Wynn Las Vegas and The N9NE Group Co-founder Michael Morton to Introduce New Wine Bar

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Jan 15, 2010, 02:00 ET

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wynn Las Vegas is proud to announce a partnership with the N9NE Group's Michael Morton to open a wine bar at Wynn Las Vegas. Beginning Fall 2010, the wine bar will elevate the celebration of wine to a multi-sensory experience including food, mood and music with innovative design features.

Intimate and edgy, the wine bar will feature handcrafted wines culled from the best vineyards around the world. A selection of artisanal beers, organic spirits and specialty cocktails will complement the comprehensive wine list. The wine bar will pair the sophistication of the wine with an accessible neighborhood hideaway to welcome the connoisseur and the novice alike. A gourmet, chef-driven menu serving house-made and artisanal charcuterie, farmhouse cheeses, hand-cut crudo, tapas a la plancha and bite-size desserts will also be offered. Musical inspiration will derive from rhythms from around the world including Italy, Spain, France, Argentina, Chile and Australia.

The venue will open later this year in a newly renovated space adjacent the Terrace Pointe Cafe at Wynn Las Vegas.

About Wynn Resorts

Wynn Resorts, Limited (Nasdaq: WYNN) is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol WYNN and is part of the S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 Indexes. Wynn Resorts owns and operates Wynn Las Vegas (www.wynnlasvegas.com), Encore (www.encorelasvegas.com) and Wynn Macau (www.wynnmacau.com). Wynn Las Vegas, a luxury hotel and destination casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip features 2,716 luxurious guest rooms and suites, an approximately 111,000 square foot casino, 22 food and beverage outlets, an on-site 18-hole golf course, approximately 223,000 square feet of meeting space, an on-site Ferrari and Maserati dealership, and approximately 74,000 square feet of retail space.

Encore, the new signature resort in the Wynn collection, opened December 22, 2008. Encore is located immediately adjacent to Wynn Las Vegas and features 2,034 suites, approximately 72,000 square foot casino, 12 food and beverage outlets, a night club, a spa and salon, approximately 60,000 square feet of meeting space and approximately 27,000 square feet of upscale retail outlets.

Wynn Macau is a destination casino resort in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and currently features 600 deluxe hotel rooms and suites, approximately 205,000 square foot casino, casual and fine dining in five restaurants, approximately 46,000 square feet of retail space, a health club, pool and spa, along with lounges and meeting facilities.

About Michael Morton

Restaurant and entertainment entrepreneur Michael Morton is the son of legendary restaurateur Arnie Morton and a co-founder of the N9NE Group. The restaurant and nightlife company, founded in 1992, began with the opening of Drink Chicago, a bar/lounge that immediately became one of the Windy City's most popular. In 1995 Drink arrived in Las Vegas outshining its forebear. The flagship N9NE Steakhouse debuted in 2000 in Chicago along with the original ghostbar, one of N9NE Group's most versatile concepts, one floor above the steakhouse. N9NE Steakhouse brought the concept of the steakhouse into the new millennium combining great food with a sexy rocking atmosphere.

The Las Vegas N9NE Steakhouse opened in 2001 at George Maloof's Palms Casino Resort. Other N9NE Group venues at the Palms include Rain Nightclub, a 25,000-square foot club; ghostbar, a lounge floating 55 stories over the Vegas skyline; Nove Italiano, a groundbreaking restaurant that does for Italian dining what N9NE did for the steakhouse; the world's only Playboy Club and Moon nightclub. A third ghostbar debuted in 2007 at the top of the W Dallas Victory Hotel & Residences tower.

The culinary success of N9NE Group restaurants and clubs is accentuated by Consulting Chef/Partner Michael Kornick. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and a James Beard Foundation honoree, he has worked in some of America's top hotel kitchens and freestanding restaurants.

SOURCE Wynn Las Vegas