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2013 - Issue 4 - Summer

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FROM THE PUBLISHER My beautiful wife, Ilana, celebrated Vegas's 10th anniversary with me. Editor-in-Chief Abby Tegnelia and I joined Mandarin Oriental's Cliff and Jennifer Atkinson at our 10th anniversary party. ABOVE: Daniel Boulud and Moët Hennessy's Jessica Duran toasted Boulud's return to Vegas. LEFT: Antony Goureau, co-owner of La Martina, and I lunched at Spago in The Forum Shops. brought on by our extreme desert heat, tourism and consumption always declined during the summer months in Las Vegas. This adage is officially extinct: There are so many huge, exciting new projects heating up Las Vegas this summer. Now under way and slated to open within the next 16 months are SBE's SLS Hotel; my friend Jon Gray's Linq project, completing the major renovations at The Quad; the conversion of Bill's Gambling Hall into the Gansevoort—and that's just on the east side of Las Vegas Boulevard. Among other exciting news on the west side of the Strip is the conversion of Mandalay Bay's The Hotel into the Delano. About 10 miles to the west, Howard Hughes Corporation's construction of the Summerlin shopping center continues. Yes, construction is happening, and the smell of fresh lumber and steel is in the air. Hard hit by the recession, our fair city has broken free and isn't just walking toward prosperity—we are sprinting. Gaming is back, hotel occupancy and healthy rates are back, entertainment is back, and retail is majorly back! Follow me on Twitter at Enjoy this, our Summer Issue, featuring @josefvann and on the hot Chrissy Teigen. She's talented, vegasmagazine.com. gorgeous, and loves Las Vegas. Also in this issue is a recap of our venerable Vegas Dozen: 12 philanthropic men whom we celebrated in April with Saks Fifth Avenue's Mari Landers at Fashion Show's Great Hall and at her stunning store. These distinguished men make Las Vegas what it is—a small town with a lot of might, heart, and philanthropy. We salute these men, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Fashion Show. The heat is here, the malaise is gone, and we are BACK! JOSEF VANN PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERIK KABIK (ATKINSONS, JOSEF AND ILANA) An old adage said that because of the malaise 24 VEGASMAGAZINE.COM 024_V_FOB_PubLtr_Sum13.indd 24 6/17/13 12:34 PM

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