Wynn unveils Macau expansion plans
The Las Vegas gambling tycoon Steve Wynn has announced his intention to expand his empire into Macau.
The 65-year old is seen by many industry observers as having been one of the major reasons behind the transformation of “Sin City” into a high-end family holiday destination thanks to his investment in top-quality restaurants and hotels.
Just last week Wynn’s Las Vegas restaurants received a number of highly coveted stars from the Michelin Guide and now he intends to follow rival operator Sands into the booming Asian market.
Speaking to AFP, Mr Wynn revealed that he plans to “create the most beautiful hotel ever built” in the former Portuguese colony.
“We’re not going to be the biggest, we’re not going to have the most amount of square footage, we’re not going to have the most amount of rooms or the biggest casino or any of that jazz,” he said.
“We’re just going to have the nicest place anybody has ever walked into.”
This summer Las Vegas Sands opened its $1.8 billion Venetian Macau casino, said to be the second-largest building in the world.