Newport, Ky (what happened)

by JRiggs on December 9th 2007, 1:53 pm

alot of people know the history and some dont. i found this and thought id share.

the flamingo/633 club was at 633 york street. it became one of newports most popular casinos during the boomtime for illegal gambling. in the 40's & 50's frank sinatra and marilyn monroe rolled dice there. in the 60's the club was leased by someone else which he brought in chuck berry, jerry lee lewis, little richard and the isley brothers. some of the building is still there the cab company uses it.

if u wanna read more go here
http://home.fuse.net/hohorecords/jockeyclub_history.htm

thought id be cool. to add more here and there.

by JRiggs on December 9th 2007, 2:04 pm

read some more into that website, looks like what i can tell is the building is still there. be pretty cool to check it out.....

by RebStew on December 9th 2007, 2:10 pm

Most of Newports history is bad history. full of gangsters and crime. most of the stars were brought here because of the Beverly Hills Club which was owned by the Cleavland Sindicate. A lot of famous people were in Newport at one time or another. even JFK ate dinner across the street from the house I use to live in as a kid. we did not live there then but we knew the family that owned the house. I can say that I was in the same house that JFK was in at one time. I'm a huge history buff and if anyone wants to sit and talk about some of the stuff I'm game.

by LRS30 on December 9th 2007, 2:41 pm

Man, when I was a teenager, I used to hang out there when it was the Mid=west punk rock showcase... We used to sneak in and drink Foster's oil can beers, Shorty(the owner never cared much as long as the place was packed and you had money for beer, and that bathroom was one of the worst places on earth when I think of what hell would be like I picture the pisser there....Oh the memories....

by JRiggs on December 9th 2007, 4:58 pm

the flamingo club is it the cab building or was it next to it where the empty lot is now?

i also read that abraham lincoln partied in the southgate house.

by RebStew on December 9th 2007, 5:30 pm

JRiggs wrote:the flamingo club is it the cab building or was it next to it where the empty lot is now?

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next to it. 633 was the address .the cab stand is 629 york st.

by LRS30 on December 10th 2007, 2:07 am

Next time we get together I'll tell you some stories about the Southgate House, talk about haunted......My brother and I do work there alot, real interesting place to say the least. Gen Thompson lived, the inventor of the Thompson Sub-Machine gun...

by 40standard on December 17th 2007, 1:39 pm

is the Brass Ass stil in Newport?

by RebStew on December 17th 2007, 3:32 pm

40standard wrote:is the Brass Ass stil in Newport?

yes it is. Brass Bull is across the street too.. Mina owns them both. Newport was trying to push her out and even tried to slow down her costomers when they were redoing the sidewalks, but she ended up sueing the city and won. Newport leaves her alone now, for the time being anyway.

by LRS30 on December 17th 2007, 4:26 pm

I've been known to donate to the female starving college association, in my past of course......... Twisted Evil

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