Vegas: The City the Mob Made

A look at the Mob's formation in New York City.

Exploring the barren state of Las Vegas in its early days before the Mob arrives to reshape it.

The Mob begins to exert its influence in Vegas in the 1920s.

The post-WWII period provides a boon for Las Vegas.

Las Vegas attracts major performers as its tourism and gambling industries go through a boom.

Exploring Las Vegas' technological revolution.

Control of Vegas changes hands as a new influence forms.

Regulators push the Mob out of Vegas to cleanse the city's reputation.

In the 1990s, large businesses begin turning Vegas into its modern form.

Las Vegas enters the 21st century maintaining its status as one of America's most famous cities.