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Sneak a Peak Inside Encore Macau

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:38:49 -0800

We've managed to unearth a treasure trove of Encore Macau interior design drawings over on VegasTripping... check them out here....

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MGM Grand Paradise to IPO in 2010

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:32:43 -0800

MGM Mirage CEO Jim Murren spoke with Las Vegas Sun reporter Jon Ralston on Monday, primarily about the opening of CityCenter. On small tidbit to come out of the fourth segment of discussion was Murren mentioning plans to take MGM Grand Paradise public in early 2010. Funds raised would go to reducing MGM Mirage's debt load, NOT to finish MGM Grand Macau phase II or begin the MGM Cotai project. For those who don't know, MGM Grand...

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Steve Wynn On Encore Macau & Wynn Cotai

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:43:36 -0800

Wynn Resorts released its quarterly earnings last week and with it came another fine episode of everyones favorite program - "The Steve Wynn Quarterly Radio Hour". Freshly back from the Wynn Macau Ltd. investor roadshow, Stevezi seemed to be quite hot for Macau, waxing poetic about Encore Macau (opening in April) and revealing a morsel or two about the status of Wynn Cotai. Take it away Steverino... Encore in Macau is completely budgeted and under control and we will finish...

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Cash For Cotai : MGM's Turn

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:17:02 -0700

Obviously seeing how easily Wynn Macau Limited turned 25% of their existing Macau operation into US$1.86B, MGM Grand Paradise is legally and financially getting their house in order in advance of hoisting their own Cash For Cotai fundraiser. MGM Mirage CEO Jim Murren told Bloomberg that the company is currently "working on plans" (i.e. funding) to finish off Phase II of MGM Grand Macau and "begin inspecting sites for potential resorts." ** Cough ** Who knows, maybe MGM Grand Paradise has changed...

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Dr. Stanley Ho Is(n't) Dead

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:06:15 -0700

Update: Looks like ol' Stanley isn't dead after all, check the comments. We've been hearing very loud rumblings, officially unconfirmed, that Dr. Stanley Ho has died this week. The eighty-nine-year-old Father of Macau gambling had been in intensive care at Hong Kong Adventist Hospital since undergoing an operation to remove a blood clot in his brain after sustaining a fall seven weeks ago. One of our sources suggests that the announcement of Dr. Ho's death is being held until after Macau's government...

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