query: who owns the wynn hotel in las vegas

pos: Wynn Las Vegas was awarded the first ever Mobil Five-Star rating awarded to a hotel in Las Vegas and has since received numerous other five-star awards, making the Tower Suites one of the finest boutique hotels worldwide. On April 28, 2006, Wynn celebrated its first anniversary by beginning construction of a second hotel tower. Called Encore, the tower was a $2.3 billion, 2,034-room hotel project adjacent to the existing resort and on the remaining frontage of Las Vegas Boulevard. Encore opened on December 22, 2008. In Early 2018, it was announced by the then-chairman of Wynn Resorts Steve Wynn that the company plans

pos: Wynn Las Vegas teams that developed The Mirage, Treasure Island Hotel and Casino, The Bellagio, and Wynn Las Vegas. Wynn Las Vegas Wynn Las Vegas, often simply referred to as Wynn, is a luxury resort and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The US$2.7-billion resort is named after casino developer Steve Wynn and is the flagship property of Wynn Resorts. The resort covers . It is located at the northeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Sands Avenue, directly across The Strip from the Fashion Show Mall. The -high hotel has 45 floors, with the 2,716 rooms ranging in

pos: Encore Las Vegas Encore Las Vegas Encore Las Vegas (also called Encore at Wynn Las Vegas; often just called Encore) is a luxury resort, casino and hotel located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The resort is connected to its sister resort, Wynn Las Vegas; both are owned by Wynn Resorts, formerly headed by casino developer Steve Wynn. Wynn Plaza, a new retail space, is a uniquely designed complex that will augment the existing luxury retail collection currently showcased at Wynn Las Vegas and Encore as well as bring the shopping experience to the high traffic area bordering Las Vegas Boulevard.

pos: Wynn Las Vegas Wynn Las Vegas Wynn Las Vegas, often simply referred to as Wynn, is a luxury resort and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The US$2.7-billion resort is named after casino developer Steve Wynn and is the flagship property of Wynn Resorts. The resort covers . It is located at the northeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Sands Avenue, directly across The Strip from the Fashion Show Mall. The -high hotel has 45 floors, with the 2,716 rooms ranging in size from to villas at . The complex also includes a casino, a convention center with

pos: New Frontier Hotel and Casino New Frontier Hotel and Casino The New Frontier (formerly Last Frontier and The Frontier) was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It was the second resort that opened on the Las Vegas Strip and operated continuously from October 30, 1942 until it closed on July 16, 2007. The building was demolished on November 13, 2007. Wynn Resorts currently owns the land. The property started as a nightclub called Pair-O-Dice that opened in 1930, then The Ambassador Night Club in 1936 and was renamed the 91 Club in 1939 for its location on US-91. It

pos: Wynn Las Vegas absolutely inevitable visitor and tourist traffic that Las Vegas will experience in the next 15 to 20 years" when asked about his projects. The newly appointed CEO of Wynn Resorts Matt Maddox plans to move forward with the plans to build Wynn West. He said that development of Wynn West is "still in the top of the first inning". He is confident that the Wynn design team will flourish, even without Steve Wynn, who resigned from his position after being accused of sexually harassing employees. The team has architects Roger Thomas and DuRuyter Butler, who were a part of the

pos: Sean Christie Sean Christie Sean Christie (born April 21, 1974) is the President of Events and Nightlife for MGM Resorts International. Previously, Christie served as the Executive Vice President of Business Development for Wynn Resorts as well as the Chief Operating Officer and the Vice President of Operations at Wynn Las Vegas. Before that he served as the founder and owner of Las Vegas Nightlife Group and managing partner of Encore Las Vegas Beach Club, Surrender Night Club, and Andrea’s Restaurant at the Wynn Las Vegas. Christie was born in Boston, MA, and began helping at the family restaurant in Boston at

pos: Sean Christie leased day/nightlife venues and provides strategic direction around special events programming. Sean Christie Sean Christie (born April 21, 1974) is the President of Events and Nightlife for MGM Resorts International. Previously, Christie served as the Executive Vice President of Business Development for Wynn Resorts as well as the Chief Operating Officer and the Vice President of Operations at Wynn Las Vegas. Before that he served as the founder and owner of Las Vegas Nightlife Group and managing partner of Encore Las Vegas Beach Club, Surrender Night Club, and Andrea’s Restaurant at the Wynn Las Vegas. Christie was born in Boston,

pos: Kazuo Okada first visit to Las Vegas led to his decision to enter the business of slot machine manufacturing. He invented the "near-miss" feature in his slot machines, an innovation that helped expand the Japanese market of "pachislot" (a hybrid of Japan’s pachinko and Las Vegas slot machines) and also made Okada's slot machines popular in Las Vegas. Throughout the 1990s, Universal served as a major supplier of machines to the bustling Japanese pachinko industry. In 2000 Okada was introduced to Las Vegas-based casino magnate Steve Wynn, eventually investing $380 million in Wynn’s then-new company, Wynn Resorts. Wynn Resorts opened its first

pos: Andrew Pascal brother David Pascal. His aunt is Elaine Wynn. Pascal started his career in the 1980s as a manager of slot machines at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas, then owned by billionaire Steve Wynn (his aunt's husband at the time). He served as the chief executive officer of Silicon Gaming from 1998 to 2001, followed by WagerWorks from 2001 to 2003. He sold both companies prior to moving to Las Vegas. Pascal joined Wynn Resorts as Senior Vice President of Product Marketing and Development in 2003, serving in this capacity until 2005. He served as the president of Wynn Las Vegas

pos: Jack Binion 2006, Binion became chairman of Wynn International. His responsibilities included opening the Wynn Macau. He has since resigned the position but has remained with Wynn Resorts in a consulting role. Jack Binion Jack Benny Binion (born February 21, 1937 in Dallas, Texas) is an American businessman. Binion is the son of casino magnate Benny Binion and worked for his father at Binion's Horseshoe, a casino and hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Binion became president of the Horseshoe in 1963 at the age of 26. His fame grew following his 1970 hosting of the first World Series of Poker at the

pos: Clark County, Nevada to many gaming related companies. Station Casinos is headquartered in unincorporated Clark County, along with Golden Entertainment, American Casino & Entertainment Properties, Bally Technologies, Cannery Casino Resorts, The Majestic Star Casino, LLC, Ameristar Casinos, Archon Corporation, Boyd Gaming, Caesars Entertainment, Las Vegas Sands, MGM Resorts International, Wynn Resorts, DBT Online Inc., Gambler's Book Shop / GBC Press, Millennium Management Group, Navegante Group, Pinnacle Entertainment and Tropicana Entertainment The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority post the historical numbers of visitors and hotel rooms in Clark County. The era of massive modern casino resorts began with the opening of the Mirage

