SANTA ROSA, CA—In 1957 a gala bash marked the opening of the Flamingo in Santa Rosa — a romantic wine country resort designed by Los Angeles architect George Vernon Russell. The "modernist" design of the late 1950s mirrored that of the famed Flamingo Las Vegas, including curving glass walls, rugged stone walls, and a distinctive vertical tower bearing the iconic Flamingo logo. The resort quickly attracted glamorous types from Hollywood and Las Vegas as well as a host of celebrities from around the nation and the world. In more recent years, production crews have stayed at the Flamingo while working on Mumford, Bandits, The Five Year Engagement, and other films. The City of Santa Rosa declared the hotel a historic landmark in 1996.