Wall Street Journal’s story<\/a> about Wynn’s transgressions, any individual whistle-blower would’ve been whistling in a wind tunnel.<\/p>\nSo, Steve Wynn’s behavior was tolerated and ignored and covered up for years. At the time, Steve Wynn was a Las Vegas god and no Wynn executive was going to take on Wynn or disrupt that gravy train.<\/p>\n
Let’s just say Wooden is likely to get some tough questions from Gaming.<\/p>\n
Assuming he can navigate that process, Wooden seems a good choice to take on the challenges facing Fontainebleau.<\/p>\n
Convention business isn’t back to full strength, foreign travelers also haven’t bounced back completely following the pandemic. Fontainebleau is bringing thousands of rooms online at a time when the post-pandemic bump is likely to mellow and, well, visitation was flat prior to the pandemic, we expect that could be the case again soon.<\/p>\n
That said, the opening of Fontainebleau will be a momentus occasion in Las Vegas. The project originally broke ground in 2007, if you can believe that.<\/p>\n
The resort has been locked down to outsiders, so they’re banking on a big reveal in December 2023. The renderings are gorgeous, but it remains to be seen if Fontainebleau can meet expectations, even with a veteran like Maurice Wooden holding the reins. No pressure.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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