Las Vegas - Encore and Wynn

Wynn Las Vegas, often simply referred to as Wynn, is a luxury resort and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It is owned and operated by Wynn Resorts, and was built on the former site of the Desert Inn resort, which opened in 1950. Casino developer Steve Wynn purchased and closed the Desert Inn during 2000, with plans to build a new resort on the site. The design phase lasted two and a half years, and construction began on October 31, 2002, with Marnell Corrao Associates as general contractor. At a cost of $2.7 billion, Wynn Las Vegas was the most expensive resort ever built, beating Wynn's $1.6 billion Bellagio, which opened on the Strip in 1998.

 

Wynn Las Vegas opened on April 28, 2005, with 2,716 rooms and a 111,000 sq ft (10,300 m2) casino. At the time, its 45-story hotel tower was the tallest building in Nevada. A sister property, Encore Las Vegas, was opened by Wynn Resorts in December 2008. Located directly north of the resort, Encore added a second hotel tower and additional gaming space, as well as several restaurants and clubs. In total, the 215-acre (87 ha) Wynn complex contains 4,748 rooms and 188,786 sq ft (17,538.8 m2) of gaming space. Wynn declared his $5.2 billion complex finished in May 2010, following additions made at Encore.

 

Unlike most Strip resorts, the Wynn does not feature a theme. In a break from Wynn's previous resorts, it also lacks a free attraction for pedestrians. Instead, an artificial mountain obscures most of the attractions, meant to evoke curiosity and lure people into the resort. A 3-acre (1.2 ha) lake is surrounded by the mountain and several restaurants, and is the site of a show called Lake of Dreams, which features singing animatronics.

 

The Desert Inn's golf course was kept and redesigned to become the Wynn's course. Upon opening, the resort also included the state's only Ferrari and Maserati dealership, which later closed in 2015. The property has two shopping areas, Wynn Esplanade and Wynn Plaza, the latter replacing the dealership in 2018. Tryst, a popular nightclub by Victor Drai, opened in 2005 and operated for 10 years.

 

Since its opening, Wynn Las Vegas has received numerous accolades, including the AAA Five Diamond Award and the Five Star award from Forbes Travel Guide. The accolades also extend to its restaurants, including Alex, a French eatery by chef Alex Stratta which eventually closed in 2011. Another restaurant, Wing Lei, is the only Chinese restaurant in the U.S. to receive a Michelin Star. Other popular restaurants include The Buffet at Wynn, Mizumi, Pisces Bar & Seafare, and Delilah, among others.

 

The resort's main show was Le Rêve, which opened with the property in 2005. It had a successful run in the Wynn Theater before closing in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The show was replaced by Awakening, after extensive renovations to the theater.

 

A second venue, the Broadway Theater, was also built with the resort. It was later renamed the Encore Theater, after the sister resort property, and is now situated between the two resorts. The Encore Theater has hosted numerous shows, including Avenue Q and Spamalot, as well as entertainers such as Beyoncé, Danny Gans, and Garth Brooks.

 

In 2006, table game dealers at the resort protested a new policy requiring them to share tips with their supervisors. The policy sparked years of litigation between Wynn and the dealers, with a $5.6 million settlement eventually reached in 2021.

 

History

 

Wynn Las Vegas was built on the former site of the Desert Inn, a casino resort which opened in 1950. Local developer Steve Wynn purchased the resort in 2000, as a birthday present for wife Elaine Wynn. Wynn had recently sold his company, Mirage Resorts, and used the money to buy the Desert Inn. The resort was closed later that year, with plans to build a new one in its place. Wynn partnered with businessman Kazuo Okada and his company Aruze, which would help finance the project. In August 2001, Wynn unveiled specific plans for the project, which would retain the Desert Inn's golf course. The resort was expected to open sometime in 2004. Wynn expected it to compete against his former Bellagio resort, which he had recently sold along with Mirage Resorts.

