Category Archives: Steve Wynn

New era at Wynn; Resorts turns 40

Kudos to Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox for tacitly acknowledging that women were second-class citizens at the company. He’s created a department to promote diversity — better late than never. Wynn might say it’s not conceding anything but were there … Continue reading

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Wynn out, MGM in: Is history repeating itself?

Remember when Kirk Kerkorian made Steve Wynn an offer he couldn’t refuse for Mirage Resorts? It looks like history is going to repeat itself with “back-channel approaches” being made by MGM Resorts International to embattled Wynn Resorts. “Wynn Resorts is … Continue reading

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Wynn fights back; Sheldon’s big payday

How can we miss Steve Wynn if he won’t go away? He’s suing a Las Vegas law firm for saying he was “leering” at female performers. Wynn’s defense is that he is legally blind (true enough), although we have found … Continue reading

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Florida dithers; MGM catches a wave

Having once more proven itself constitutionally incapable (pun intended) of passing gaming legislation during the normal course of doing business, the Florida Lege is now talking ‘special session,’ which seems like what it would take to get anything done, if … Continue reading

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Harrah’s wins in Big Easy; Could Wynn Resorts beat Boston rap?

Harrah’s New Orleans is a step away from a major makeover, now that the Louisiana House of Representatives cast a veto-proof vote in favor of a 30-year license extension, a new hotel tower and an expansion of the hotel-casino’s amenities. … Continue reading

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Wynn: The cancer spreads

Executives at Wynn Resorts must have thought they’d outmaneuvered all the regulatory torpedoes headed their way. Steve Wynn had been banished, his stock sold, two board members were on the way out. Then the Wall Street Journal launched a new … Continue reading

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Quo vadis, Steve?; Dan Gilbert’s new twist

Gaming Industry Daily Report Editor Alan Woinski has some interesting speculations about Steve Wynn‘s future and his big stock cash-out. “He will need the money considering he never received a golden parachute when he stepped down. He could have a lot … Continue reading

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Steve Wynn has left the building; Packer out, too

Wynn Resorts now has 100% less Steve Wynn now that the mogul has sold his entire stake in the company. At first blush this looks like a passive-aggressive lashing out at a firm that is now moving forward. However, Wynn … Continue reading

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Vegas soccer no sure thing; Scientific Games wins thrice over

A perspicacious gentleman named Steven R. Brown wrote the following on Facebook in response to my reportage of the apparent shelving of Wynn Paradise Park: “Steve Wynn‘s creativity can be outlandish at times (Like his idea back in the early … Continue reading

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Paradise lost; MGM contemplates CityCenter buyout

Steve Wynn‘s executive chair isn’t even cold yet and already Wynn Resorts is shifting its priorities, evidently. Yesterday Deutsche Bank analyst Carlo Santarelli wrote that he believes the company “is likely to complete its convention space at Paradise Park and … Continue reading

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Maddox: Stand by my man

Steve Wynn disgusts me so much that I want to pack it in. His latest stratagem, faced with police reports, is a time-honored [sic] one: Blame the victim. Wynn sent a spokesman out to say the mogul “has never been supplied … Continue reading

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Strip weak, locals strong, Reno supercharged; Stanley Ho’s empire crumbles

January got the Las Vegas Strip off to a less-than auspicious start, with revenues dropping 9% from 2017. Locals casinos, meanwhile, were living it up, as revenue rose 8%, thanks in part to New Year’s Eve weekend slot drop being … Continue reading

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Wynn: It gets worse; More changes for Palms

Steve Wynn may have left Wynn Resorts but the collateral damage keeps careening about like a ricocheting bullet. Yesterday The Associated Press got a hold of two police reports filed against the mogul. The more explosive of the two alleges that … Continue reading

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Adelson subsidizes foreign policy; Packer’s comeback

Sheldon Adelson‘s at it again. This time, in the cause of escalating Mideast tensions, he’s putting his money where his mouth is. The toupee-crowned supermogul is reported to be offering to foot the bill for at least some of a … Continue reading

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Breaking bad at the Trop; More trouble for Wynn Resorts

Business was afire — literally — at the Tropicana Atlantic City after a meth lab in one of the hotel rooms caused a blaze and led to the evacuation of four floors. This wasn’t how owner Carl Icahn wanted to make … Continue reading

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Louisiana stutters; MLB rigs the odds

Gambling in Louisiana was a bit off the pace last month, down 4% ($187 million). Most of that was due to a terrible Baton Rouge market, tumbling 21%, while Lake Charles (+2%) remained immune. New Orleans (-2%) and Shreveport/Bossier City … Continue reading

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MGM wins race in Macao; Wynn complaints proliferate

Whew! For a while it was looking as though MGM Grand Cotai wouldn’t make it out of the starting blocks in time for Chinese New Year. However, the megaresort opened yesterday, with room to spare before the all-important holiday. Architecturally … Continue reading

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Quote of the Day

“There are often times when I would like corporate statutes and law to comply with what we believe socially, but it doesn’t. It insults me personally that all over America there are people sitting on boards with a CEO who is … Continue reading

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Mohegan Sun strikes again; Magic 8s in Pennsylvania

Even as Steve Wynn was on his way out at Wynn Resorts, the casino he bested for the Boston-area gaming concession, Mohegan Sun, was launching a legal counterattack. It demanded that Wynn Resorts’ license be pulled and the project awarded to Mohegan … Continue reading

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Wynn reverses himself; New name, plans for F-blew

Wynn Resorts took a step closer to being taken over or sold off in pieces last weekend. Ex-CEO Steve Wynn submitted a letter saying that the now-famous 2010 stockholders’ agreement which binds Elaine Wynn’s shares with his was “invalid and unenforceable … Continue reading

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