bigguyinpasadena

Nothing-I wrote a letter to Mr.Wynn saying I was looking forward to his returning class to las vegas(one more time)
Guess he liked that.
But others have reported getting free night offers-maybe some of the host/vip people from Mirage-Bellagio came over with their rolodexes?

blackjack-21

Looking forward to your trip report when you get back, including how you did at the tables, and your thoughts about the general casino layout.

bj-21.

QuietLion

I have at least three hosts over there who came over from other properties but have not received an offer (I did receive a credit app) nor have any of the other slot players I know. I would appreciate information about any offers you know about.

That was very nice of Wynn to invite you in.

QL

StSebastian

After reading the gripes in certain places about not being targeted for this promotion or that, QL's most recent post here is refereshing to read.

bigguyinpasadena

Well the news on the Wynn pool is mixed.
Yes it will be GOURGEOUS but it is being built between the main hotel and the Villas-so you might have to case the sun and the main building is going to block a lot of sun in the late aternoons.
The golf course is very tight-but beautiful(Tom Fazio redesigned the Dessert Inns old course.
The rest of the landscaping is very lovely-they are working around the clock to get it finished.
Cannot wait to see the rooms.

zedthedeadpoet

Quietly and with virtually no fanfare, Wynn Resorts launched a new website recently for the upcoming $2.6 billion Wynn Las Vegas Resort offering a tantalizing sneak peek. Due to open April 28, the details of the hotel have been shrouded in secrecy until now. Here's a rundown of some of the details of the resort.

The bulk of the hotel's 2,700 rooms are situated in the gracefully curving bronze tower that will apparently be separated into two sections. The standard rooms will be accessible from the main hotel lobby while the VIP Tower section is accessed through a private gated entry with a separate VIP check-in.

If the pictures are a fair representation, the decor is surprisingly modern with bold and dramatic colors and plush looking furnishings that lean more toward the contemporary side of things but still have a traditional element.

There are six types of rooms:

The Resort Suite is the most common. At 640-square feet it is larger than most standard hotel rooms in the city with the exception those at The Venetian and THEhotel. It has a fairly standard layout (bathroom as soon as you walk in, the rest of the room past that) except in the rooms with one bed it is situated on the wall between the living area and the bathroom facing the windows as opposed to along the wall between rooms.

It features a marble entry; a sitting area with a couch, two chairs, a small dining table, and a desk; a comfy looking bed or two with 320 thread count linens; a flat screen LCD television; a cordless phone, fax machine, and high-speed Internet access; and a marble bath with soaking tub and separate shower, dual vanity, water closet, and another LCD TV.

Panoramic View Suites are the same as the Resort Suites only with better views presumably through the floor to ceiling, wall-to-wall windows.

The rooms known as the Tower Suites are also laid out identically to the Resort and Panoramic View Suites but are located in the more exclusive part of the tower and will, presumably, have a few more perks included although the website didn't really indicate what those might be.

From there you move into the bigger suites including the Executive Suites at 933-square-feet, a single over-sized room with a sitting area and his and hers baths; the Parlor Suite, at 1,280 square feet with a big living room and separate bedroom, wet bar, and a 42" plasma television; and the huge 1,950 square feet Salon Suites with a giant living room, separate bedroom, full size bar (no wussy wet bars tucked in a corner), a massage room, and a 50" plasma screen television.

There are also the Fairway Villas, house size units facing the golf course that are so super-exclusive they aren't even detailed on the website. This is where the celebrities and the really high-rollers will be staying.

The standard Resort Suites will start at around $200 and go up from there with $400 a night on busy weekends not uncommon. I don't even want to think about how much the bigger suites will be going for.

The casino will feature all the standard table games including blackjack, craps, roulette, Let It Ride, Three Card Poker, Caribbean Stud poker, Pai Gow poker, and more. More than 1,900 slot and video poker machines will feature the latest ticket-in-ticket-out technology with denominations ranging from one cent to $5,000 a pull. There's also a poker room, keno, and a state of the art sports book.

