When they legalized gaming in Atlantic City Steve Wynn built a copy of his Golden Nugget in AC. He sold it in the late 1980 s and used some of it to expand the downtown Las Vegas location, and it formed the seed money for the Mirage casino.--------He hates AC and the regulators. He swore that he would never go back. He built the nicest casino on the Gulf coast, but at this point in life he is not going to expand beyond Macau and Las Vegas.--------His property in Vegas is big enough to easily handle another Wynn and another Encore. His liftetime goal is to finish that property so that it has 10,000 rooms and is the largest and most luxurious resort in the entire world. However, it may take another 20 years.--------AC is unlikely to expand. Pennsylvania has agreed to build casinos directly in downtown Philadelphia. The New Yorkers are going to continue to be drawn to places in Connecticut.--------Steve Wynn is not a turn-around guy. He builds brand new resorts. He turned around the Golden Nugget 40 years ago to get started, but he has not built his career on turn-arounds.---------The real turn-around guy is Carl Icahn. He has made over a billion dollars in buying properties out of bankruptcy. He has a number of casinos in AC, and Louisiana. His latest target is the bankrupt Fountainbleau in north strip.
The Atlantic City Hilton was built by Steve Wynn in 1980. It was then called the Golden Nugget after Wynn s then-casino in Las Vegas. In its time, it was the most popular casino in town. However, Wynn was frustrated with New Jersey regulators who were much more strict in keeping out the mob influence than Nevada regulators. He sold the property to Bally s who renamed it the Bally s Grand and vowed to never return to New Jersey.Atlantic City has a ton of problems. Round trip tolls from Philly are now up to $11.50 (they used to be only $4.50). The casinos used to be able to offer free parking. They got really stingy with the comps. The weekend hotel prices are ridiculously high (especially compared with Las Vegas).
Never happen. NJ is not friendly to the casinos and resorts. Why do you think it has been there so long, and never blossomed like Las Vegas.
No he is happy to develop in Vegas and Asia.
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