Titans of the Gaming Industry

You know you've made it in Las Vegas when you have the wherewithal to erect a huge, opulent tower with your name on it, fabulously plush and luxurious, costing vast sums but generating even more cash once completed. So it is with Donald Trump and Steve Wynn. Each started life with an entreprenurial father, but has achieved wealth and fame far beyond their dads' imaginations. Trump, of course, is New York based...his eponymous Las Vegas tower is just a profitable

sidebar to his investments farther east. Though Wynn also grew up in the east, he moved to Las Vegas in his 20s and jumpstarted the Golden Nugget, Mirage, Treasure Island, and Bellagio before erecting his own, personalized place. Wynn Las Vegas is gorgeous. The architecture is graceful, changing image as the sun moves across the sky. Inside, opulence reigns, but it's tasteful and first rate. I reckon that if I ever decide to do The Strip seriously, I'll stay at Wynn for a few days. Incidentially, a second Wynn tower is rising near the first. Though Wynn's has been open less than three years, it's already an AAA 5 diamond hotel. This hardly ever happens in that short a time frame.