During the week of school vacation I went to Vegas for my personal business and took the opportunity to visit Wynn Resorts. It was a much needed break from all the controversy and it has given me a renewed perspective on this whole issue in Foxboro. During my visit, the biggest lesson I learned is that not only are we all talking about different “pictures” but, NONE of them are the REAL picture. I thought I had a fairly realistic picture because of my exposure to Vegas/Foxboro and Wynn/Kraft. But, to be honest, even my picture was wrong. Even though Wynn has been consistently communicating to all of us that the Casino is just a portion of the whole development, everyone’s “picture”, including my own, consists primarily of the Casino. Well, last week I discovered that Wynn has been correct and none of us have been listening. There is so much more to a 5 Star Resort than I ever imagined. It is an extremely complicated business with many career opportunities that I wasn’t aware of. The technology and expertise needed to run each department and integrate them into a well-run Resort is very advanced and NONE of our pre-conceptions, “pictures” or studies read, come anywhere close to the true picture. As I walked around, I remembered the rumor that I heard where Steve Wynn offered to fly people out to see the Wynn Las Vegas for themselves. I don’t know if it’s true but, I can completely understand if it is. I thought, wow, if people could just see for themselves what it’s REALLY …
{note: From: T.Longa}