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...exudes an anti-Vegas, almost Buddhist quietude. There's no theme, no showstopper like the volcano he built outside the Mirage in 1989, the pirate ships he put outside Treasure Island in 1993 or the giant pond he created with fountains choreographed to songs for the front of the Bellagio in 1998. "Theme parks are a collection of wows," says the man who not so long ago turned Vegas into a theme park. "Hotels are places that have a range of emotions. You're supposed to tarry." Yes, Steve Wynn wants you to come to Las Vegas to ... tarry...
Your story about the exhibition of Ralph Lauren's vintage autos [Feb. 28] referred to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts' loan of 21 Monets to "the gallery at Steve Wynn's Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas." You said Wynn paid the museum a "reported $1 million" in exchange for the loan of the Monets. Wynn sold the Bellagio in 2000 and today has no connection to it or to the Monet exhibition, a collaboration between our gallery and the Boston Museum that required significant investment of time and money on both parts...
ANDREA BUNDONIS AND MARC GLIMCHER - THE BELLAGIO GALLERY OF FINE ART - Las Vegas
...past accused Rogers of pandering to popular taste to pump up admission figures, and of cashing in on the museum's collection at a time when it has a $180 million expansion under way. He sent 21 of Boston's Monets to the gallery at Steve Wynn's Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas last year. In exchange, Wynn paid the MFA a reported $1 million. To other museum directors, that looked like renting out your collection, an institutional tabooand to a casino, no less...
Meanwhile, in March celeb chef and Food Network star Bobby Flay is opening Bar Americain in New York City, which will feature regional American food. And in Las Vegas, Aqua restaurant is being reworked as Michael Mina Bellagio, with chef Mina infusing the menu with the distinctive flavor combinations from his signature restaurant in San Francisco. Perhaps the surest bet in a city that loves to gamble: the new Michael Mina Bellagio will be worth checking...