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Wynn Folds on Foxborough

It appears that even everyman sweaters couldn't help Steve Wynn win over the folks of Massachusetts.

Earlier today, Wynn folded his high-stakes plan to build Wynn, The Lodge in the town of Foxborough. The Boston Herald reports that the suspension comes the day after the election of two anti-casino candidates:

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Is Wynn Teaming Up With Zynga Poker?

Just over a year ago online poker saw it's Black Friday when three of the biggest online poker sites halted operation. Playing poker online changed forever. Well, at least where online poker was played was changed forever.

At the time Black Friday happened Wynn had an alliance with PokerStars, one of the main websites brought down by the government. That alliance was stopped immediately. Since then, online poker has made a slow climb back to becoming legal. Earlier this year, Zynga announced that they were officially talking to several casinos. Now, according to the New York Post, it seems as if Zynga may have found their partner:

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Golden Nugget To Debut New Bar, Wynn Climaxx's Prematurely, And More

Just when we were thinking it was a pretty slow week, we've got more Vegas news than we know what to do with.

First up, the Golden Nugget is joining the downtown makeover club. It's announced plans for Bar 46 (rendering shown above). We're not completely sure where it will be located, but Golden Nugget reports that the "slick new table games pit and bar" will open onto Fremont Street. Look for its debut this summer.

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The Growing Separation of The Strip and Downtown Vegas

To many people Las Vegas is only made up of The Strip. Really, until you visit at least three times, it is. There's so much to see and do on The Strip that there isn't a need to leave. If you're into fine dining and clubbing and you stay at The Cosmopolitan or Wynn you may never leave your hotel for the weekend.

If you've been to Vegas a few times, your next stop is usually downtown to "Old Vegas" so you can see what Vegas used to look like. Downtown has always been more run down than The Strip. Age will do that to the best of us. In the past few years (five or so), downtown has started cleaning up. For us, that cleanup began with renovations at the El Cortez. While creating the new old Vegas, an arts district and a lot of cool new bars emerged. There's even a museum downtown now.

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What Happens in Vegas, Gets Passed Around on a Cellphone at The Wynn, Apparently

We were pleasantly surprised when we received our subscription of the New Yorker this week to find an article devoted to Roger Thomas, the man responsible for classing up Vegas casinos. Actually, he's responsible for classing up the Vegas casinos that belong to Steve Wynn, starting off with The Mirage.

Yet while we learned all about Thomas' design style, inspirations and methods for designing a casino floor that is high-end and refined yet will still draw in suckers to gamble for hours and hours on end, we were a little dismayed by this bit in the article here:

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Steve Wynn Pulls Out All The Sweaters In His Pitch For Foxboro

Gaming in Massachusetts has been a topic of debate for years with a bill allowing casinos finally signed into law late last year. Several sites have been proposed throughout the Bay State with Caesars, MGM and Steve Wynn all, of course, interested in getting into the game. Wynn in particular has been chumming with bud Bob Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, to propose turning the area around Gillette Stadium into the entertainment capital of Massachusetts.

Wynn's Foxboro dreams have been met by a town strongly divided over the economic benefits of new jobs and increased tax revenue against the community impact of crime and addiction rates. The Wynn campaign machine went into full gear last week, mailing renderings of his proposed resort along with a personal video from SW himself hoping to sway some nay votes. Those with residences outside of Foxboro can get a peek at the proposed resort at WynnFoxboro.com.

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Why Haven't We Written About AVN and Other Comments You Should Read

One of our favorite things about working here at VegasChatter is reading what you guys have to say in our comments section. No seriously, for reals. We read all your comments and, sometimes, they even lead us onto new stories to post. So we decided to round-up the comments that we think you should be reading as well. Pay attention, you might learn something.

· Binion's Room Makeover Not Confirmed: Our tipster Access Vegas had to recant, kind of, what he told us previously about the new rooms coming online at Binion's. He (Ted Newkirk) writes:

Turns out that the construction person who talked to me didn't understand it was still "off the record" info (nor told me or I would have treated it that way).

So as to not screw up whatever loose ends they need to finish, let me just say that there is significant "rumor" that Binion's is this|close to being back! Seeing it go off without a hitch is much more important to me than breaking the story. I've been predicting the comeback of downtown and just happy to see it!

Ok, we don't want to mess up the sexy comeback of Binion's, either, but that doesn't mean we won't stop hunting for a room shot somewhere.

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Andrew Zimmern Tweets (And Eats) Vegas

You don't have to tell us that Vegas offers some of the most bizarre foods out there. So, it's no surprise to hear that Travel Channel foodie Andrew Zimmern is in town taping his 100th episode of Bizarre Foods.

If you can't wait to see it, you don't have to because a tweet-by-tweet account can be found at @andrewzimmern on Twitter. From where he's staying...

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If You Can't Wait For Pool Season, Here's Where You Can Dive In Now

Don't hate us for saying this. But, we've been running around Vegas in short sleeves again. Some of us even in shorts.

For being in the dead of winter, we wouldn't mind if pool season kicked off right now. Especially with a forecast for the week ahead listing highs in the mid-60s, for the most part.

And, while you'll need to wait until at least March to really show off the results of that Zumba class, if you really can't stand to go another day without diving back into the Vegas pool scene -- don't forget. There's always Bellagio, Aria, Wynn, Encore and Hooters.

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The NHL Awards Will Return to Vegas, But Not To The Palms

The NHL Awards will return to Las Vegas.

An extended partnership with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority will bring the awards back to Vegas for the next three years. The ceremonies first came to town in 2009. There is a change, though, to this year's show. The NHL goes for an upgrade moving from the Pearl Theater at Palms to Wynn. Specifically, the show will be held in the Encore Theater on Wednesday, June 20.

The NHL Awards leaving Palms marks the third major event leaving the hotel this year with the AVN Awards leaving for the Hard Rock and Playboy Comedy Club exiting to perform at Paris Las Vegas. While the move from Palms may be seen as jumping ship it's possible that the NHL has grown in popularity and ratings to the point where the awards show brings more value to the hotel and thus a higher price tag.

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Tasted: Society Cafe at Encore

We have never had a bad meal at any restaurant at Wynn so when a friend asked us to meet at Society Cafe for lunch we were pretty stoked. Society Cafe is located in Encore and has the European touch with the creamy decor one would expect. The restaurant felt very rich and airy when we walked in. This felt as if it was the perfect place for a relaxing lunch.

We weren't feeling too fancy when we looked at the menu so we had a simple organic turkey sandwich which came with applewood bacon (the main reason we went this route). We shunned the avocado, because we always shun avocado. (Sorry, avocado.) Everything tasted very fresh as we have come to expect from a Wynn restaurant.

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With No AVNs, How To Still Get A Charge Out Of CES

CES 2012 officially gets underway tomorrow although attendees have already been checking in for sneak peeks, previews, and leaks. Welcome, techies! Two years ago, one VegasChatter member broke their CES-cherry, last year it was another's turn, and now the honor falls to this writer. What do we have our eyes peeled for this year?

Surprises
3D TVs, tablets, bigger and better yet thinner laptops have been all the rage the past couple CES installments, a pattern likely to (zzzzzz) continue. What will pop the wow factor in Vegas this year? Can TVs get smarter? Will we care enough to shake an e-reader like a Polaroid picture? Could Microsoft actually convince us to trade in our iPhones? Will it be technology that's the 2012 story at all or celebrity appearances that are the most exciting news? Personally, we're hoping to hear "Dennis Rodman, 50 Cent, and Justin Bieber walk into a bar Olympic Gardens..."

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