the unincorporated town of Paradise on December 8, 1950. The town encompassed a strip 1 mi wide and 4 mi long, from the southern city limits of Las Vegas to just south of the Flamingo. The town board initially consisted of five casino managers, chaired by Greenbaum.

A month after its establishment, the town was expanded to include the residential areas of Paradise Valley, giving it a total area of 54 sqmi. Months later, however, county officials reportedly had determined that the town had not been properly established because the petition