 

Name

 

Wynn announced the resort's initial name, "Le Rêve" (French for "The Dream"), in October 2001. It was named after a 1932 Picasso painting that Wynn had purchased. Wynn trademarked the "Le Rêve" name earlier in 2001, and later purchased the rights from the Le Rêve hotel in West Hollywood, California.

 

In June 2003, Wynn announced that he had renamed the resort after himself; market research showed that "Wynn" had better name recognition. According to Wynn: "No one knows what Le Reve is. No one knows how to pronounce it". "Wynn" was once considered as a name for his previous resorts, The Mirage and Bellagio. By the time of the name change, he was already planning to build the Wynn Macau resort in China, and said, "Others have finally convinced me that the Wynn name would allow us to cross-market and offer a consistency of branding for all our properties". Three individuals in particular helped convince him to change the name: businessmen Barry Diller, Donald Trump, and film director Steven Spielberg.

 

France was opposed to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and this was also a reason for changing the resort's name. According to chief architect DeRuyter Butler: "The name Le Reve is very closely tied to France, which was an opponent to our political approach to Iraq. It wasn't anything derogatory toward France, but Mr. Wynn started to look at other potential names".

 

Wynn's surname signature is used as the resort's logo, and is present in illuminated lettering along the top of the hotel tower. The logo ends with a period punctuation mark. According to longtime local reporter Steve Friess, the resort "screamed Wynn Period as if to say, 'This is the Wynn. Period.' Wynn once told me as much, explaining it was a subtle way of saying that this is the definition of his embodiment as a resort, the ultimate". In a 2005 commercial, Wynn himself promoted the resort as "the only one I've ever signed my name to".

 

Financing and construction

 

The Desert Inn's Augusta Tower was imploded in October 2001, and construction on the new resort was scheduled to begin two months later. However, this was delayed by complications in excavating the former site of the Augusta Tower. The resort was expected to cost $1.6 billion, and the start of construction was further delayed by difficulty acquiring funds.

 

By June 2002, the project cost had increased to $1.8 billion. This would make it the most expensive casino resort in the world, topping Wynn's $1.6 billion Bellagio. Wynn announced that the project would be partly financed by bank loans and Aruze, in addition to an initial public offering (IPO) in Wynn Resorts. Wynn had previously wanted to retain private ownership and dismissed the idea of selling stock to raise financing. Wynn Resorts hoped to raise $470 million through the IPO, selling one-third of its shares; the remainder would be held by Wynn himself and Aruze. Ahead of the IPO launch, Wynn traveled around the U.S. to pitch his plans, spending three weeks on the road. Investors were apprehensive about the project because of the lengthy construction schedule ahead. In response, Wynn Resorts reduced the share price to attract investors.

 

Marnell Corrao Associates, which built Wynn's previous resorts, was hired as general contractor. Groundbreaking took place on October 31, 2002, with a ceremony attended by hundreds of people, including Nevada senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, and former governor Bob Miller. As of June 2003, construction proceeded on a 24-hour schedule, with rebar installation during the day and concrete pours at night. The tower was topped off in February 2004. As project costs increased, another stock offering in Wynn Resorts took place later that year to raise additional financing. Hiring began on November 1, 2004. Within three months, more than 80,000 people applied for jobs at the resort, which would employ 9,000. In total, the resort received 105,000 applications.

 

As of January 2005, construction crews were working on a 20-hour schedule each day to get the resort finished on time. At a final cost of $2.7 billion,[it was the most expensive resort ever built. Analysts anticipated that Wynn Las Vegas would launch a new wave of resort construction on the Strip. The resort was also expected to help transform the northern Strip and attract an upper-class clientele to the area. Several new Strip projects were announced during Wynn's construction, including The Palazzo, CityCenter, Fontainebleau, and Echelon Place.