pos: History of Las Vegas began to turn around with the proposal of the Resorts World projects replacing the Echelon currently under construction. The Alon resort is planned to resume the site formerly the Frontier and originally planned for the Plaza. Fontainbleau is currently being on the process of being sold and resumed. Wynn Resorts is also planning an additional tower with a central lake planned for 2020 and a new arena opened near the New York New York hotel on 2016. Las Vegas has still managed to host many conventions and major events, such as the annual Latin Grammy Awards, & the Consumer Electronics

pos: Wynn Palace casinos such as City of Dreams, Las Vegas Sands, St. Regis Macao and Sheraton Resorts. Steve Wynn, the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Wynn Resorts, announced in mid-August 2010 that he would be building a new casino-resort on the plot, and that the Cotai project could break ground in March or April 2011, or as soon as the building's design was completed. He estimated that the resort could open within five years after the start of construction. The overall development was initially projected to cost over MOP 20 billion, and would more than double the operator's hotel rooms

neg: Planet Hollywood Las Vegas and the other nine casinos Caesars owns in the Las Vegas area. Winn is leaving Caesars Entertainment (formerly Harrah's Entertainment) and taking the place of Andrew Pascal at Wynn/Encore Las Vegas as President of Wynn/Encore Las Vegas. Caesars does not own Prive Nightclub, nor some restaurants in the hotel. It does not own the newly branded Elara (formerly PH Tower by Westgate that opened in December 2009), as Hilton Grand Vacations, part of Hilton Worldwide now operates that tower's hotel operations. Through a licensing agreement, Caesars now has the right to use the Planet Hollywood trademark at other properties worldwide.

neg: Wynn Las Vegas to purchase the property located across the street from where Wynn Las Vegas and Encore is located where the New Frontier Hotel and Casino used to be located before its demolition in 2007. The new hotel, called Wynn West, is planned to be a 2,000-3,000 room hotel. It will connect to the currently existing Beach Club outside Encore and Wynn Las Vegas by an "air conditioned umbilical hallway" that will travel across Las Vegas Boulevard. The chairman said that he is "going to get those... buildings up as fast as I can because I want to capture more of the

neg: Wynn Las Vegas of space and of retail space. Together with the adjacent Encore, the entire Wynn resort complex has a total of 4,750 rooms, making it the world's seventh-largest hotel. The Wynn Plaza shopping complex, a large expansion of the Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Las Vegas, is expected to open by fall 2018. The shopping complex moves the Wynn properties closer to Las Vegas Boulevard. Tenants are expected to include upscale stores and restaurants. The new Wynn Paradise Park is being built on the site of a golf course adjacent to Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Las Vegas. The 20-acre lagoon,

neg: Encore Las Vegas is currently being built adjacent to Encore. The project will open in 2019 and will add beach-front meeting space, a boardwalk, additional foodservice, and other attractions. On April 28, 2006, Wynn Las Vegas celebrated its one-year anniversary by breaking ground on a second hotel tower. Initially named the Encore Suites at Wynn Las Vegas, the 2,034-room hotel project cost $2.3 billion and was sited adjacent to the existing resort and on the remaining frontage of Las Vegas Boulevard. Originally envisioned as an expansion of Wynn Las Vegas, Encore Las Vegas quickly became a full-scale resort; it shares resources and is

neg: Steve Wynn after the Wynn Las Vegas tower, and in fact, they share the same "property" though they are separate hotels. After having started construction in 2006, the overall cost of the project equalled $2.3 billion. Encore opened on December 22, 2008. As of December 31, 2012, Wynn and Encore Las Vegas employed approximately 9,000 full-time employees. Together with the adjacent Wynn Las Vegas casino, the entire Wynn resort complex has a total of 4,750 rooms, making it the world's sixth-largest hotel. Encore at Wynn Macau, an expansion of Wynn Macau similar to the expansion of the Las Vegas property, opened on

neg: Blush Boutique Nightclub Blush Boutique Nightclub Blush Boutique Nightclub was a nightclub located in the Wynn Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip. It was the first boutique nightclub in Las Vegas. It opened Labor Day Weekend 2007 and closed on 2011. Casino developer Stephen A. Wynn and renowned night club operator Sean Christie created Blush Boutique Nightclub in 2007. Prior to partnering with Wynn Las Vegas, Christie was a founding member and managing partner of The Light Group. He was also an integral part of The Lyons Group which owns and operates more than 30 nightclub venues on the East coast. Formerly

neg: Wynn Las Vegas show to open was "Le Rêve". Le Rêve is set in a 1 million gallon water-oriented theater where no seat is more than from the stage. The production was created by Franco Dragone. "Le Rêve" was the working name of the resort before it was changed to Wynn Las Vegas. "Le Rêve" means "The Dream" in French, and the name of the centerpiece painting that Steve Wynn owned, "Le Rêve" by Picasso. Most recently, Wynn Las Vegas bought the rights to the show from Dragone to make some changes, including the logo. Wynn now owns all rights to the show.

neg: Encore Las Vegas Encore has been awarded the AAA Five Diamond Award every year since opening. The Tower Suites at Encore and The Spa have both received the Forbes Travel Guide five-star award. Encore Las Vegas and its sister property, Wynn Las Vegas collectively hold more Forbes five-star awards than any other casino-resort in the world and it is considered to be one of the finest hotels in the world. Together with adjacent Wynn Las Vegas, the entire Wynn complex has a total of 4,750 rooms, making it the world's seventh-largest hotel. Wynn Paradise Park, a new $1.5 billion lagoon and watersports area,

neg: Mary Ann Pascal the show's fifth-season premiere, when Joe and Sam decide to return to Las Vegas for their wedding, Sam asks Joe if they'll have a "Golden Nugget nuptial". Pascal continued her career with Las Vegas resorts after leaving on-screen acting in 1996, eventually becoming Vice President of Player Development at Wynn Las Vegas, a position she currently holds. Pascal is married to Michael Pascal, a former marketing executive for the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino whose sister, Elaine Wynn, was formerly married to billionaire Steve Wynn. Michael later became senior executive host for Wynn Las Vegas until February 2015. Mary Ann

neg: Margareta Svensson Bay alongside Bob Dylan and Luciano Pavarotti, The Venetian Las Vegas where she had her own act at La Scena, The Resort at Summerlin (now known as JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort and Spa,) in the year 2000 The Aladdin (now known as Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino,) and in 2005 Steve Wynn recruited her to open Wynn Las Vegas. She has held engagements at numerous other Las Vegas casinos and resorts, including MGM Grand Las Vegas, Bellagio (resort), The Mirage, Treasure Island Hotel and Casino, Monte Carlo Resort and Casino, Bally's Las Vegas and Encore Las Vegas. Svensson has