They Wynn Resorts players' club will be called The Red Card, presumably for the color of the card you will be given to use around the casino. Word on the streets is the players' club will be the stingiest in town, offering rewards and comps only to the people who spend so much money that they really don't need to worry about rewards and comps.

However if you use the card in the casino at a slot machine you will be eligible for the unique Bonus Bingo game. These free bonus games will happen at random intervals and up to $10,000 will be awarded at no cost to you (other than the money you're pumping into the slot machine in front of you).

There will be two shows eventually but only one at the opening. It's called "Le Reve: A Small Collection of Imperfect Dreams." It is described on the website as an "aquatic spectacular" from Franco Dragone (Mystere, O, Celine Dion's A New Day) performed in the domed theater in the round with no seat further than 40 feet from the action. It'll be presented 7:30 and 10:30 Thursday through Monday with tickets going for $121 apiece.

If you're hungry while you're there you'll have nearly two dozen options for your dining enjoyment. Among the notables are French Riviera cuisine at Alex from chef Alessandro Stratta, formerly of the celebrated Renoir at the Mirage; SW Steakhouse from chef Eric Klein, winner of Best New Chef awards from Food & Wine Magazine and Angeleno Magazine; Daniel Boulud Brasserie, a French bistro from the James Beard Award winning namesake chef; Bartolotta, Italian cuisine from Paul Bartolotta, winner of the Best American Chef - Midwest from the James Beard Foundation; Okada, a Japanese restaurant from Takashi Yagahashi, another James Beard Foundation award winner; Red 8, featuring Southeast Asian cuisine from Hisham Johari; Tableua, offering American cuisine from chef Mark LoRusso; and Corsa Cucina from chef Stephen Kalt will be an upscale cafe style restaurant.

Those are just the big ones - there are many others including a giant buffet.

If you have a credit card burning a hole in your pocket it better have a really high spending limit if you want to do some shopping at Wynn Las Vegas. The list of stores reads like a Rodeo Drive map: Manolo Blahnik, Dior, Cartier, Gaultier, Oscar de la Renta, Jo Malone, Graff, Judith Leiber, Brioni, and Chanel and just a few examples and of course what would a luxury resort be without its own Ferrari and Maserati dealership.

The golf course is all new from Tom Fazio and Steve Wynn who previously paired together on Shadow Creek, the $500 a tee course considered by many to be one of the best in the entire world. The new Wynn course replaces the legendary old Desert Inn course and features an 18 hole par 70 course totaling 7,042 yards, a clubhouse lounge and restaurant, a pro shop, a chipping green, a putting green, and a ten acre driving range.

According the site, they went all out on the golf course landscaping, moving more than 800,000 cubic yards of earth to sculpt the course, adding hills, valleys, streams, waterfalls, and marshlands. They even saved more than 1,200 trees from the old Desert Inn course including a few dating back to the original construction more than 50 years ago.

A full spa and salon, a couple of full service wedding chapels, and lots of meeting and convention space round out the offerings.

da_guy

I wouldn't put too much trust in the website. The info is kept sparse on purpose, keep people guessing, talking about it etc. A friend of mine who works there gave me a tour a few weeks ago and the pool like everything else in the place is great, you will not be disapointed. In my opinion the rooms at the Bellagio, post renovation are nicer but that is one man's opinion.

If you want a "pool scene" I would suggest looking elsewhere. The targeted demo for Wynn is not the 22 year So Cal hottie you see at Hard Rock or Mandalay. I'm not saying they won't be there, but not in as great numbers.

prncess674

I never said I was looking for an HRH pool but a decent pool, with decent sun and a good pool side drink service. Wynn is not trying to compete for the young beautiful people scene that is the bread and butter of HRH. Just by looking at the price points and decor of the two hotels would tell you that. All I am saying is that some hotels, most notably The Venetian are high end hotels who have a terrible pool. It is nothing but a square backyard pool with little green area around the pool. The pool at the V is a big disappointment IMHO. My comments were directed at the fact that there is NO mention of pool anywhere on the Wynn website which to me infers that the pool is not a major draw at this new hotel.