 

Opening and operation

 

Wynn kept many details about the project secretive until its opening, granting few interviews prior to that point. He said the resort's features were difficult to describe: "That's the reason there hasn't been a lot of chatter about the hotel. It's not because we're trying to keep a secret. This is a place that does not lend itself to verbalization. So, when you start to describe them, you resort to strained attempts to communicate something no one has seen". As the opening approached, Wynn appeared in a commercial promoting the new resort, in which he is shown on the roof of the hotel tower. The advertisement aired during Super Bowl XXXIX in February 2005, and was subsequently broadcast in Phoenix, San Diego, and Los Angeles.

 

Wynn Las Vegas opened at 12:01 a.m. on April 28, 2005, Elaine's birthday. It was the first new resort to open on the Strip since the Aladdin in 2000. The public opening was preceded by a private charity fundraiser reception for approximately 2,000 guests. An estimated 10,000 people attended the public opening. The resort marked Wynn's return to the Nevada gaming industry, five years after selling Mirage Resorts.

 

Within the first year, changes were made to several resort amenities as part of a fine-tuning effort. A second hotel resort, Encore Las Vegas, was built as a sister property. It opened directly north of Wynn Las Vegas in December 2008, occupying the remainder of the Desert Inn site. Additions were made to Encore in May 2010, at which point Wynn declared the completion of the $5.2 billion Wynn complex. A $99 million renovation of the Wynn hotel was completed in 2011.

 

In 2013, Wynn tapped Sean Christie to attract film productions to the resort. Christie, who oversaw several nightclubs on the property, put together a team and spent six months promoting the resort for film purposes. Wynn Las Vegas made its feature debut in 2015, with the release of two films: Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 was shot throughout the resort, while The Squeeze filmed on the golf course. The resort made subsequent appearances in the films Frank & Lola (2016) and The House (2017). By 2017, Wynn Las Vegas had become one of the world's most photographed hotels among the general public.

 

In March 2020, the Wynn properties were among the first Las Vegas resorts to close as the COVID-19 pandemic reached Nevada. The Wynn complex, along with other local resorts, reopened three months later. In contrast to most other resorts, the Wynn properties reopened with all amenities allowed under state health guidelines. Air travel saw a reduction in the early months of the pandemic, and the Wynn resorts relied largely on drive-in tourists from Arizona and California. However, visitation soon declined after both states endured a surge in COVID-19 cases. Wynn Resorts reduced its work force, and Encore temporarily shifted to a four-day weekly operating schedule. As revenue improved in 2021, a $200 million renovation of the two hotel towers was announced.

 

In 2022, a stabbing spree occurred in front of the resort.

 

In 2023, a tunnel was drilled to the Wynn for a future station of the Las Vegas Convention Center Loop, an underground car shuttle service.

 

Design

 

Unlike most Strip resorts, Wynn Las Vegas does not have a theme. Wynn said: "Our resort will become famous and people will copy us. We're not trying to copy Rome or Italy or New York. It's about the beauty of our desert. It's time for Las Vegas to have its own hotel, its own architecture". He described the design process as "exquisitely uncomfortable" and "the most exciting experience" of his life.[12] According to Wynn Resorts, the "property, rather than a theme, will be the attraction, and, therefore, will have more lasting appeal to customers".

 

Although the resort covers more than 5 million square feet (460,000 m2), Wynn sought to make it feel small and intimate, unlike other resorts. His in-house architectural team was led by DeRuyter Butler. The interior design was largely handled by The Jerde Partnership and Wynn's longtime designer Roger Thomas. In total, more than 130 designers worked on the project, including Jane Radoff, another longtime interior designer for Wynn.

 

The design team looked to the Bellagio for inspiration, seeking to replicate its success while correcting its mistakes. The design phase lasted two and a half years. Natural light is emphasized throughout the casino and restaurant areas, as well as an indoor garden atrium, similar to the Bellagio's conservatory. The atrium features live trees and plants, as well as flowers that are changed regularly. Red, a lucky color among Asian gamblers, is also used throughout the resort, along with an abundance of flower designs.

