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Posted At : May 1, 2009 09:25 AM | Posted By : D McKee
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Words are always inadequate on tragic occasions like this. (Both daily papers have more pro forma obituaries.) Unfortunately, the late Mr. Gans hadn't been gone from this vale of tears even four hours when the mythmaking machinery kicked into gear. A KVVU-TV anchor informed viewers that it was Steve Wynn who put Danny Gans on the map.
Now, if there's one current Vegas figure whose resumé needs no inflation, it's Steve Wynn. His accomplishments are many but Gans was firmly affixed to aforesaid map well before he signed with Wynn ... nor, I hasten to add, has the Wynn family been responsible for putting this urban legend into motion.
Gans was an established, hot-ticket act at The Rio when Wynn lured him to The Mirage. Unfortunately for Gans, Wynn was soon elbowed out by Kirk Kerkorian and it would be nearly a decade before the two were reunited at Encore. Gans found himself working for a different set of bosses than he'd anticipated and an occasionally stormy relationship ensued -- much as he'd bickered with Rio ownership (not without justification) towards the end of his tenure there.
From a business standpoint, Wynn is left with the burdensome task of having to find a new resident act for the Encore Theater for the third time in as many years. To compound the burden, the room had recently been extensively reworked to suit Gans' show, so that's a "given" when contemplating possible successors.
Bottom line, Wynn's got a customized showroom and no one to fill it. That's scarcely at the collective forefront of Wynn Resorts' mind today, but it soon will be.
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