The Desert Inn, synonymous with a time in Las Vegas long past, closes Monday to make way for Steve Wynn's latest vision. Enter Steve Wynn, a designer, a developer, a moneymaker. This stage will have all kinds of components before it's over. The site has to be used and exploited in terms that are viable and real.
Some people have their own ideas about values.
Suffice to say we think their realization of values isn't accurate. A large percentage of the property's 1,500 workers has moved on to jobs at competing hotel-casinos. This is the first time I've had to do something like this. It's terrible for everyone, and I never want to go through it again. The Desert Inn is set to close its doors Monday to make way for Steve Wynn's newest creation, which is expected to include a man-made lake with a mix of hotel towers, offices and condominiums.