Steve Wynn's swanky new Las Vegas hotel pours on the tech, but doesn't quite bring it all together.
"Doesn't live up to his potential." Probably the worst words you could hear in a parent-teacher conference, because it implies that you'd be capable of oh-so-much more if only you'd apply yourself.
The same can be said of the ultra-hyped new hotel Wynn Las Vegas, which opened last week. I spent a night and a day there, focusing not on the casino or the world-class restaurants but on all the fabulous technology. The tech is impressive—but alas, it's not yet living up to its potential.
Resort, hotel, and casino impresario Steve Wynn spent five years and $2.7 billion to replace the old Desert Inn hotel in Las Vegas. The new Wynn Las Vegas is both opulent and beautiful, with flowers everywhere, mosaic tiles inlaid inside the floors, and an artificial pine-covered mountain and waterfall right outside. Wynn's admittedly "wildly ambitious" goal: to create "a new benchmark for the hospitality industry." And technology plays a big part in that experience.