The Wynn, then, is everything it was rumored to be, and then some: 2,000-plus rooms, fifty floors, too many restaurants to name, a mall packed full of upmarket designer boutiques and luxury-goods brands, and a 2,000-seat theater hosting the obligatory can-you-top-this Vegas show, Le Rêve - The Dream, a water-based spectacle that's a bit like Broadway crossed with the Roman Colosseum, only with better seats and fewer gladiator fights. What during construction seemed like an experiment designed to test the credulity of the rumor-mongerers - how many thousands of rooms, how many billions of dollars, how many years in the making - is now open, and apparently it came out even better than expected, because it was deemed excessive enough to be named for the man himself.
The last effort from Steve Wynn, the Bellagio, was for a while if not the most over-the-top hotel in the world then at least the most over-the-top hotel this side of Dubai.
