped Downtown Las Vegas.