neg: Trump International Hotel Las Vegas Trump International Hotel Las Vegas The Trump International Hotel Las Vegas is a 64-story luxury hotel, condominium, and timeshare located on Fashion Show Drive near Las Vegas Boulevard, just off the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, US, named for real estate developer and the 45th and current President of the United States Donald Trump. It is located down the street from Wynn Las Vegas, behind the former site of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino on , near the Fashion Show Mall, and features both non-residential hotel condominiums and residential condominiums. The exterior glass is infused with gold. Tower

neg: Wynn Las Vegas its sister property Encore Las Vegas collectively hold more Forbes five-star awards than any other resort and casino in the world. Wynn Las Vegas also made Forbes Award history by earning five-star ratings in every category—Hotel, Restaurant, and Spa. It has held the distinction of winning the award in the hotel sector every year since 2007. The building is the first high-rise to be cleaned by an automatic window washing system. The resort is named to the Condé Nast Traveller "Gold List" as one of the "Top Hotels in the World". Steve Wynn first revealed plans of a 45-story, 2,455-room,

neg: Jesse Waits in Las Vegas and Drai’s Hollywood at the W Hotel in Los Angeles. In 2005 Jesse Waits along with brother Cy Waits were hired by Steve Wynn to oversee the renovation of La Bete nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas. The nightclub was renamed and rebranded Tryst. Tryst was the main nightclub at the Wynn Las Vegas for ten years, culminating in its selection as "Nightclub of the Year" at the 2011 Nightclub & Bar Awards. Following the success of Tryst, Jesse and Cy Waits helped to create the featured nightclub at Encore Las Vegas, which opened as XS on December

neg: Steve Wynn company. Wynn and his young family moved in 1967 to Las Vegas where his success with his family's business allowed him to purchase a small stake in the Frontier Hotel and Casino. That year he met E. Parry Thomas, dubbed by "Vanity Fair" as "the most influential banker in Las Vegas." Thomas was the president of the Bank of Las Vegas, which was the only bank at the time willing to extend loans to Las Vegas casinos, and Thomas helped finance several of Wynn's early land deals. Starting in 1968, Wynn also spent four years operating a wine and liquor

neg: Wynn Las Vegas hotel runs a quarterly magazine, called "WYNN", and is available in all guest rooms at both Wynn and Encore, as well as online. Wynn dealers are represented by the Transportation Workers Union. Since Wynn's completion, the resort and other hotels on the Strip has been shown in many films and television shows based on Las Vegas. The resort is notably featured in the 2009 film "2012", where the film's main characters flee a destroyed Las Vegas by narrowly flying a plane similar to the Antonov An-225 between the crumbling Wynn and Encore towers as they collapse onto one another. In

neg: Wynn Las Vegas relatively subdued Las Vegas Strip attraction to draw in passers-by. At its opening, the Wynn was the tallest hotel building on the strip (a record which lasted two years). It was the first Vegas casino to feature a car dealership (Ferrari-Maserati). Other firsts: In a departure from the trend established by The Mirage, which opened sidewalk attractions to draw in customers, Wynn Las Vegas is constructed so that visitors enter the building to view the attractions. The main attraction is a large, curtain waterfall behind a mountain that faces the strip. The waterfall falls into a lake. The first production

neg: Steve Wynn importing company he had purchased. In 1971, Wynn managed to parlay his profits from a land deal involving Howard Hughes and Caesars Palace into a controlling interest in the Golden Nugget Las Vegas, a landmark downtown casino and one of the oldest casinos in the city. Wynn renovated, revamped and expanded the Golden Nugget from a gambling hall to a resort hotel and casino with enormous success, in the process attracting a new upscale clientele to downtown Las Vegas. His company stake increased so that, in 1973, he became the majority shareholder, and the youngest casino owner in Las Vegas.

neg: Steve Wynn has a long history of gaming and is the largest gaming market in the world, having surpassed Las Vegas in 2006. This property, known as Wynn Macau, opened on September 5, 2006. A year later Wynn Macau underwent a significant expansion, increasing retail amenities, food and beverage options, and gaming space. In 2008 Wynn Macau became the fifth Asian hotel to receive the Mobil Five-Star award, with Wynn accepting the award on behalf of Wynn Macau. In the summer of 2008, hiring began for Encore Las Vegas, the newest in Wynn's collection of resorts. The tower of Encore is modeled

neg: Wynn Las Vegas resort's proposed $1.5 billion Paradise Park. The Tower Suites at Wynn Las Vegas consists of all suites in the separated southernmost section of the main tower. These 296 rooms, all suites have a private driveway with Rolls-Royce house cars and chauffeurs, as well as a private entrance with koi pond, a separate check-in area and elevators, and a private pool area. The hotel has since become popular among celebrities and the very wealthy. In 2006, The Tower Suites at Wynn Las Vegas was evaluated independently from the rest of the property by Mobil Travel Guide for their 2007 ratings. It

neg: Wynn Las Vegas Opened in Spring 2016, it replaced Tryst. The Wynn Plaza shopping complex, a $54-million expansion of the Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Las Vegas, is expected to open by spring 2018. The Wynn Golf Course was the only golf course on the Las Vegas Strip, built on the site of the former Desert Inn course. It was designed by Steve Wynn and Tom Fazio, who previously worked together on the Shadow Creek Golf Club, in an exclusive neighborhood in nearby North Las Vegas. It closed in December 2017 to make way for a new development on the land into the

neg: Allen Kay reporting of suspicious packages from 814 in 2002 to over 37,000 in 2003. Today, more than 30 transit systems use a version of Kay's innovative "See Something, Say Something" campaign. In the genre of personality-driven advertisements, Kay conceived the campaign for the Steve Wynn hotel and casino, Wynn Las Vegas which featured Steve Wynn standing on top of his Las Vegas hotel. Kay holds 22 Clio awards. "Advertising Age" named him one of 11 influential high-tech marketing professionals of the 20th century. Kay is featured in chapter four of Guy Kawasaki's "Business Week" best seller, "How To Drive Your Competition

neg: Harrah's Las Vegas Stephen Baldwin, Lea Thompson, Dick Butkus, and Steve Wynn. On November 29, 2017, Caesars announced it is selling the property to Vici Properties while Caesars continues operating it. The sale was completed the following month. Harrah's Las Vegas Harrah's Las Vegas (formerly Holiday Casino) is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by Caesars Entertainment. It has over 1,200 slot machines. The hotel offers 2,677 rooms with an attached casino providing of space. The hotel consists of two towers, Mardi Gras and Valley Towers (formerly named

neg: Danny Gans decided to move to Las Vegas to reduce time away from his family, who lived in Los Angeles. Gans started his Las Vegas stay at the Stratosphere Hotel in 1996. His show there was successful, and he moved over to The Rio in 1998. In 2000, Gans's show moved again, this time to The Mirage, where the "Danny Gans Theatre" was built for him. In February 2009, Gans changed venues again and performed at Encore, the sister property to Wynn Las Vegas. The marquee on Las Vegas Strip bearing his image, at one time, held the record as the largest

