SPECIAL: COSMO CEO UNWIN RESPONDS TO WYNN & MORE!

Web: TheStripPodcast.Com Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TheStripPodcast Blog: VegasHappensHere.Com Welcome to an interview-only edition of The Strip Podcast. We’ve been traveling this week but wanted to post Steve’s interview with John Unwin, the CEO of the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, in advance of the resort’s opening on Dec. 15. In this conversation, Steve and John discuss everything from whether the city needs another megaresort to Steve Wynn’s criticism that the resort is quote “an extraordinary example of ill-conceived plans.” Also, what’s it like to now be one of Wynn’s peers? One important note: About halfway into this conversation, Unwin begins laying out his theory as to why the Cosmopolitan is a different resort gunning for a different audience than the rest of the high-end Vegas market. To do so, he draws Steve a grid. You can find that grid either on your iPod if you’re listening that way or on Steve’s blog, VegasHappensHere.Com in the post he’ll put up for this episode.