Wynn Las Vegas, built at a cost of US$2.7 billion, is a 2,716 room casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip, still under construction, in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned by Wynn Resorts Limited and is the company's flagship property.
Wynn Las Vegas is one of the tallest buildings in Las Vegas, towering 50 stories over the Las Vegas Strip. It is located at Las Vegas Boulevard South and Sands Avenue, across from the Fashion Show Mall .
The property will feature a 110,000 ft² (10,200 m²) casino, a 3 ac (1.2 ha) lake, 18 restaurants, 26 retail outlets, one of which is a Ferrari-Maserati dealership, an art gallery, and two wedding chapels. Plus a convention center with 223,000 ft² (20,700 m²) of space.
Nightclubs will be an important part of the resort, as will theaters housing several production shows. One production show is Avenue Q, which enjoyed considerable success on Broadway. The other production show will feature a new, water-oriented production, entitled "Le Rêve" (the original name of the resort project), designed by Franco Dragone, no seat will be more than 40 feet from the stage for this production. Dragone was a director of Cirque du Soleil and creator of Céline Dion's "A New Day" at Caesars Palace. Although not a Cirque du Soleil production, "Le Rêve" will likely share many of the characteristics usually associated with a Cirque show.
The historic Desert Inn Golf Course was rebuilt while the hotel was being constructed. The new course, the only one on the Las Vegas Strip, was designed by Steve Wynn and Tom Fazio , who previously worked together on the Shadow Creek Golf Club , also in Las Vegas. Called the "Wynn Golf and Country Club", use of the course is restricted to hotel guests.
The resort will hold much of Wynn's considerable art collection, which was largely removed from the Bellagio following the merger of MGM Grand, Inc. and Mirage Resorts, Inc. in 2000. The collection, which focuses primarily on 19th and 20th-century works by European and American artists, includes masterpieces by Édouard Manet, Andy Warhol, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, and Paul Gauguin, among others. The collection is currently on display in the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, and will likely be installed in the Wynn Las Vegas shortly before the resort is opened.
Inspiration and vision
Wynn purchased the Desert Inn hotel and casino to obtain property for his future dreams. The Desert Inn was imploded to make room for his new hotel project. The first name assigned to the hotel was Le Rêve, after a painting by Picasso in Wynn's private art collection. Along the way, Wynn Resorts Limited was formed and continued development with Wynn being the controlling stock holder.
The initial commercial for the hotel aired in some local spots during the 2005 Super Bowl. The commercial stands out, since CEO's do not normally stand on top of a tall building at the edge, with a helicopter a few feet away.
Wynn Las Vegas is scheduled to open on April 28, 2005; his wife's birthday.
History
The site was assembled by buying the Desert Inn Hotel and Golf course for most of the land. The remainder was acquired by purchasing private residences that were generally located along Paradise Avenue. While some owners sold early on, others held out. This resulted in numerous legal actions between the various parties.
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