neg: Steve Wynn news. Steve Wynn Stephen Alan Wynn ("né" Weinberg; born January 27, 1942) is an American real estate businessman and art collector. He is known for his involvement in the American luxury casino and hotel industry. Early in his career he oversaw the construction and operation of several notable Las Vegas and Atlantic City hotels, including the Golden Nugget, the Golden Nugget Atlantic City, The Mirage, Treasure Island, the Bellagio, and Beau Rivage in Mississippi, and he played a pivotal role in the resurgence and expansion of the Las Vegas Strip in the 1990s. In 2000, Wynn sold his company, Mirage

neg: Steve Wynn Steve Wynn Stephen Alan Wynn ("né" Weinberg; born January 27, 1942) is an American real estate businessman and art collector. He is known for his involvement in the American luxury casino and hotel industry. Early in his career he oversaw the construction and operation of several notable Las Vegas and Atlantic City hotels, including the Golden Nugget, the Golden Nugget Atlantic City, The Mirage, Treasure Island, the Bellagio, and Beau Rivage in Mississippi, and he played a pivotal role in the resurgence and expansion of the Las Vegas Strip in the 1990s. In 2000, Wynn sold his company, Mirage Resorts,

neg: Miss Spectacular Miss Spectacular Miss Spectacular is an unproduced musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and additional lyrics by Steve Lawrence and Michael Feinstein. Its plot focuses on a girl from the Midwest who heads to Las Vegas and is a finalist in the "Miss Spectacular" contest. Steve Wynn had asked Herman to write a musical that would be presented at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, possibly in 2000. Wynn planned to install the musical in its theater for a long-term engagement, but when the property was sold to MGM the new owners had no interest in the project.

neg: 2016 United States presidential election in Nevada in Las Vegas On October 13, 2015, the Democratic Party's first debate was held at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas. Hosted by Anderson Cooper, it aired on CNN and was broadcast on radio by Westwood One. Participants were the candidates Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Jim Webb, Martin O'Malley, and Lincoln Chafee. It was the only debate appearance of Chafee and Webb, who ended their campaigns on October 23 and October 20, respectively. February 2016 forum in Las Vegas On February 18, MSNBC and Telemundo hosted a forum in Las Vegas. The County Conventions were marked by bickering between Clinton

neg: The Mirage considered a fashionable destination, so a new, high-profile, project was necessary to jump-start the ailing industry. Wynn planned for the resort to feature boxing matches to compete against the Las Vegas Hilton and the adjacent Caesars Palace. Wynn initially considered naming the resort the Golden Nugget, after his Golden Nugget hotel-casino in downtown Las Vegas. However, Wynn and others involved with the new resort knew that it would need a different name; otherwise, they believed that the two properties would become known as "the old one" and "the new one." Wynn chose "The Mirage" because of the resort's South Pacific

neg: Wynn Las Vegas June 23, 2003. Wynn Las Vegas opened on April 28, 2005, the same day as Steve Wynn's wife, Elaine Wynn's birthday, the 55th anniversary of the original Desert Inn opening, and five years from the day Wynn purchased the Desert Inn site. Early advertising for the resort featured exterior images of the hotel tower, with Wynn standing on the roof, just above his signature logo. The initial commercial aired in local markets during the 2005 Super Bowl, eventually being nationally broadcast as opening drew near. A "teaser" website for the resort included both the commercial and a "making-of" video. The

neg: New Frontier Hotel and Casino was taken down at the request of Steve Wynn prior to the opening of the Encore Las Vegas across the street. The Las Vegas Plaza project was cancelled around November 2011. Wynn said that he would not bail out the project and blamed the failure of the development on Yitzhak Tshuva and Nochi Dankner's paying too much for the property. In 2014, Crown Resorts and Oaktree Capital Management announced the acquisition of the property with the intent to build the Alon Las Vegas. The project was halted in December 2016 and the land went up for sale in May 2017.

neg: Golden Nugget Las Vegas was still basically flat. Golden Nugget Las Vegas The Golden Nugget Las Vegas is a luxury hotel and casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada on the Fremont Street Experience. The property is owned and operated by Landry's, Inc. It is the largest casino in the downtown area, with a total of 2,419 deluxe guest rooms and suites. The Golden Nugget was originally built in 1946, making it one of the oldest casinos in the city. Jackie Gaughan at one time owned a stake in the hotel as part of his many downtown properties. Steve Wynn bought a stake in the

neg: Golden Nugget Las Vegas Golden Nugget Las Vegas The Golden Nugget Las Vegas is a luxury hotel and casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada on the Fremont Street Experience. The property is owned and operated by Landry's, Inc. It is the largest casino in the downtown area, with a total of 2,419 deluxe guest rooms and suites. The Golden Nugget was originally built in 1946, making it one of the oldest casinos in the city. Jackie Gaughan at one time owned a stake in the hotel as part of his many downtown properties. Steve Wynn bought a stake in the Nugget, which he increased

neg: W Las Vegas 21-acre site, located east of the Las Vegas Strip and near the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Its primary competitors were expected to be the Hard Rock, Mandalay Bay, the Palms, and Wynn Las Vegas. Investors for Edge Resorts were not concerned about the large amount of Las Vegas hotel condo projects announced up to that point. Residential sales were expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2005, and a 2008 opening was scheduled. The project was still in the design phase at the time of the announcement. In January 2006, it was announced that the project had received

neg: Daniel Boulud the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Knightsbridge, becoming the first Boulud's restaurant in Europe. Daniel Boulud Brasserie closed on 4 July 2010, when Wynn chose not to renew the contract between Boulud & The Resort (see Wynn Las Vegas for more). In 2013, it was confirmed that the restaurant would re-open at The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas in Spring of 2014. 2011 saw many new Bolud openings, including a db Bistro Moderne at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, a Maison Boulud in Ritz-Carlton Montreal, as well as Boulud Sud next to Bar Boulud, and Épicerie Boulud, a market/deli. In the

neg: Atlantic Club Casino Hotel Grand Hotel and Casino. Frustrated with state gaming regulators, Wynn publicly vowed he would never return to Atlantic City, though he had hedged his rhetoric with the purchase of an area by the Atlantic City Marina. Wynn left Atlantic City to build The Mirage in Las Vegas that heralded the modern transformation of the Las Vegas Strip. After the Hilton Hotels Corporation acquired Bally Entertainment, the property was renamed the Atlantic City Hilton. In 1998, Hilton Corporation spun off its casino properties into a new company initially called Park Place Entertainment. In 2000 Nicholas L. Ribis, in partnership with Colony

