Steve Wynn

a couple of years ago, i remember reading a business week article on “The Revenge of Steve Wynn.” it was right as the new wynn resort was opening and, in reading the article, i found myself wondering what the back-story was. namely, it seemed like there must be more intrigue around the wrestling of mirage (bellagio, mirage, treasure island, etc.) from wynn’s hands. after searching around on google for about five minutes, i couldn’t find anything interesting and dropped it.

fast forward to last weekend in portland, when i happened upon this somewhat unauthorized biography of steve wynn, “running scared… steve wynnwhile browsing at powell’s.

basically, steve wynn is a crazy man. i thought the book was an effective biography, but really the most interesting parts were the wild ’steve wynn is buddies with the mob’ sections. i ended up blowing through the thing in less than a week; the casino business is friggin crazy…