What Year Was The Wynn Built

• Factoid: In Nevada, you can drive at 16, vote and smoke cigarettes at 18, but you must be 21 to drink alcohol or gamble.
• Factoid: Nevada is Spanish for 'snow-capped.' Las Vegas is Spanish for 'the fertile valley' or 'the meadows.'

Las Vegas is generally recognized to have begun in 1905 when the Union Pacific Railroad began passing through a desert oasis ...an ideal refueling point and rest stop. Las Vegas is Spanish for 'The Meadows' ...a name it got due to the availability of spring-fed water. In 2005 - 100 years later - Vegas commemorated and celebrated its centennial. Las Vegas loves to party!

Where it's being built: Downtown Las Vegas. Opening in late 2020, Circa (as in circa 1950) is. Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ: WYNN) (the 'Company') today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2020. Beleaguered banks.Investors had built up short. Annie and Don Wynn now had a one year old son, Larry, and Don figured it was time to move “up town”. So, the Wynn's built Naples ' first modern grocery store on the northeast corner of 7 th Street and Fifth Avenue South (where the Wynn Building with Yabba's restaurant is today).

It was incorporated as a city in 1911. Eager for employment during the Great Depression of the 1930's, thousands of workers began pouring into the area when Boulder Dam (later renamed Hoover Dam) was being built on the Colorado River.

Nevada was the first state to legalize casino-style gambling. It got its start in 1931 when Clark County (Nevada) issued a three month gaming license to a downtown Las Vegas club. A three mile dusty desert road nicknamed the 'Strip' sprang up south of downtown.

A little known fact is that the famous Las Vegas Strip is really not located in the Las Vegas city limits and actually comes under the jurisdiction of Clark County. One of the earliest strip resorts was the Flamingo Hotel, built by gangsters Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel and Meyer Lansky. Built with mob money, the Flamingo opened on New Year's Eve 1946.

In the early days, there was no state speed limit, no sales tax, no waiting period for marriages, no state income tax and gambling was totally unregulated. Gamblers used silver dollars, later to be replaced with silver-dollar-size plastic chips.

By the early 1950's Las Vegas had become a true vacation destination ...the era of Elvis, the Rat Pack and Liberace. (It also was the quickie divorce and marriage capital of the U.S.).

There were about 1,800 hotel rooms on the Strip. The best hotels charged $7.50 a day back then, a motel, $3.00. Times have changed. Year-round rates now range between $50.00 and $300.00 a night ...sometimes more, sometimes less. The average is around $95 a day (center strip) for what is nearly 150,000 total Las Vegas hotel rooms. But one thing has not changed. The average stay in Las Vegas is still 3 or 4 days. Most visitors usually stay for the weekend ...and to a lessor extent: Sunday through Thursday (which is a better value.)

Multiple coin slot machines arrived in the 1960's. Mechanical penny and nickel slot machines evolved into computerized dollar slot machines. Today you can find machines that accept $500 chips. Payouts grew from a few hundred dollars to today's several million dollar progressive jackpots.

The oldest resort hotels (about fifty years old) still operating under their original name include the Flamingo, Riviera and theTropicana. In 1957, Minskys Follies at the Dunes Resort became the first to debut topless showgirls on the Las Vegas strip.

In 1960, the Stardust became the first hotel to present a production show spectacular. It imported the Lido de Paris from France. The Tropicana Hotel bought the American rights to the spectacular Folies Bergere in1959 and the show continued for nearly 50 years. Its last performance was March 28, 2009. When it closed, it was the longest running.show in Las Vegas.

The Las Vegas Convention Center opened in 1959. The objective was to fill empty hotel rooms with conventioneers during the slack tourist months. It now contains 1.5-million-square-feet of exhibit space, one of the largest in the world. More than 5.5 million convention delegates meet in Las Vegas every year.

Caesars Palace opened in 1966 ...followed by several hotel-casinos developed in the 1970's, 80's and 90's. Some of the older hotels (Caesars being an exception), have not kept pace with the quality offered by the newer resorts. So we will be featuring the newer, better hotels on our trip. We will tell you what to do, where to go ...and how to save money.

The Las Vegas strip is always in a state of turmoil ...always building, expanding and remodeling. We manage to see something new every time we go. For one thing, the 'family' vacation theme is now ancient history. Las Vegas is now catering to adults and conventioneers who have money to gamble. Sin City has arrived.

Several older hotels were imploded in the late 1990's to make room for new mega-resorts catering to the big spender. The Dunes became the Bellagio; the Sands became the Venetian, the Hacienda became the Mandalay Bay and the Desert Inn became the new Wynn Las Vegas mega-resort. These 'new direction resorts' are (in my opinion) the best of what Las Vegas has to offer in the way of lodging and amenities.

Their cost is not beyond the reach of the average vacationer if you know the 'system' of how Las Vegas keeps its 150,000-plus rooms constantly occupied. The Vegas World (itself a legend in Las Vegas history) became the Stratosphere in 1996, but it is far from being in the same quality class and its location (on the far North end of the strip) is poor.