neg: Steve Wynn Ferrari in Newport Beach, California, with cash. Kevyn was found unharmed several hours later. Kevyn and Gillian Wynn are mothers who engage in charity work. On April 30, 2011, Wynn married Andrea Danenza Hissom in a ceremony at the Wynn Las Vegas. She is the mother of model and recording artist Nick Hissom and great-niece of Ben Novack, developer of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel and cousin of Ben Novack Jr. Steve Wynn suffers from the degenerative eye disease, retinitis pigmentosa, which he was diagnosed with in 1971. In 2010, Wynn switched to a vegan diet after watching the documentary

neg: Wynn Las Vegas boardwalk, waterfront meeting space, and other features are expected to draw additional traffic to the hotels. Construction is expected to start in late 2017 or early 2018 for completion in 2019. Steve Wynn called the “Disney-style” attraction the “most fun project in my 45 years.” Company stock rose following the announcement. The resort has earned AAA five diamond, Mobil five-star, Forbes five-star, Michelin five star, and Zagat Survey Top U.S. Hotel ratings, as well as one Michelin star for its restaurant Wing Lei. It is considered to be one of the finest hotels in the world. Wynn Las Vegas and

neg: Echelon Place six-year extension from the county. However, in March 2013, Boyd Gaming sold the site to the Genting Group, which planned to develop it as a 3,500-room hotel and casino named Resorts World Las Vegas. In the late 1990s, Boyd Gaming postponed plans to redevelop the site of its Stardust Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, to instead proceed with its Borgata hotel-casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. After the Borgata opened in 2003, Boyd Gaming stated that it would wait until the 2005 opening of nearby competitor Wynn Las Vegas before starting a redevelopment plan for the Stardust

neg: Phil Ruffin Phil Ruffin Phillip Gene "Phil" Ruffin (born March 14, 1935) is an American businessman. He owns the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, in addition to a number of other enterprises including hotels, casinos, greyhound racing tracks, oil production, convenience stores, real estate, and the world's largest manufacturer of hand trucks. He is also a business partner of Donald Trump, with whom he co-owns the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. Long a resident of Wichita, Kansas, Ruffin now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. On the "Forbes" 2018 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #877 with

neg: California Club (casino) California Club (casino) The California Club operated from 1958 to 1973. Phil Long took over operation of the casino located at the corner of First and Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, 1958. The locals casino catered to local gamblers. It was owned and operated by Phil Long and partner George Milford and was a casino only without any hotel rooms. The California Club was sold to Steve Wynn in 1973. The California Club was combined into the Golden Nugget shortly after the purchase by Wynn. In 1963, Corky McCorquodale introduced Texas hold'em to Las Vegas at the California

neg: Las Vegas Plaza Resorts longtime Las Vegas broker David Atwell is seeking $12 million plus damages for unpaid fees. He claims he initiated the $1.24 billion sale of the New Frontier to Elad from owner Phil Ruffin, Atwell has had dealings with Steve Wynn, Caesars Palace, Sheldon Adelson to name a few. Atwell's attorneys will call Elad president Miki Naftali and founder Yitzhak Tshuva for depositions in the coming new year. Las Vegas Plaza The Las Vegas Plaza was the working name for a future $5 billion to $8 billion multi-use ultra-luxury hotel, private residences, retail and gaming complex to be developed on

neg: Victor Drai by Drai's. In March 2010 he opened Drai's Hollywood, a rooftop restaurant, pool and nightclub at the W Hotel in Hollywood. In 1997, Drai opened Drai's restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip. Two years later, Drai added a nightclub to the restaurant, re-branding it Drai's After Hours. In Vegas Seven's 2012 Nightclub Awards, Drai's After Hours won "Best Place to Disappear". He currently operates Drai's After Hours nightclub at The Cromwell Las Vegas. In 2007, Drai took over La Bete at Wynn Las Vegas and re-branded it Tryst. In 2012, Vegas Seven's Nightclub Awards awarded Tryst "Best Place to Impress".

neg: Jack Zwerner he left the Dunes and worked as the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Casino at the Las Vegas Hilton Casino with Barron Hilton and Dennis Gomes, where he worked until 1990. While working at the Las Vegas Hilton, he was licensed with the Nevada Gaming Commission as a key employee with a Liquor Gaming License. In 1990, he held Senior Vice President positions at the Sands Hotel Casino, the Frontier Hotel & Casino, and Executive VP at the Golden Nugget with Steve Wynn. In 1992, he co-founded the $200 million Treasure Bay Hotel & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi and

neg: Trump International Hotel Las Vegas as well as Carolyn Goodman, showgirls, Steve Wynn and his wife Elaine Wynn, and Miss USA 2005 winner Chelsea Cooley. Condominium units went on sale the same day with the opening of a $3 million temporary sales center at the corner of South Las Vegas Boulevard and Fashion Show Drive, in front of the New Frontier. The building was , and featured a 10-foot replica of the tower. That month, an NBA team was in negotiations to purchase an entire floor of the tower, while Trump was considering an alternative version of "The Apprentice" that would involve the tower. Construction

neg: Fabrizio Boccardi the Desert Inn Hotel & Casino, but his offer was considered too low by owners Starwood Hotel & Resorts and was then sold to Las Vegas casino owner Steve Wynn for $275 million. In 2003, Boccardi bid $8.50 per share for control of Riviera Holdings, owners of the Riviera Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip and a casino in Black Hawk, Colorado. The Boccardi's offer caused the stock of the company to increase substantially The offer was subject to a change of ‘control put’ and bondholders’ approval of the debt holders of the public company trading on the

neg: American Idol (season 11) in groups with Elvis Presley "Viva, Elvis!" show as the backdrop. 28 of the 70 contestants were eliminated. Next came a solo round accompanied by an instrument at the stage for Le Rêve at the Wynn Las Vegas. After the 42 remaining contestants sang their last solo at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel, they were called one by one to hear the final judgement. Twelve guys and twelve girls were initially announced as the semi-finalists; however, the judges announced plans to add a thirteenth male semi-finalist between Jermaine Jones, Richie Law, Johnny Keyser and David Leathers Jr. The following week,

neg: Encore Las Vegas and initiated the action by declaring over a microphone, "Let the games begin!"; the start of gambling was accompanied by a recording of Frank Sinatra's "Luck Be a Lady Tonight." The Wynn Plaza shopping complex is expected to open by 2018. The shopping complex moves the Wynn properties closer to Las Vegas Boulevard. The new Wynn Paradise Park is being built on the site of a golf course adjacent to Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Las Vegas. The 20-acre lagoon, boardwalk, waterfront meeting space, and other features are expected to draw additional traffic to the hotels. Construction is expected to

neg: Rush Hour (franchise) Cheadle, he was from "The Family Man" (2000), a movie that was also directed by Ratner. The Red Dragon Casino in Las Vegas owned by Ricky Tan (John Lone) and Steven Reign (Alan King) was actually the Desert Inn hotel and casino. There were red lights shined at the hotel to make it a scarlet color. Following the closure of the 50-year-old Las Vegas Strip property in August 2000 by new owner Steve Wynn, the "Rush Hour 2" production moved in and redesigned parts of the property as a Chinese themed casino/hotel for the movie. Shortly after the movie wrapped

