Throughout the movie, there are nice overviews of the Las Vegas Strip. On May 5, 2015, Clark County commissioners declared May 5th “Betty Willis Day” in her honor. The second most successful robbery in the history of Las Vegas in the film’s storyline is one that occurred at the Flamingo Hotel & Casino in 1971.įinally, the *closest* any man has ever come to robbing a Las Vegas casino happened at Caesars Palace in 1987.īetty Willis designed the Welcome to Las Vegas sign and never copyrighted it, considering it a gift to the city. It was later known as Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall and Saloon, then was closed, renovated, and eventually reopened as The Cromwell in 2014. The third most successful robbery took place at a casino called the Horseshoe.īarbary Coast was actually the name of the hotel & casino during filming. In the beginning of the film, the three most “successful” robberies in the history of Las Vegas are described. Check out all of the Nevada filming locations below for Ocean’s Eleven:
For the most part, Ocean’s Eleven was filmed on location in Las Vegas.
