Steve Wynn: The Man Who Reinvented Las Vegas

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An Old Fashioned, some red lipstick and a black dress…sigh, there’s just something undeniable about a good ol’ classic. The beloved Vegas showgirl may be an endangered species these days (insert tear), but “VEGAS! THE SHOW” preserved those feather-clad beauties and the likes of an era when everything was flashier and dripping with sophistication. What’s that you ask? Can a show filled with gorgeous and talented women a la Rat Pack era really exist in the here and now? Oh yes my friend, it sure can and all we have to say is raise that curtain and let the good times roll. With a little song, a lot of dance and that certain sultry allure that only old timey Vegas could pull off, this is a trip down memory lane and, well, it’s pretty legit. The costumes are fun, funky, sexy and so real. Ok, well maybe not the candy-themed costumes but hell, their Sammy Davis Jr. sure had us pining for an autograph. For a city that was built on pure, raw talent and obviously dolla dolla bills, this show celebrates iconic moments from the city's rich entertainment history through the decades that made the Vegas we know and love today. And we’ll tip our top hats to that.
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In 2016, before an audience of six hundred at the Mirage, an old man in a suit told the gambling industry that gambling didn't matter. "Gaming is a passive activity," Steve Wynn said. "It has no value. One roulette table is exactly the same as every other damn roulette table." The driver of the business, he told them, was everything around the tables — the atmosphere, the service, the people. "We're in the guest experience business."

This is the story of Stephen Alan Weinberg: the family bingo parlor in Maryland, the narrow strip of dirt on Flamingo Road that made him rich at twenty-nine, the Golden Nugget, the Mirage — the $630 million gamble that launched the megaresort era — Treasure Island, the $1.6 billion Bellagio, and the Wynn empire in Las Vegas and Macau. And the fall: the 2018 investigation, the resignations, the record fines — and what remains.

Chapters:

0:00 The X Factor
0:53 The Bingo Parlor
1:52 The Deal at Twenty-Nine
3:21 The Mirage
4:17 Bellagio and the Empire
5:50 The Fall
7:08 What Remains
Category
Steve Wynn
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Steve Wynn, Las Vegas history, Mirage Las Vegas
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