neg: Sean Christie Las Vegas Pool Club, serving as Christie’s first day-club concept for the M Resort. Sean Christie was hired by Wynn Las Vegas in 2007 as managing partner to create the first “boutique” nightclub in Las Vegas, Blush Boutique Nightclub, focusing on “service, ambience and upscale cool over size and flash." For the venue, Christie brought in popular DJs including DJ Kaskade and Blush was noted as successful until its close in 2011. Wynn then commissioned Christie in 2008 to partner with Chef Kim Canteenwalla and Elizabeth Blau to create Society Café at Encore Las Vegas. His next project at Wynn

neg: Encore Las Vegas prevailing. The shows were successful, and were filmed and released on DVD in November 2009. In January 2010, Beyoncé announced , with shows beginning in 2010. On October 15, 2009, at a press conference, Garth Brooks announced a 5-year contract with Wynn for concerts. The concert residency, titled Garth at Wynn, occurred on periodic weekends from December 2009 to January 2014. The show “Steve Wynn’s Showstoppers”, inspired by Broadway musicals that earned a combined 43 Tony Awards, ran through December 2016 after being extended. Encore Las Vegas Encore Las Vegas (also called Encore at Wynn Las Vegas; often just called

neg: Alan Fuerstman 1993, with The Phoenician being named the company's hotel of the year while under his direction. In 1998, Fuerstman was recruited by Steve Wynn to open the Bellagio Casino & Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada as the hotel's vice president of hotel operations. During his time at the Bellagio, it became the first in Las Vegas to receive AAA Auto Club's five diamond rating. Fuerstman left the Bellagio in 2000 and formed his own management company, Montage Hotels & Resorts, for the purpose of developing luxury hotels. He described the company as an opportunity to break into the world of

neg: Jack Zwerner Operating at the highest ladders of the business, he enjoyed strong and profitable relationships with some of the biggest and most influential casino owners in Las Vegas, including Cliff Perlman, Morris Shenker, Ed Torres, Steve Wynn, and Barron Hilton. During this time, he held roles as Senior Vice President of Casino Operations and Marketing, and Executive positions for such seminal venues as the Dunes Hotel, Sands, Aladdin, the New Frontier Hotel and Casino, the Golden Nugget, and the Las Vegas Hilton. Players Jack brought to the casinos included some of the most successful people in the world: Roger King (King

neg: Mirage Resorts In front of the hotel are the Fountains of Bellagio—shooting fountains choreographed to music that “dance” on the hotel’s 8.5 acre man-made lake—which are now considered Las Vegas landmarks. The Bellagio is credited with starting a new spree of luxurious developments in Las Vegas. Among these developments include The Venetian, Mandalay Bay, and Paris Las Vegas. Wynn brought Mirage Resorts’ style to Biloxi, Mississippi in 1999, where he oversaw development of the 1,835-room Beau Rivage. Themed to blend Mediterranean beauty with Southern hospitality, the resort was part of a building boom that established Biloxi as a regional tourism center along

neg: Natasha Wicks Natasha Wicks Natasha Wicks is an American model and was the winner of the Maxim UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) Octagon Girl Search. Natasha was born in Las Vegas on February 14, 1985, but has lived in many different locations. Before modeling, she was a well known (on west coast) cross-country runner for Cimarron-Memorial High School in Las Vegas and attended college at(Northern Arizona University) as an athlete. She moved to Hawaii where she was approached to model. She has also worked as a go-go dancer at the XS Club at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel. At the UFC 100 Fan

neg: I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas Las Vegas" spent a total of fifty-two weeks on the US Top Music Videos. Outside the United States, "I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas" peaked at number eleven on both Australian Music DVD Chart and the Australian Urban Albums Chart. It was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), denoting sales of over 15,000 copies. It became the forty-fourth best-selling DVD of 2010 in Australia. On the New Zealand Music DVD Chart, the album peaked at number six. "I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas" debuted at number twenty-four on the

neg: 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series to face heavy criticism from NASCAR fans in result of bored announcers, bad camera work, excessive commercials and lack of post-race coverage. On radio, Sirius XM Radio will carry all races in the series. Terrestrial radio rights are being handled as follows: Speed (replacing ESPN Classic) and MRN will be the broadcasters at the annual Sprint Cup Banquet at the Wynn Las Vegas Hotel Casino in said city on December 4. Las Vegas replaces New York City as the host after 27 years there, 26 of the banquets being staged in The Waldorf=Astoria Hotel. In Canada, TSN and TSN 2

neg: Clara Guerrero victory. Guerrero toppled 747 pins in three games, a record for the World Cup. In 2015, Guerrero won her second consecutive Bowling World Cup title in Las Vegas - Defending champion Clara Juliana Guerrero of Colombia defeated Shannon Pluhowsky from the host country United States, two-game-to-none, to win her second consecutive Bowling World Cup title Thursday at Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall in Las Vegas. By winning the 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, the two-world champion (2009 in Las Vegas) and former World Ranking Masters champion, who also owns two PBA regional titles and one European Bowling Tour title,

neg: Steve Wynn divorced again in 2010. Elaine Wynn was a director of the company's board for 13 years, ending in 2015. Wynn once said he bought the Desert Inn casino, the site of his Wynn Las Vegas, as a birthday gift for his wife. Steve Wynn currently resides in a private villa at Wynn Las Vegas, while Elaine Wynn resides in the couple's mansion inside Southern Highlands Golf Club. They have two daughters, Kevyn and Gillian. Kevyn was kidnapped in 1993 and Wynn paid $1.45 million in ransom for her safe return. The kidnappers were apprehended when one attempted to buy a

neg: I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas album "extraordinary", before adding that it is "the chance to experience her (Beyoncé) up close and personal". A writer of "Us Weekly" said that to see Beyoncé's "fiereceness", people should listen to her album "I Am... Sasha Fierce" or buy the DVD "I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas" to see the live experience. AllMusic's Andy Kellman awarded "I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas" a rating of four out of five stars, describing it as a "theatrical production worthy of Vegas, with Beyoncé and her large backing band energetically rolling [through Beyoncé's songs]".

