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Among Vegas' poker-faced master builders--Steve Wynn of the Mirage and Treasure Island, Bill Bennett of Circus Circus--Stupak is something of a wild card, a joke or a curse, a relic of the days when the town was run by guys whose middle name was "the." He enjoys banter about guns, was almost cast in Martin Scorsese's gangster epic Casino, and still refers to Mob characters like "Lefty" Rosenthal and Tony (the Ant) Spilotro as "the boys...
...JAMES WYNN, AN ENGINEER IN WICHITA, Kansas, had been all set to retire to the Philippines with his Filipino-born wife. For the past four years he had set aside 20% of his salary to save $40,000 in his company's 401(k) retirement plan. Or so he thought. Wynn, 63, was unable to cash out and retire this year because all his money had vanished. And his was not the only missing nest egg. Also unaccounted for were the savings of more than 180 of his colleagues at International Technical Services, a firm in Melville, New York, that...
...vigilance comes too late for embittered workers like Wynn. Says he: "The Federal Government set this up so that a thief could play with my money." For now, his dreams of retirement are on hold. He will have to work several more years before he can afford to retire...
...water show has its own niche," Kutash says, "which is the key to making it in Vegas. How many magic shows can you have, how many French shows, how many circus shows, before you become redundant?" Steve Wynn will test that premise next year. His Beau Rivage will feature a new production by Cirque du Soleil: a water show. It may be great. But to be a true Vegas show, it will have to be like nothing--and everything-you've seen before. With music...
...faaaabulous! And then there's Debbie. To the owner and star of the Debbie Reynolds Hotel/Casino/Hollywood Movie Museum, smaller is better. It's also all she could afford. Reynolds bought and spruced up the 200-room Paddlewheel Hotel for just $10 million, which is valet-tip money to Steve Wynn. Debbie makes do with her own perky energy. And makes more of less. "Welcome to my new little theater!" she tells visitors to her nightly show. "Doncha think it's cute...