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January 192009
Las Vegas Hotel Photos and Scenery Shots, Luxury Travel Expo Attendance and Walk Up and Down The Strip During The Holiday Season.
Duration : 0:8:15
Siegfried & Roys Secret Garden at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas
January 172009
A bigger version of the Siegfried & Roys Secret Garden video I posted earlier. Should be a bit better resolution. From the Summer 2008 Las Vegas vacation
Duration : 0:3:23
Las Vegas Strip 2005
January 172009
http://www.editingluke.blogspot.comVolcanoes, Cavemen, Eyecandy & More Las Vegas News
January 92009
http://www.vegas.com
This Week on the Vegas Minute:
Volcano redesign at Mirage,
Defending the Caveman at the Excalibur,
Eyecandy at Mandalay Bay,
Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay,
Smash Mouth at Silverton.
For more Las Vegas news, visit,
http://www.vegas.com/vegasminute/
Duration : 0:1:16
“Mirage Hotel Suite”, Las Vegas
January 72009
I just got back from another 6 days in Vegas, so here’s another of my “Wandering Around” videos. What was especially fun this trip, was that Vegas had a rare snowstorm go through the area during my visit that set Vegas records for the most snowfall ever recorded from a December storm . . . thankfully I decided to take my SUV on this trip instead of my motorcycle! (it’s a drag putting snow chains on a bike! LOL) The new snow record for this December storm was 3.6 inches of snow, which is, of course, laughably LOW for winter type storms in MOST states, but by desert Vegas storm standards, this one set the record! LOL
The Mirage suites on the Penthouse floors total 1,251 square feet each for the one bedroom suites, and include a whirlpool tub, living room, dining room, bar area, walk in closet, wall to wall and floor to ceiling windows, and for easily entertained technology nuts like me, I loved how the bedroom TV came out of a cabinet when you click the “On” button on the TV remote.
The song for the video is “The Weight” by The Band.
Duration : 0:6:40
Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden - Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas
January 52009
Siegfried & Roys Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. The tiger cubs are 6 weeks old in this video.
Duration : 0:3:23
Publicidad de Casino “Wynn” (Las Vegas, Nevada, EEUU.)
January 32009
Stephen Alan Wynn (nació el 27 de enero, 1942 en New Haven, Connecticut) es un empresario estadounidense de bienes y raíces y casino quien es acreditado por haber ayudado al dramático resurgimiento y la expansión del Strip de Las Vegas en Las Vegas, Nevada en la década de los años 1990. Sus empresas renovaron o construyeron algunos de los resorts más conocidos en Las Vegas como el Golden Nugget, The Mirage, Treasure Island, Bellagio, y el hotel Wynn.
Wynn Las Vegas al presente
Mirage Resorts fue vendido a MGM Grand Inc. por $6.6 mil millones en junio de 2000 para formar al MGM Mirage. Con el dinero que Steve hizo en ese trato, y con su habilidad para incrementar y financiar ese dinero, Wynn construyó un nuevo resort, el más caro a la fecha, el Wynn Las Vegas, en la cual abrió en el antiguo terreno del hotel Desert Inn el 28 de abril, 2005. Wynn Las Vegas es propiedad y operado por Wynn Resorts Limited, de la cual Wynn es el presidente y director ejecutivo. Wynn se convirtió en un billonario en 2004, cuando su riqueza dobló los $1.3 mil millones.
Wynn exitosamente ofertó uno de las tres concesiones de juegos que habían abierto en Macau, una Región administrativa especial de China, en la cual tiene una larga historia en los juegos de azar y es el mercado de juegos mAs grande en el mundo traspasando a Las Vegas en 2006.[2] Esta propiedad, es mejor conocida como Wynn Macau, abrió el 5 de septiembre de 2006.
SITIO OFICIAL DE WYNN CASINO & HOTEL LAS VEGAS:
http://www.wynnlasvegas.com/
SITIO OFICIAL DEL CASINO “ENCORE”, A INAUGURARSE A PRINCIPIOS DEL 2009:
http://www.encorelasvegas.com/
Duration : 0:0:32
The New “Mirage Volcano Show”, Mirage Hotel Casino, Las Vegas
December 242008
The Mirage Hotel and Casino spent approximately $30 million on their original Volcano Show, as seen in this video I did in September 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFsUvP0-xVw&fmt=18
Just a few days ago, the Mirage completed a $25 million upgrade on their Volcano Show, so here is the NEW Volcano Show, as viewed from one of the Mirage Hotel Suites on the 26th floor. I’ll also be doing a video of the Volcano Show, as seen from ground level.