neg: Desert Inn spectacles due to its similarity to the collapse of the Twin Towers. Originally intended to be named Le Rêve, the new project opened as Wynn Las Vegas. The remaining two towers, the St. Andrews Tower and Palms Tower were both temporarily used as the Wynn Gallery, spanning to display some of Wynn's art collection. The St. Andrews Tower and Palms Tower were finally imploded on November 16, 2004. The initial hotel, a $6.5 million property set in 200 acres, was designed by Hugh Taylor who was hired after Wilbur Clark and Wayne McAllister could not agree on the design. Interiors

neg: Steve Wynn Las Vegas landmarks. The Bellagio is credited with starting a new spree of luxurious developments in Las Vegas. Among these developments include The Venetian, Mandalay Bay, and Paris Las Vegas. Wynn brought Mirage Resorts' style to Biloxi, Mississippi in 1999, where he oversaw development of the 1,835-room Beau Rivage. Themed to blend Mediterranean beauty with Southern hospitality, the resort was part of a building boom that established Biloxi as a regional tourism center along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. "Beau Rivage" was originally the name Wynn wanted to give the Bellagio, though he had decided on "Bellagio" after vacationing in the

neg: Marilyn Spiegel 2010 to be president of Wynn Las Vegas and Encore. She retired in 2013. Spiegel returned to Wynn as President of Wynn Las Vegas in December of 2018. She replaced Maurice Wooden. Spiegel is on the Board of Directors for the Thomas Spiegel Family Foundation. She currently serves as Secretary on the Board of Trustees of directors of Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada and the Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada. Spiegel is married to Tom Spiegel and resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marilyn Spiegel Marilyn Winn Spiegel is a corporate leader, philanthropist and author. Spiegel is a corporate board member

neg: Wynn Resorts Macau, the company's second project started construction on June 28, 2004. It opened September 5, 2006 and is now the largest-grossing casino in the region. Encore, an extension to Wynn Las Vegas, broke ground on April 28, 2006, the first anniversary of the opening of Wynn Las Vegas. Encore at Wynn Macau, the company's second project on the Macau Peninsula, Macau, People's Republic of China, opened on April 21, 2010. A second resort in Macau, Wynn Palace on the Cotai Strip, opened August 22, 2016. Wynn bought of the Cotai Strip in Macau where he hoped to break ground in

neg: Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem with a profit, doing better than Sands' Vegas and Asia properties. Since expansion in November 2009, Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem features over 3,000 slot machines, 200 table games, and several electronic table games. While the Las Vegas Sands Corporation owns a number of properties, this is the only casino of the three the Corporation owns in the United States to carry the Sands brand in its name, since the original Las Vegas Sands Hotel was demolished and replaced with The Venetian, and the Sands Atlantic City was sold and demolished. In November, 2016 Sands Bethlehem announced a planned expansion of

neg: Las Vegas Sands its market capitalization was valued at over US$41.1 billion in October 2018. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Las Vegas Sands was the #1 contributor to federal campaigns during the 2012 election cycle, donating $52.9 million, 100% to Republicans. By comparison, during that same period #2 Adelson Drug Clinic contributed $42.1 million, 100% to Republicans, and #21 Goldman Sachs donated $8.9 million, 77% to Republicans. Since 1992, Las Vegas Sands has contributed $70.5 million to federal campaigns, and since 1999 has spent $5.4 million on lobbying. Las Vegas Sands also owns the Four Seasons Hotel Macao, Conrad Macao, Holiday

neg: Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia in the US, sticking to less controversial rural, suburban or riverboat locations, industry observers say. Casino developers almost always face complaints about traffic and the impact on nearby residential areas wherever they build, but such concerns become particularly intense amid densely packed city neighborhoods. In February 2010, Steve Wynn was brought in as the managing partner of the project. The location was returned to its original Waterfront site, and Wynn said that there would be no hotel built on the location. Steve Wynn views Philadelphia as a major feeder market to his Las Vegas resort. The casino will be about

neg: I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas UK R&B Albums on December 19, 2009. The next week it fell at number thirty-one, and it was last seen in the top forty of the chart on January 2, 2010, at number thirty-three. Personnel adapted from AllMusic and album's liner notes. I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas is the third live and fourth video album by American recording artist Beyoncé. It was released on November 23, 2009 through Music World Entertainment and Columbia Records. The album was recorded at the Encore Theater in Paradise, Nevada,

neg: I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas is the third live and fourth video album by American recording artist Beyoncé. It was released on November 23, 2009 through Music World Entertainment and Columbia Records. The album was recorded at the Encore Theater in Paradise, Nevada, being filmed by Ed Burke, on August 2, 2009, during a stint of Beyoncé's I Am... World Tour (2009–2010). It features performances of over thirty songs, including her solo material, her recordings with the girl group Destiny's Child as well as behind-the-scenes

neg: Steve Wynn in 1993 the hotel hosted the Cirque du Soleil show "Nouvelle Expérience". Afterwards Wynn invited Cirque to create "Mystère" for the soon-to-be-built Treasure Island resort next door. After Mirage, Wynn's next project Treasure Island Hotel and Casino opened in the Mirage's old parking lot on October 27, 1993, at an overall cost of $450 million. Intended to be family-friendly, pools in front of the casino enacted the Battle of Buccaneer Bay with two full-sized sailing ships, while the interior featured romantic tropical island theming. The establishment was the home of the first permanent Cirque du Soleil show in Las Vegas,

neg: Self-Portrait with Palette (Manet) revealed to be the Casino developer Steve Wynn, as he displayed the picture in his hotel in the Hotel Bellagio and Wynn Las Vegas. In March 2005, it was privately sold to Steven A. Cohen. The price is estimated to have been between $35 million to $40 million. On 7 May 2010, it was announced that Cohen had decided to auction the painting at Sotheby's on 22 June 2010. The price was expected to be between $30.1 and $45.2 million. These expectations were not met, however, and the painting sold for £22,441,250 ($29.48 million) to the New York collector Franck

neg: Bill DeLoach years. After continuing to perform in various Las Vegas show bands, DeLoach got the opportunity to be a substitute in the band backing singer, comedian, and impressionist, Danny Gans at The Rio hotel in Las Vegas, before he joined the band permanently when it moved into the theater built for Gans at The Mirage. DeLoach provided backing vocals and played the keyboards in Gans' shows, following Gans to his final showroom at the Encore Theater at the Wynn, in February 2009. Gans died in May 2009. Following Gans death, DeLoach and his partner, singer Marilyn James, joined fellow Danny Gans

neg: Burns (musician) The Wynn Hotel, Las Vegas while playing shows across America. He released "Lies" in September with remixes from Skream, Tiga, Acrobat and Otto Knows. The single entered the BBC Radio 1 playlist at C moving to B one week later and then on to A for 7 consecutive weeks. The track peaked at number 32 in the UK Singles Chart and at number 36 in the Netherlands. BURNS began his solo residency at OMNIA nightclub in Las Vegas in 2016. In 2017, BURNS was signed by RCA Records. His first release on the label, "Far Gone feat. Johnny Yukon" was

neg: Las Vegas Plaza sold to Steve Wynn. On December 16, 2007, the El-Ad Group put their plans for The Plaza before the Clark County planning commission for approval. The plans include: The grand total for the project includes of parking garages and a total area of . In August 2007, a lawsuit was filed against ElAd Properties by the Tamares Group, owners of the Plaza Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas, which alleges that the new property's name infringes on the current Plaza's trademark. Depositions have been taken in a case filed by Resort Properties of America broker in U.S. District Court.

