This is our newest museum in the city and is located in Downtown Las Vegas. It is located on Stewart. This is two streets over north of Fremont and at the end of Third St. The building that the museum is housed in was an old federal building that was renovated for the purpose of hosting this unique museum. Like it or not, Las Vegas has had a history of organized crime in its past, much of this has been captured by Hollywood movie studios, but here in the Mob Museum, it is the real history that is documented.
Starting with the explosive growth of the mob that started with the banning of alcohol, it then traces the evolution of the mob to sports betting after the end of prohibition. Naturally, this led to gambling interests in Las