PS - you aren't the only one who has been to Vegas. I know about the HRH and Mandalay no need to talk down to me.

da_guy

I was giving you my opinion. I have worked for Steve Wynn before he sold to MGM and have friends who work for him now in management. They and I know the business more than most people here. I have seen the inside of the hotel, again something most people here cannot say. I have an idea of what their marketing strategy is, including what is ephasized on the web site and what is not.

Having said all that I was offering an opinion about the hotel, the pool and the alternatives so that readers could make an informed opinion as to where to stay on their trip to Las Vegas. I thought the idea of FT was a give and take on travel, with people expreessing different viewpoints and giving a variety of opinions. Sorry to have offended you by suggesting that someone out there may know something you don't.

Besides you shouldn't be in the sun in the afternoon, bad for the skin.

GDIW

Thank you, Da_Guy, for your informative responses. The detailed information is very helpful. I will be in Vegas on the 28th and may take a look at Wynn but am leary of how big the crowds will be. It may wait till next trip if it looks too crowded. I sure do love the look of the building from the outside!

Princess - Just my 2 cents, but I did not feel his responses were in any way meant to be talking down to you.

prncess674

It is not just his post in this thread it is EVERY post he makes in the Las Vegas Forum. He always has to talk about how self important he is and who he knows. He also tries to make himself seem important by talking about things off topic. See the thread about bars. The OP asked about cool bars not how to name drop and get into dance clubs. da_guy had to ramble on and on about who he knows,etc.

Everyone here is interested in FACTUAL information. The pool is not open yet so no one knows what the pool looks like completed and staffed, but instead da_guy proceeded to make up his own story. I am very interested in what bigguyinpasadena has to say about the casino once it open and running.

mbstone

It'll be just like any casino. The first couple of months the place is open the table limits will be $100 and nobody will ever get anything comped. After that, your average RFB high roller will be able to get comped for his or her normal level of action. Then it all goes downhill until they have 5c slots like Bellagio, and the Gucci and Ferrari shops are eventually replaced by Payless Shoe Store. I mean, there are only so many ways to do a casino. There are only so many types of games; and you have to have a pool, spa, coffee shop, steakhouse, gourmet room, sports book, and some frou-frou shops. It's hard to imagine what features Wynn could bring to his casino that he didn't already implement at the Mirage or Bellagio.

bigguyinpasadena

A big thankyou to zedthedeadpoet for sharing that with us.I am glad to see they will have a buffet-and hopefully a good coffee shop.
And they wil have penny slots!I know these machines will take up to $5 a spin-but I won $500 on a penny slot this last weekend!Only big win of the trip.
And I always get offers from Bellagio,Mirage,Venetian,,,I am only a slot player(play cards and dice at off stip properties) but I do give them some action-and when buisness slows down,the offers start a-coming.

da_guy

Geez you make an innocent comment and get jumped on. I always find the most useful comments on a city from people who live there since they know more than your 2 weeks a year visitor does, no matter how much that visitor thinks he/she klnows. If you told me some cool stuff about New Orleans I would appreciate it, not jump on you and accuse you of trying to look like a big shot.

As for the dance clubs, you were the one that brought the topic up. You said you need 2 porns stars to get in which is not true amd I pointed out that as most people don;t know two porn stars and obviously people do get in, there are other ways to do it. And yea I know people who work at dance clubs. Big deal. 90% of Las Vegas residents do, I never said I was special, just stated an innocuous fact that for some reason upsets the hell out of you.

bigguyinpasadena

ok ok ok-----please drop this now-please?