I don't the guggenheim was that bad of an idea. At the time, Vegas was marketing itself as a family-friendly getaway and it seems that a cultural center (like an art museum) was a logical step. Unfortunately, it didn't work and Vegas has scrapped the family friendly image. Now, it's all about seediness again (what happens in vegas, stays in vegas).
biggest blow hard I have ever seen.... he was on Charlie Rose about a month ago and it was just painful to watch him discuss the design....all his of course. I'd like to see him and The Donald in the elevator, even better a cage match.
hbb - It sounds like Wynn has a pretty large part in the designing of his casinos, articles often quote the building as his designs or visions. Marnell Carrao Associates did the others of Wynn's.
If you feel like sucking the life out of yourself, they're looking for PM's.
"You've probably heard by now that the Wynn Las Vegas is something of a rarity: a new hotel and casino on the Strip that doesn't have an architectural theme, the way the Venetian, the Paris, the Luxor and countless others do. But it turns out the Wynn does have a theme — just a very odd one:
The theme is midrise office tower in Houston, circa 1983."
Sorry everybody...it seems the best building EVER has already been designed
Please, everyone, send Steve Wynn a gold star, he obviously deserves it. If not for his glorious hotel, then for this:
-"Is the first in the industry to combine the room key and the casino frequent-player card in the same piece of plastic."
Now THAT'S innovation.
You mean it's not the new Super Wal-Mart in my neighborhood???
'vote for me and I'll put the ASS back in Vegass'
oscar goodman, mob attorney
i totally made that up
anyone else think that the guggenheim-in-a-casino was really bad?
I don't the guggenheim was that bad of an idea. At the time, Vegas was marketing itself as a family-friendly getaway and it seems that a cultural center (like an art museum) was a logical step. Unfortunately, it didn't work and Vegas has scrapped the family friendly image. Now, it's all about seediness again (what happens in vegas, stays in vegas).
id buy it... i mean... ive never seen the pyrmids, but i bet they SUCK! compared to this place... Yay Wynn BOOO Pyramids
damn pyramids.... think they're so hot......
'the mountain also presented another challenge: It weighs as much as one of the World Trade Center towers'
excellent - if it should also taste like beer, HOTDAMNNNN!
it also wins the prize for best website narrator
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biggest blow hard I have ever seen.... he was on Charlie Rose about a month ago and it was just painful to watch him discuss the design....all his of course. I'd like to see him and The Donald in the elevator, even better a cage match.
As I've always said "the best bldgs are the most expensive". Oh yeah, they're also all in Vegas these days.
MysteryMan - You forgot to add, they're designed by former door-to-door salesmen.
who is actually the architect of this new wynn-thing?
im goin there on my honeymoon!!!
I'm Goin there & gettin' a hooker!....uh, prank call
hbb - It sounds like Wynn has a pretty large part in the designing of his casinos, articles often quote the building as his designs or visions. Marnell Carrao Associates did the others of Wynn's.
If you feel like sucking the life out of yourself, they're looking for PM's.
"You've probably heard by now that the Wynn Las Vegas is something of a rarity: a new hotel and casino on the Strip that doesn't have an architectural theme, the way the Venetian, the Paris, the Luxor and countless others do. But it turns out the Wynn does have a theme — just a very odd one:
The theme is midrise office tower in Houston, circa 1983."
Christopher Hawthorne for LA Times
i think the adjoining parking lot is in the same theme... :D
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