 

The hotel tower has a curved floor plan, and a swooped crown. The tower's exterior consists of bronze reflective glass, and white horizontal stripes every two floors which light up at night. The tower facade was built by Enclos, with consulting from Curtainwall Design & Consulting. Architects had a mixed opinion of Wynn Las Vegas' design. New York architect Ronnette Riley compared the tower to "a big UPS truck" and was critical of its use of reflective glass, which she considered long outdated. Others found the design mature and sophisticated. According to David G. Schwartz, director of the Center for Gaming Research at UNLV, "Wynn invested his very legacy in the new resort, and history will likely vindicate him. Substance over style will be the wave of the future".

 

Architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne negatively compared Wynn Las Vegas to a "midrise office tower in Houston, circa 1983". Wynn said that critics "missed the point" of the hotel tower's design: "This is a stack of hotel rooms. [...] the reality is that I have to cater to guests. Under that, form follows function". Tom Gorman, also writing for the Los Angeles Times, found the interior of Wynn Las Vegas to be largely derivative of Bellagio, while calling the overall resort "coy" compared to Wynn's previous properties. Fred A. Bernstein of The New York Times called the design of the public spaces "stylistically incoherent (a bit of Italy, a bit of France, more than a bit of Disneyland)", but also found that there "are plenty of nice touches".

 

Features

 

The front of Wynn's previous Strip resorts each included free attractions to lure pedestrians inside, such as an artificial volcano at the Mirage, pirate shows at Treasure Island, and the Fountains of Bellagio. In a departure, Wynn Las Vegas obscures its attractions to outside pedestrians by way of an artificial mountain, meant to evoke curiosity and lure people into the resort. It also serves to hide vehicle traffic from guests. The mountain idea was conceived by Steve and Elaine Wynn; the former had previously planned a mountain attraction at the Mirage before scrapping the idea.

 

The mountain at Wynn Las Vegas was designed by Don Brinkerhoff and designed by his landscape architectural company, Lifescapes International, which worked on Wynn's previous resorts. The mountain rises more than 100 feet (30 m). It is made up of terraced walls, with soil compacted into place. The mountain cost $130 million to build, and includes 1,500 trees, many of them relocated from the former Desert Inn golf course. The mountain also has several waterfalls, some up to 100 feet (30 m) in height. In front of the mountain, and obscured from outside pedestrians, is a 3-acre (1.2 ha) lake overlooked by several restaurants. This area is home to the show Lake of Dreams.

 

The resort includes a roadside sign along the Strip. It was created by YESCO and measures 135 feet (41 m) in height. It includes an LED screen 100 feet (30 m) high and 50 feet (15 m) wide, with a platform that moves up and down across the screen as an "eraser", presenting new images with each movement.

 

The hotel tower is 45 stories, although its top floor is labeled "60". The tower skips multiple floors, including those containing the number 4, which Chinese gamblers view as unlucky. The tower has a height of 613 feet (187 m). At the time of completion, it was the tallest building in Nevada.

 

The hotel opened with 2,716 rooms, including 1,800 sq ft (170 m2) suites. The resort includes Tower Suites, a hotel-within-a-hotel. As of 2008, Wynn Las Vegas was the only hotel-casino in the world to have a five-star rating from Mobil Travel Guide, receiving the accolade for its Tower Suites. The property also offered villas on the golf course fairway for its high rollers, a target demographic. As of 2008, the resort had the largest vehicle fleet of Rolls-Royce Phantom limousines in North America. The 10 custom-made vehicles are used for high rollers and celebrity guests. In 2016, the hotel announced that it would place an Amazon Echo in every room, becoming the first resort in the world to do so. The Echo is used to control various aspects of the room, such as temperature and lighting.

