It cost approximately $42 million and is being funded through all kind of grants. On the board of directors is the (ex)mayor of Vegas and former lawyer of Tony Spilotro; Oscar Goodman.
They should have some great items there on display like the Anastasia barber chair, Siegels car and they even rebuilded the wall of the St. Valentines massacre with the original bricks...what a work.
The museum is located in the federal building where in the 50s some of the Kefauver Committee hearings on organized crime were held.
This year I am planning also to go there. However I am located in the Netherlands and would like to combine it with NY and the mob tour over there and with a visit to a friend of mine.