When gambling and prostitution became illegal in LA in 1938, McAfee moved to Las Vegas and took over numerous establishments. Guy McAfee had been the head of the LADP’s vice squad but also ran numerous saloons, nightclubs, and brothels which earned him the nickname the Capone of LA. Las Vegas Boulevard (f ormerly Arrowhead Highway & HWY 91) quickly attracted some of the biggest names from mob syndicates around the country looking get in on Vegas’ entertainment business including Guy McAfee and mobster Bugsy Siegel. By the 1930s member of organized crime started to look for properties outside of the city limits where there was fewer taxes, less regulations, and more room to do business regardless of their reputation.
Las Vegas was founded in 1905 with most of the early development flowing from the train station Downtown along Fremont Street.