 

The casino measures 111,000 sq ft (10,300 m2). Upon opening, it included 1,962 slot machines and 137 table games. In a break from past casinos, chandeliers were built over each gaming table. In addition, the casino had a poker room, keno lounge, a baccarat salon, and a sports book with a lounge for VIP players. For hotel guests, room keycards doubled as slot cards; Wynn was the first casino to do so. The casino was also among the first in Las Vegas, along with the Hard Rock Hotel to use RFID in its gaming chips to detect counterfeiting. In 2011, the resort became the first in Las Vegas to allow wagers on non-sporting events. The sports book underwent a major renovation in 2017, which included the addition of a video wall measuring 137 feet (42 m) by 11 feet (3.4 m).

 

The Wynn complex, including Encore, covers 215 acres (87 ha). In total, the complex has 4,748 hotel rooms, and 188,786 sq ft (17,538.8 m2) of gaming space.

 

Accolades

 

Since its opening, Wynn Las Vegas has been a repeat winner of the AAA Five Diamond Award and the Five Star award from Forbes Travel Guide. Wynn Las Vegas and Encore, along with Wynn Palace in Macau, are the three largest Forbes Five-Star resorts in the world. As of 2009, the two spas at the Wynn complex were also the only ones in the state to have five-star ratings. In 2017, readers of Condé Nast Traveler also named the two Wynn resorts as the best hotel property in Las Vegas, noting the high level of luxury. It has since been a repeat winner as named by readers.

 

(Wikipedia)

 

Encore Las Vegas (also called Encore at Wynn Las Vegas or simply 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, located directly south. Both are owned by Wynn Resorts and located on the former site of the Desert Inn resort, which Steve Wynn purchased and closed in 2000. Encore took the place of two Desert Inn hotel structures, the Palms and St. Andrews towers, both demolished in 2004. Construction of Encore began on April 28, 2006, the first anniversary of Wynn Las Vegas' opening. The Encore project, built by Tutor Saliba, cost $2.3 billion. It opened on December 22, 2008.

 

The 48-story hotel tower includes 2,034 rooms, and the resort also offers 72,000 sq ft (6,700 m2) of gaming space, as well as the Encore Esplanade retail area. In addition, it has several restaurants, including one dedicated to singer Frank Sinatra. The resort has also had several clubs, two of which were added in 2010, marking the completion of the Wynn resort complex. The property includes the Encore Theater, originally built for Wynn Las Vegas and now located in between the two resorts. The property is also home to a spa and 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m2) in convention space. Encore has received numerous accolades, including the AAA Five Diamond Award and the Five Star award from Forbes Travel Guide.

 

History

 

Encore is a sister property to Wynn Las Vegas, which also consists of a single hotel tower. By February 2004, owner Steve Wynn had decided to build a second tower with 1,300 rooms, for an approximate total of 4,000. This would help make the Wynn complex more competitive among other expanding resorts on the Las Vegas Strip.

 

The Wynn complex was built on the former site of the Desert Inn resort, which was purchased and closed by Steve Wynn in 2000. The last remaining hotel structures of the Desert Inn – the Palms and St. Andrews towers – were imploded in November 2004, making way for Encore. It was originally planned only as a hotel tower with a boutique casino, although the strength of the economy prompted Wynn to expand the project, adding restaurants and convention space, among other features. Encore would be targeted at a higher-end clientele compared with that of Wynn Las Vegas.

 

Wynn Resorts sold $400 million in stock to finance Encore, which cost a total of $2.3 billion. Groundbreaking took place on April 28, 2006, the first anniversary of Wynn Las Vegas' opening. Tutor Saliba, based in California, served as the general contractor. A nine-story Desert Inn parking garage, the last remainder of the resort's structures, was imploded on March 6, 2007, as construction progressed on Encore.

 

Encore was expected to employ more than 5,000 people, with approximately 1,400 relocating from Wynn Las Vegas. As with the original resort, Steve Wynn starred in a commercial for Encore featuring him on the roof of the new hotel's tower. The commercial was directed by Brett Ratner.

