The Most Expensive Hotel In Las Vegas

31 January 2005 - 7:00am

Developer Steve Wynn has returned with his $2.7-billion 'Wynn Las Vegas' hotel that may again elevate the standard for luxury in Sin City.

"Five years after he sold his Las Vegas holdings, Wynn is returning to the Strip with the most expensive project ever seen in a city famous for its extravagant hotels.

'I have developer's disease,' Wynn said in the interview. 'I love to sit at a drafting table and draw plans for hotels, wrestling with problems of traffic and the flow of people. That's what turns me on.' "

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Source: The Los Angeles Times, January 30, 2005
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