The 'new Vegas' - mega-casinos on The strip

Visionary Steve Wynn is credited with building some of the best and most luxurious Las Vegas hotels ...each successive one being better (and more lavish) than the last. He changed Las Vegas' emphasis from that of gambling to being an upscale resort destination.

Wynn started with the Golden Nugget (downtown); sold that and went on to build the Mirage, Treasure Island and the Bellagio hotel-casinos on The Strip.

He ushered in the era of luxury (and hugely expensive) hotels in 1989; all have been a unbelieveably successful. (Trivia: Steve Wynn' was actually born Stephen Alan Weinberg.)

He was the first to bring the unknown Canadian Cirque du Soleil acrobatic troupe to Vegas and Treasure Island. And nearly two decades later, 'Mystere' is still performing there. Today, there are seven Cirque du Soleil shows playing in Las Vegas that regularly sell out and another is looming in the horizon.

MGM Grand Corp. purchased the Mirage, Treasure Island and the Bellagio in 2000. Wynn's next venture was a new 50-story, $2.7 billion project -- built in 2005 on the old Desert Inn property. Called the the 'Wynn Las Vegas' ...it is one of the most luxurious resort-hotels in Las Vegas. Wynn followed it up with Encore Resort next door in 2010.

Macau (a former Portuguese colony) along with Hong Kong became two special administrative regions of the Peopes Republic of China in 1997 and 1999. The Portuguese government legalized gambling in Macau in the 1850s and China continued that policy. Steve Wynn opened the 'Wynn Macau' in 2006. There are dozens of casinos in Macau and in 2007, Macau overtook the Las Vegas Strip in gaming revenues.

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The Olm are a nearly extinct group hailing from an unknown land. Many hundreds of years ago they were the dominant group in the Wynn region, and had built a great civilization there. They used a theocracy, which was led by their high priestess. The Olm took an interest in Meteors, and built at least one observatory to track their fall in their domain. Additionally, the Olm were had access to both Runic and Time magic, which were likely related in some way.

• 4Signs in the Ancient City

Known Olm[edit edit source]

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• Anya: Likely the Olmic high priestess, they foresaw the destruction of the Olm's civilization, and made a bracelet which could stop it. The bracelet, which is now known as Anya's Penumbra was ultimately never used as Anya's ancestors could not manage the bracelet well.^[1]
• Arna: An Olm who lived in the Olmic City. They had numerous Loot Chest stashes around the city, which can be opened up with Cryptic Keys. The description of these Cryptic Keys is 'Opens up to my caches! Don't touch!! -Arna'. The Cryptic Keys are dropped by Ancient Constructs, rare mobs that spawn around the city, which may hint that Arna built these constructs.^[2]
• Froner: An Olmic astronomer who watched the meteors that fell on the mountains around what is now the Silent Expanse. When the dark beast began their attack on the town, they were the first to spot it.^[3]
• Unnamed Olm: Found in a ruin near Time Valley. Thanks to the surrounding time magic, they were revived for a short amount of time, saying one sentence before dying again.^[4]

Known Ruins[edit edit source]

The Olm built a lot in their time, and much of what they created still stands to this day in the form of large ruins.

• Time Valley: A place where the flow of time is much slower than normal, being built by the Olm around the Temple of Time. The region contains several golem-like guardians in the larger buildings, as well as undead ancient corpses. No one has come to settle in this region, but it is watched over by Old Man Martyn, who allowed a researcher named Asher to live in the place for a time.^[5]
  • Temple of Time: This is the most important and well preserved of all locations within Time Valley. It allows for people to look backwards in time by placing an item on its altar from the place and period. It appears to be possible to bring items back from the past, but it isn't possible to change past events.^[6]
• Forgotten Town: While it is not known what the real name for this ancient Olmic town is, Forgotten Town is probably the best preserved of all Olmic Ruins. It is near the entrance to the Silent Expanse, and only contains Quiet Observers and the giant Omnispective Wanderers. It was originally home to an observatory and a huge cathedral, which houses the Tol Rune Altar.
• Eldritch Outlook: While this was certainly not the structure's original name, it is known by this name to the small number of people who have managed to reach the place. It is probably the tallest structure in the world^[7], which is beneficial to the Darkness because this allows The Eye to see everything across the Wynn Province. The building's insides have been heavily warped due to the dark influence, but the outside has several depictions of things carved into the walls.
• Ancient City: When the Olm fled Dern thanks to the power of the Crystals, they settled in the Dernel Jungle and built a great city there. However, due to the Crystals' overwhelming power, the Olm slowly went insane and the Ancient City degraded into ruins (although its original inhabitants are still alive today, albeit insane and/or corrupted) until it was discovered again by WynnExcavation while they were searching for the Leaf Crystal.

History[edit edit source]

Note: The Olm's history is rather incomplete and has been not put into a timeline!

It is unknown where the Olm originated from. However, it is known that at one point in the distant past, the Olm created a civilization in the Silent Expanse, where they built the Ruined Olmic City, their capital,^[8] as well as the Eldritch Outlook, for reasons unknown. For a civilization that flourished numerous millenia ago, they were very advanced, having harnessed powerful and obscure magic such as time magic and rune magic.

