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10 Reasons Steve Wynn May Close the Art Gallery at his Las Vegas Resort

October 24

Our new online casino news article fans will be sure to get a quick laugh out of this. Recently, we learned that the art gallery at the Wynn casino resort inn Vegas may be closing. Why? We think business may be slow, but here are few more humorous ideas.
10. Mr. Wynn grew weary of constantly being asked where the Velvet Elvis was. Come on, we have all seen these sold on the side of the road.

9. Wynn realized that his casino was losing $173,385.69 for every single minute visitors spent staring at the paintings instead of playing the slots.

8. A cocktail waitress spilled a vodka drink on a $12 million Renoir and it made no improvement.

7. Wynn learned that the average tourist is more interested in the Blue Man Group than Picasso's Blue Period.

6. Retaliation over snobby art critics' refusal to declare his caricature of Wayne Newton a masterpiece.

5. If you want to see nudes in Vegas, you go to La Femme or Palomino, not an art gallery to look at a painting of some 19th century woman sitting on a picnic blanket in a meadow.

4. Wynn is disenchanted that the salad bar in the Impressionist wing never really took off.

3. Body painting booth to attract hip, young customers drew backlash from arts purists.

2. Wynn is discouraged over always being confused with the "Starving Artists -- No Painting Over $29.95" show at the Vegas Convention Center.

1. Steve and Elaine really need the Van Gogh to cover a nasty soiled spot on their dining room wall.