Plot Synopsis

VEGAS: THE STORY OF SIN CITY is a four-part documentary that showcases the past 70 years of America's cultural maturation through the lens of Las Vegas, featuring the entertainment acts, the visionary entrepreneurs, the infamous mafia figures, and the colorful political history that put Sin City on the map. It's a town that has platformed major musical artists from the Rat Pack and Elvis Presley to Celine Dion and Adele, making Nevada's largest city an international destination for music and live entertainment. Through interviews with notable entertainers like Paul Anka and Wayne Newton, former showgirls, journalists, and cultural historians, the city's evolution into an entertainment mecca is unspooled, revealing the role Las Vegas played in the most important movements and moments shaping American culture as we know it today. Episodes include:

"From Sand to Strip" (Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 10pm): The arrival of the mafia and its money catapults Las Vegas from a raffish frontier town to a glamorous entertainment destination featuring the biggest stars of the nightclub era.

"The Golden Age" (Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 10pm): The legendary Rat Pack show at the Sands Casino in 1960 inaugurates the Golden Age of Las Vegas, an era defined by a heavy-drinking, broad-chasing, irreverent kind of hip embodied by Frank Sinatra.

"Shuffling the Deck" (Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 10pm): As the rest of the country is swept up in a cultural revolution, Las Vegas becomes farther and farther removed from national attitudes. But by the end of the 60s, Elvis makes a comeback in Vegas that helps cement the city as an international entertainment destination.

"The Greatest Show on Earth" (Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 10pm): With the opening of a spate of fantasy hotels, Las Vegas once again transforms into America's playground -- but this time, as a family-friendly, fun-for-all-ages theme park boasting entertainment spectacles unlike anything seen onstage elsewhere in the world.