Duration : 0:5:8
Las Vegas Strip Mid-Section Scene
December 162008
This is a “Drive-By Shooting” video of the mid section of the strip. Video was shot from inside of a moving car, passing by hotels like Caesar’s and The Mirage. A brief segment of the volcano show in front of the Mirage is also captured.
Duration : 0:2:19
Steve Wynn: The Casino Legend of Las Vegas - BIOGRAPHY
December 142008
STEVE WYNN: THE CASINO LEGEND OF LAS VEGAS
Stephen Alan Wynn (born January 27, 1942 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American casino resort developer who is credited with spearheading the dramatic resurgence and expansion of the Las Vegas, Nevada, Strip in the 1990s. His companies refurbished or built some of the most currently widely recognized resorts in Las Vegas such as the Golden Nugget, The Mirage, Treasure Island, Bellagio, Wynn, and Encore. As of 2008, Wynn is the 277th richest man in the world with a wealth of $3.9 billion.
BIOGRAPHY
EARLY LIFE, FRONTIER, AND THE GOLDEN NUGGET
Wynn’s father Michael Weinberg ran a string of bingo parlors in eastern United States. In 1946, he had changed his name to “Wynn” presumably as a marketing strategy and a move to trump anti-Jewish bias.
Wynn was raised in Utica, New York, and graduated from The Manlius School, a private boys’ school east of Syracuse, New York, in 1959. He studied cultural anthropology and English literature at the University of Pennsylvania where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. In 1963, his father died of complications from open heart surgery in Minneapolis shortly before Wynn graduated from Penn with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature. He married Elaine Farrell Pascal the same year.
Wynn took over running the family’s bingo operation in Maryland. He did well enough at it to accumulate the money to buy a small stake in the Frontier Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, where he and Elaine moved in 1967. Between 1968 and 1972 Wynn also owned a wine and liquor importing company.
Wynn managed to parlay his profits from a land deal in 1971 (the deal involved Howard Hughes and Caesars Palace) into a controlling interest in the landmark downtown casino, the Golden Nugget Las Vegas (he also owned The Golden Nugget in Atlantic City, New Jersey). Wynn renovated, revamped and expanded the Golden Nugget from a gambling hall to a resort hotel and casino with enormous success, in the process attracting a new upscale clientele to downtown Las Vegas.
The Mirage, Treasure Island and Bellagio
Wynn had previously acquired interests in various existing casinos. His first major Strip casino, The Mirage, which opened in 1989, set a new standard for size and lavishness, with construction costs to match. The Mirage featured an indoor forest and an outdoor “volcano,” and with high-quality room appointments and an emphasis on service, the Mirage was another great success. The Mirage was the first project in which he was involved in the design and construction of a casino. The $630 million cost to build The Mirage was financed largely with junk bonds issued by Michael Milken. The Mirage was considered a risky venture by the standards then prevailing in Las Vegas because of its high cost and emphasis on luxury. However, it proved to be enormously successful and made Wynn a major part of Las Vegas history.
Wynn’s next project was Treasure Island Hotel and Casino. It opened in 1993 at a cost of $450 million. With its live pirate show and location next to the Mirage, Treasure Island was another success for Wynn.
Wynn expanded further on his concept of the luxury casino with Bellagio, a $1.6 billion resort, including an artificial lake, indoor conservatory, a museum-quality art gallery and branches of high-end boutiques and restaurants from Paris, San Francisco and New York City. The architect was the famous American Jon Jerde of The Jerde Partnerships. The Bellagio is credited with starting a new spree of luxurious developments in Las Vegas. Among these developments include The Venetian, Mandalay Bay, and Paris Las Vegas.
WYNN LAS VEGAS TO PRESENT
Mirage Resorts was sold to MGM Grand Inc. for $6.6 billion ($21 a share) in June 2000 to form MGM Mirage. With the money he made on that deal, and with his ability to secure ever-greater financing, Wynn built a new resort, his most expensive yet, the Wynn Las Vegas, which opened on the former site of the Desert Inn on April 28, 2005. Wynn Las Vegas is owned and operated by Wynn Resorts Limited, of which Wynn is chairman and chief executive officer. Wynn became a billionaire in 2004, when his net worth doubled to $1.3 billion.
Wynn successfully bid for one of three gaming concessions that were opened for tender in Macau, a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China, which has a long history of gaming and is the largest gaming market in the world, having surpassed Las Vegas in 2006. This property, known as Wynn Macau, opened on 5 September 2006.
In the summer of 2008, hiring began for Encore, the newest in Steve Wynn’s collection of resorts (the tower of Encore is modeled after the Wynn Las Vegas tower, and in fact, they share the same “property” though they are separate hotels). Wynn is said to be hiring 3500 employees for this expansion. Encore will be opening on December 22, 2008.
Duration : 0:5:13