neg: Avenue Q to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.) In September 2005, "Avenue Q" opened at the Wynn Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas under a production contract that precluded "Avenue Q" tours in North America during the Las Vegas run. A new 1,200 seat theater was built especially for the show. Variations from the Broadway production included a new reprise of "It Sucks to Be Me" for Princeton at the top of Act Two, some new orchestrations, a trimmed "The Money Song," and a new rock arrangement of "There Is Life Outside Your Apartment," as well as a few jokes written specifically for

neg: Casino token of chips on the floor. Several casinos, such as the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, issue "limited edition" varied-designed chips, commemorating various events, though retaining a common color scheme. This encourages customers to keep them for souvenirs, at a profit to the casino. In certain casinos, such as the Wynn and Encore Casinos in Las Vegas, chips are embedded with RFID tags to help casinos keep better track of them, determine gamblers' average bet sizes, and to make them harder for counterfeiters to reproduce. However, this technique is costly and considered by many to be unnecessary to

neg: Mirage Resorts MGM Mirage, for $6.4 billion, including $2 billion in assumed debt, after an initial all-cash offer of $17 and a final offer of $21. The company was majority owned by Wynn. Mirage Resorts Mirage Resorts (formerly Golden Nugget Companies) was an American company that owned and operated hotel-casinos. It was acquired by MGM Grand, Inc. in 2000, forming MGM Mirage (now MGM Resorts International). Golden Nugget Companies Inc. was formed by Steve Wynn in 1973. The company was created after Wynn acquired majority control of the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1980, the company opened the Golden Nugget

neg: The Mint Las Vegas The Mint Las Vegas The Mint Las Vegas was a hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The Mint was the sponsor of the Mint 400, the largest off road race from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. The Mint was made famous (or infamous) as the first night's stay in Hunter S. Thompson and Oscar Acosta's legendary 1971 weekend trip to Las Vegas, immortalized in Thompson's novel "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." The Mint opened in 1957. Milton Prell, who also owned the Sahara Hotel and Casino and the Aladdin Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip,

neg: Jacob & Co the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Other notables include three boutiques in London, storefronts in the Stardust hotel in Monte-Carlo and the Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, and shops in Geneva, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, in Italy (Rome and Cortina d’ampezzo) and elsewhere. Jacob & Co. is known for a number of signature watch styles, such as the "Five Time Zone Watch," which it debuted in 2002. Inspired by the jet-set lifestyle of many of its clients, the timepiece features four fixed time zones—New York, LA, Tokyo and Paris—with the fifth dial set to the location of the

neg: MGM Resorts International it would open in July 2003. In 2001 and 2002, following the merger with Mirage, the company explored options for its next major development project, including opportunities in the Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Chicago, and Macau markets. The 55-acre site of the Boardwalk casino on the Las Vegas Strip was earmarked for a technologically advanced megaresort targeting a Generation X demographic. In Atlantic City, MGM shifted focus from its previously announced boardwalk site to a proposed billion-dollar hotel and casino on a 55-acre tract adjacent to the Borgata, where Wynn had planned to build the Le Jardin casino. In the

neg: Avenue Q Las Vegas audiences. Attendance was well below anticipated levels, due at least in part to the constant turnover of tourists in Las Vegas, which rendered the cultivation of word-of-mouth publicity virtually impossible. In mid-January 2006 the show was cut to 90 minutes and the intermission was removed. Hotel owner Steve Wynn promoted the show heavily, at one point decorating 20 city cabs in orange fuzz and large white "Q" letters. All such efforts were unsuccessful, and the show closed on May 28, 2006 after a nine-month run, terminating the exclusivity agreement and opening the way for national tours. A Cameron

neg: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex that such nicknames were common amongst military comrades, stating "in the Armed Forces people often used to call me Taffy. Others were called Yankie, Oz or Kiwi or whatever. I consider Paki as an abbreviation for Pakistani. I don't think on this occasion it was intended to be offensive." While on holiday in Las Vegas in August 2012, Harry and an unknown young woman were photographed naked in a Wynn Las Vegas hotel room, reportedly during a game of strip billiards. The pictures were leaked by American celebrity website TMZ on 21 August 2012, and reported worldwide by mainstream media

neg: Trump International Hotel Las Vegas and built by Perini Building Company. Trump Hotel Las Vegas opened on March 31, 2008. An opening ceremony was held by Trump and Ruffin on April 11, 2008. By October 2008, only 21 percent of condo unit sales had closed, as potential buyers had trouble securing mortgages. , Eric Trump oversees operations at the tower. On December 4–5, 2015, employees voted in favor of unionizing the hotel property. It was organized by the Culinary Workers Union. Donald Trump owns a penthouse on the 61st floor. By April 2005, a second, identical 64-story tower was being planned, due to popular demand.

neg: Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 had officially peaked", he receives an invitation to a security officers' convention in Las Vegas and begins to believe his luck is about to change. His daughter Maya Blart (Raini Rodriguez) discovers that she was accepted into UCLA and plans to move across the country to Los Angeles, but in light of her father's invitation, she decides to withhold the information for now. After arriving in Las Vegas, Paul and his daughter meet the general manager of Wynn Hotel, a pretty young woman named Divina Martinez (Daniella Alonso), to whom Paul is instantly attracted. He later learns that she's dating

neg: LV Strip (Nevada gaming area) 2003 and 2007 there was a cumulative addition of 1,444 rooms to Las Vegas. The major openings were "Wynn Las Vegas" and "THE Hotel at Mandalay Bay", which were offset by the implosion of several resorts like "New Frontier", "The Stardust", "Bourbon Street", and "Castaways". During the same four years visitor volume increased by 3.66 million or 10.3% and gaming revenue in Clark county increased by $3 billion or 38.8%. On many weekends there was insufficient room supply to meet demand. However, once the new rooms opened the recession hit. Since so much was constructed in 2008 and 2009 there

neg: Contact, l'encyclopédie de la création first season of "Contact, l'encyclopédie de la création" was composed of 13 episodes, most of which were shot in Europe. From La Louvière, Belgium, to Las Vegas, Franco Dragone left his name of some of the most memorable stage creations of the last decade. Dragone directed most of the earliest shows of Cirque du Soleil as well as Céline Dion's "A New Day..." and "Le Rêve" presented at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel and casino. In Contact, he tells Bureau what it meant for him after his international success to bring back some hope to his dying mining community by

neg: Sheldon Adelson Sheldon Adelson Sheldon Gary Adelson (pronounced ; born August 4, 1933) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which owns the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, and is the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited, which operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center. He also owns the Israeli daily newspaper "Israel Hayom" and the American daily newspaper "Las Vegas Review-Journal". Adelson, a donor and philanthropist to a variety of causes, also founded the Adelson Foundation in 2007, at the