Wynn Las Vegas
Upscale Resorts in Las Vegas
It might have been the most expensive birthday present
in history. Wynn Las Vegas, Steve Wynn's $2.7 billion megaresort,
opened to a crush of at least 10,000 people after the stroke of
midnight just in time to celebrate his wife Elaine's birthday. It
was exactly five years from the day Wynn purchased the 217-acre
site of the old Desert Inn, which was imploded to make way for his
latest creation. Gawkers who waited several hours in line for a
chance to see the property on opening night were greeted by an explosion
of yellow, red and purple flowers in the main lobby. The eye-popping
color scheme turns up in Asian and art nouveau-style designs reproduced
on padded silk walls, carpets, mosaic floors and glass chandeliers.
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