Question of the Day - 05 May 2018

Steve Wynn and his wife of seven years, Andrea Hissom, don't live at the top of one of the hotel towers. Rather, they live in a duplex villa, created by combining and redesigning two high-roller guesthouses overlooking the 18th hole of the championship golf course Wynn picked up when he bought the Desert Inn, which was closed last December to make way for Paradise Park.

Building the central staircase between the two units was the main engineering challenge, exacerbated by the constraints on making noise and raising dust, given that the villa is so close to the hotels. According to the interior designer, “The whole project was conceived in four months and executed in five — working limited hours."

A story about the villa in Architectural Digest in 2011 described it. “It unites an open living area on the lower story with a sybaritic master suite above. The pool terrace and the private balcony enjoy a romantic view: emerald greenery misted by the spray of a majestic waterfall (a refreshing final challenge for the golfers).”

Wynn rented his 6,233-square-foot reconfigured villa, one of 36 VIP accommodations on the original golf course, for $25,500 per month ($410 per square foot). He also rented the villa on the third floor of the building, presumably for guests and a lack of neighbors sharing walls, for another $16,000 or so a month. But he gave that one up in 2016, as he spent more and more time in Macau. The rent covered all taxes and utilities.  

The Wynns had until June 1 to vacate the premises, but moved out late last month.