To open the betting, Steve Wynn gave high-rollers a few million dollars to make the initial bets and initiated the action by declaring over a microphone, "Let the games begin!" the start of gambling was accompanied by a recording of Frank Sinatra's "Luck Be a Lady Tonight." The resort's jewelry shop featured the, prune-sized Wynn Diamond, billed as "the largest cut pear-shaped diamond in the world". Due to the period's economic downturn, the opening was designed to be more subdued than previous casino resort openings. The resort was estimated to add 5,300 jobs to the Las Vegas area.Īfter 2½ years of construction, the resort formally opened to the public at 8:00 pm on December 22, 2008, to large crowds. Originally envisioned as an expansion of Wynn Las Vegas, Encore Las Vegas quickly became a full-scale resort it shares resources and is connected to the Wynn resort via a shopping esplanade. Initially named the Encore Suites at Wynn Las Vegas, the 2,034-room hotel project cost $2.3 billion and was sited adjacent to the existing resort and on the remaining frontage of Las Vegas Boulevard. On April 28, 2006, Wynn Las Vegas celebrated its first anniversary by breaking ground on a second hotel tower. Together with adjacent Wynn Las Vegas, the entire Wynn complex has a total of 4,748 rooms, making it the world's seventh-largest hotel. The Tower Suites at Encore and The Spa have both received the Forbes Travel Guide five-star award. Encore has also been awarded the AAA Five Diamond Award every year since opening. The resort includes Wynn Plaza, a retail space on the busy area bordering Las Vegas Boulevard.Įncore and Wynn Las Vegas collectively hold more Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star awards than any other resort and casino in the world, and in 2020 were named the second-largest and largest FTG Five-Star resorts in the world respectively. The resort is connected to its sister resort, Wynn Las Vegas both are owned by Wynn Resorts and located on the site of the old Desert Inn Resort. Encore Las Vegas (also called Encore at Wynn Las Vegas often just called Encore) is a luxury resort, casino and hotel located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
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