Wynn getting into bargain race

With MGM Mirage aggressively discounting its Strip properties, it was only so long before Wynn Resorts had to enter the chase. It’s taking the form of a 25% “early savings” markdown that you get if you book your room 45 days ahead of time. The deal comes with a $100 resort credit that’s good for everything up to and including Garth Brooks tickets. Given the dustup over access to tickets to see Brooks, I wonder how this new offer is going to play. Brooks does give the best show on the Strip, though.

Meanwhile, down at the Monte Carlo, magician Lance Burton and his show are both starting to show their age. (Anybody remember those goofy TV commercials where some woman enthused, “It’s phasmatastic!”? If you didn’t know better, you’d have thought it was a send-up.)