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When meteors started falling onto Wynn and Gavel, the Silent Expanse's mountain range was specifically a hotspot for these meteors, as it was being bombarded almost constantly for years. The Olm noticed this and built at least one observatory to track the fall of the meteors.^[3] At one point, due the constant bombardment of the mountain range, the Crystals were formed close to the modern-day tunnel to the Silent Expanse, where the 'A Wynnic Excavation' discovery takes place. The Olm discovered these crystals and took them.

At some point during the meteor bombardment, a swarm of fireballs rained down onto the Olmic City. They were invaded by the Dern Beast. It conquered the Silent Expanse and forced the Olm to its domain, leaving the few remaining Olm to flee.^[3]

However, the Olm were able to use the power of the Crystals to escape Dern, returning to our plane of existence. They then fled to the Dernel Jungle (it is uncertain whether they made contact with the ancient jungle tribesmen or not) and founded the Ancient City. As time progressed, the Olm slowly descended into insanity due to the overwhelming power of the Crystals and due to them believing that the Dernic Beast was still observing them from afar, trying to call them back to its realm. Some even fell to the Corruption. Some Olm decided that they should return the Crystals back to where they found them and hide them there, however it's unknown whether they were actually able to accomplish this.^[9]

The remaining Olm, those who fled from the Silent Expanse in the initial attack and weren't taken to Dern, fled into the Wynn Plains and built the Time Valley, as well as the Temple of Time. This, however, failed and they were found by the Dern Beast, time itself being ripped asunder in this valley due to the effects of the Olm's time magic.^[4] Even today, time acts far more strangely in the Time Valley than it does in any other place.^[10] The timeline and the valley itself are protected by Old Man Martyn.

Signs in the Ancient City[edit edit source]

Each place is separated by a blank line, each sign is on its own line.

• We've made it... We managed to escape from the Realm of Dern
• We've settled in this jungle... Bit its clear that we don't belong
• here. That twisted world has our minds beyond past recognition...

• The power of the stars.. The magic we used to keep it away from us... It was not wise to tamper with it.
• Its influence has driven many of us to insanity...

• IT'S STILL WATCHING US WE CAN'T ES****

• 156x 'I am not crazy'
• I might be crazy

• I want to diiieee--

• Its will demands that we return... we mustn't obey...

• What the hell? Everyone has been obsessing over it for
• no good reason. They keep saying that it's still watching us?!
• That's impossible! We fled from Dern so long ago! Is this because
• of... the Crystals?

• From its realm, of darkness. it watches us all. Its gaze is far
• more than a mere symbol...

• The shadows are unknownable. We may never understand that
• which watches us from Dern's lightless depths...

• CURSE THEM! Trying to hide the power from me...? FROM **?!?!?!

• We can't lose hope again. We can't let it catch us again.
• Our survival depends on it. If we lose hope it will end us
• all.. We can't be found again.. we can't...

• I CANT S** MY EYES THEY **** ****

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• I don't want to go back there. I don't care if I die down here, I won't go back..

• W-why can't I control myself? Why can't I stop thinking about It??

• There has to be some amount of hope for us... ...right...?

• The power of the stars.. I need... more.. more. more, more, MORE!

• Even from here we cannot escape it. Even from the realm of its gaze follow us..

• No... We've all gone mad... The shadows were never following us. It was all just... Lunacy

• We can't handle them anymore. The Crystals are too volatile.
• We should put them... back where we found them... Far away from
• here... Their magic turned has turned us all into raving lunatics...

Gallery[edit edit source]

Images of signs in the secret rooms in Ancient City

Trivia[edit edit source]

• In 1.20 Gavel Reborn update the Ancients from WynnExcavation Site D were officially merged with the Olm.
• The Olm are gray in color.^[3]
• Their language is now known as Ancient Wynnic.^[1]
• It is not known where the Olm are actually from.
• Although Anya's Penumbra is called a weapon of pure light, its description and name suggest that the light was not actually the part that could save the Olm.
• It is theorised that Bob's mother was Olmic.
  • As described in Ragni's Library: 'During the fight, a woman who never said her name, nor where she had come from (she certainly wasn't one of Ragni's own), gave birth to a baby boy on the cold floors of the sewer.' and 'his (Bob's) skin was a shade of grey unnatural to those of Ragni, who have always been fair skinned.'
• In A Hero's Origin it is implied that the tomb is Bob's mother's and there are black bones on the ground leading to the exit.
• In Lost Soles, Stage 2 dialogue it is implied that Abysso Galoshes were gifted to Sodeta family by an Olm
  • Exact description: 'a strange man with pale grey skin' and 'a dark and mysterious humanoid creature'

References[edit edit source]

1. ↑ ^1.01.1Fate of the Olm
2. ↑Cryptic Key description
3. ↑ ^3.03.13.23.3The Final Moments
4. ↑ ^4.04.1Timeless Ruin
5. ↑Deja Vu
6. ↑Fate of the Fallen, Stage 1
7. ↑Eldritch Outlook discovery lore
8. ↑Ruined Olmic City discovery lore
9. ↑Ancient City signs
10. ↑Time Valley discovery lore