Wynn owns which hotels

He may have booked two entire floors of rooms, but D. Well if you happen to be a billionaire, you purchase the hotel, which is what Howard Hughes did with the Desert Inn, becoming the sole owner in March As the story goes, Hughes, who had purchased several Las Vegas TV stations , was watching a movie and especially liked a certain scene.

But Hughes was not to be denied. He called up the poor control room manager at the TV station and told him to rewind the movie. The billionaire gaming magnate developed towering resorts such as the Bellagio, Treasure Island and Mirage, changing the face of the fabled Las Vegas Strip. In the most recent financial quarter, though, his company's businesses in the city generated less than a quarter of its total revenue.

The vast majority came from Macau, a tiny former Portuguese colony that's currently the only place in China where gambling is legal. The board of directors of his company has formed a special committee to investigate the allegations , which Wynn has denied. You had all kinds of shows," said Richard McGowan, a Boston College professor who studies the gambling industry.

Related: Wynn Resorts board launches investigation. After reshaping Las Vegas in the s, Wynn set his sights on the even bigger prize of the massive wealth being created by China's rapid economic rise.

Macau's gambling revenues overtook those of Las Vegas more than a decade ago. And Wynn made sure he was along for the ride. His company managed to secure one of the handful of casino licenses in the Chinese territory, opening its first resort there in An even bigger one, Wynn Palace, followed in Together they hold more than , square feet of casino space -- and the company is planning to expand that further.

Show Caption. Hide Caption. Casino mogul Steve Wynn steps down over sexual harassment claims. Steve Wynn has resigned as CEO of his casino and resorts empire. Wynn says he can't do his job while battling an "avalanche of negative publicity" from claims of unwanted sexual advances.

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