Wynn will leave with a complicated legacy and inevitable comparisons to Hughes. government was trying to clean up Las Vegas. Hughes wanted to be be remembered for his contribution to aviation, but he will be forever linked to Las Vegas for buying six mob-owned casinos at a time when the U.S. I’m told low-profile paparazzi have begun flocking around Wynn’s Las Vegas properties, seeking to record his ignominious departure.
Or will he retreat to Europe, where he has spent much of his time in recent years on his French Riviera-based yachts? He could stay on the West Coast, where he owns several houses, including a mansion, in Beverly Hills. Will he return to East Coast, where he grew up and inherited his father’s bingo business after his father’s death in 1963. It seems highly unlikely he will remain in Las Vegas amid continued damaging revelations. (CAPTION: STEVE WYNN AND HIS WIFE ANDREA SHOWN DURING a 2016 RED CARPET INTERVIEW AT WYNN LAS VEGAS.) Photo: Norm Clarke Now that Las Vegas icon Steve Wynn has divested himself from his two Las Vegas properties, the question remains: where will he land after his epic fall from grace following devastating sexual misconduct accusations?