 

Encore opened at 8:00 p.m. on December 22, 2008. More than 1,000 people attended the opening. Due to the period's economic downturn, the opening was designed to be more subdued compared with that of previous resorts.[At the opening, Steve Wynn gave high rollers a few million dollars to make the initial bets 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 resort opened with one nightclub, and two other clubs were added in May 2010, replacing the resort's existing porte-cochere at a cost of $68 million. The project included a new pedestrian entrance and landscaping, both along the Strip. With these additions finished, Wynn declared that the $5.2 billion Wynn complex was now complete.

 

Features

 

During the design phase, Wynn Resorts consulted with Forbes Travel Guide in hopes of attaining its five-star rating. Encore was designed to attract an upper-class clientele, competing with other upcoming luxury resort projects such as CityCenter and Cosmopolitan. DeRuyter Butler was the chief architect. Jerry Beale, senior vice president of design, described Encore as "the flirty younger sister" of Wynn Las Vegas. The interior design was handled by Roger Thomas, who is a butterfly enthusiast. Flower and butterfly designs are prominent throughout the resort. Thomas's passion for butterflies intrigued Wynn, prompting their inclusion in the design.

 

The Encore hotel tower is nearly identical to the one at Wynn Las Vegas, both using bronze glass. The Encore tower is 48 stories, although its top floor is labeled "63". Due to bad-luck superstitions among gamblers, the tower skips the 13th floor (triskaidekaphobia) and those containing the number 4 (tetraphobia). Encore opened with 2,034 hotel rooms. The rooms were remodeled in 2015, and a $200 million hotel renovation project was announced for both Wynn and Encore in 2021.

 

Like Wynn Las Vegas, Encore also features natural lighting in certain areas of the resort, an uncommon trait for casinos. Other notable design elements include red chandeliers above the casino floor, which contains 72,000 sq ft (6,700 m2) of gaming space. Upon opening, the casino also had five gaming salons on the hotel's top floor. The salons, reserved for high rollers, offered table games such as baccarat and floor-to-ceiling views. A race and sports book was added in 2017.

 

The resort opened with 27,000 sq ft (2,500 m2) of retail space at the Encore Esplanade, featuring upscale retailers such as Chanel, Hermes and Rock and Republic. Las Vegas' only Roberto Cavalli boutique opened at the property in 2023. Designed by Dan Barteluce, the Encore Esplanade consists of an indoor walkway connecting to Wynn Las Vegas, with lattice ceilings providing natural lighting.

 

The Encore opened with a 61,000 sq ft (5,700 m2) spa, and includes 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m2) of convention space intended for meetings, conferences and events. The space includes both ballrooms and breakout rooms.

 

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Das Wynn Las Vegas ist ein Hotel und Spielkasino am Las Vegas Strip im US-Bundesstaat Nevada. Das im Jahr 2005 eröffnete Luxushotel wurde nach dem Immobilienmogul Steve Wynn benannt.

 

Beschreibung

 

Am 28. April 2005 eröffnete Steve Wynn das bis dahin teuerste Hotel der Welt mit Baukosten von rund 2,7 Milliarden US-Dollar (2,1 Mrd. Euro). Bereits um die Jahrtausendwende begann der damals finanziell stark angeschlagene Wynn mit der Planung und kaufte das renommierte, aber renovierungsbedürftige Hotel Desert Inn. Mit 2.716 Zimmern liegt das Wynn deutlich hinter den größten Hotels in Las Vegas, dem MGM (5.000 Zimmer), dem Bellagio (knapp 4.000) oder dem Luxor (4.400). Buchbar sind unter anderem Einheiten mit 58 m² bis Suiten zu 650 m². Das Wynn ist mit 50 Stockwerken das zurzeit (2017) vierthöchste Hotel in Las Vegas. Das Grundstück umfasst ein 10.200 m² großes Spielcasino, einen 12.000 m² großen See, 18 Restaurants und Bars, 26 Geschäfte auf 7.000 m², eine Kunstgalerie und zwei Hochzeitskapellen. Darüber hinaus gibt es ein 20.700 m² großes Konferenzzentrum. Es ist das einzige Hotel in Las Vegas, das über einen Golfplatz mit 18 Löchern verfügt.

 

Zu Beginn verfügte das Hotel über eine eigene Kunstgalerie, in der Werke aus der privaten Sammlung Wynns von Künstlern wie Édouard Manet, Andy Warhol, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne und Paul Gauguin sowie Pablo Picassos Gemälde Le Rêve zu sehen waren. Diese Galerie wurde 2006 geschlossen. Entgegen dem Trend bisheriger Hotels am Las Vegas Strip hat das Wynn keine Attraktionen, die von der Straße aus bewundert werden können, um Besucher anzulocken. Die Hauptattraktion ist der „Lake of Dreams“, ein künstlicher See, auf den Bilder projiziert werden.

 

Inhouse-Shows – Theaterproduktionen

 

Im Hotel befinden sich diverse Nachtclubs sowie eine aufwändige Theaterproduktion, die extra für das Haus entworfene Wasserrevue Le Rêve (frz. „Der Traum“). Produziert wurde diese vom ehemaligen Regisseur des Cirque du Soleil, Franco Dragone. Le Rêve wird in einem eigenen Bühnengebäude mit großem Schwimmbecken aufgeführt, in dem ein mechanisches Unterwasserlabyrinth installiert ist. Unter der 35 Meter hohen Kuppel führt die Truppe Artistik vor wechselnden Bühneneffekten vor.

 

Das zweite Theater wurde vom Entertainer Danny Gans bespielt, der im Mai 2009 starb. Die weiteren bisherigen Produktionen waren Avenue Q und Spamalot.

 

Encore

 

Neben dem bisherigen Wynn-Komplex wurde ein weiteres Hotelgebäude, Encore Suites at Wynn Las Vegas mit angeschlossenem Kasino gebaut. Es wurde im Dezember 2008 eröffnet und ähnelt seinem Schwesterhotel.

 

Erweiterungsprojekte

 

2016 gab Wynn Pläne für eine Erweiterung der Anlage bekannt. Auf dem Gelände des Golfplatzes südlich der Hotels sollte die künstliche Lagunenlandschaft namens „Paradise Park Lagoon“ mit einem weiteren Hotel, Casino und Gastronomie entstehen. 2018 gab Wynn das Projekt auf und stellte den Golfplatz wieder her. Lediglich die geplante Erweiterung des Kongresszentrums wurde vollendet.

 

(Wikipedia)

 

Das Encore ist ein Hotel am Las Vegas Strip und befindet sich nahe seinem Schwesterhotel Wynn. Wie das Wynn Las Vegas wird auch das Encore von Wynn Resorts betrieben. Die Eröffnung erfolgte 2008 nach zwei Jahren Bauzeit.

 

Gebäude

 

Es gibt 2.034 Zimmer, davon sind 235 Suiten und 31 Apartments mit zwei oder mehr Schlafzimmern. Das Kasino bietet 95 Tische und 860 Spielautomaten. Es ist 192 Meter hoch und damit aktuell das zweithöchste Gebäude der Stadt, hinter dem 196 Meter hohen Palazzo-Hotel.

 

Vom äußeren Design ähnelt das Encore dem Wynn Hotel. Neben Hotel und Kasino sind noch einige Restaurants und Bühnen untergebracht. Das Encore beherbergt einen der größten Außenpoolbereiche in Las Vegas mit ca. 4.600 m² Fläche. Die Anlage ist regelmäßig Austragungsort für größere Veranstaltungen mit renommierten DJs wie beispielsweise David Guetta.

 

(Wikipedia)

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