That October, Nicolli had dinner with a longtime friend, Jon Gray, who was the GM of the Palms Casino Resort. Rat Pack to Fame Monster: The Rise, Fall and Lucrative Rebirth of the Las Vegas Residency He felt his role had been diminished, and it was his opinion that the quality of the Wynn’s nightlife operations had deteriorated since the abrupt resignation of the resort and casino’s CEO and namesake, Steve Wynn, over sexual misconduct allegations.

nightclubs for four years in a row, from 2012 to 2015.īy the fall of 2018, however, court documents from a lawsuit would later show that Nicolli had grown disenchanted with his employer. Among his achievements: opening and marketing the red-hot XS nightclub in 2008, which grossed $88 million in its first year and topped trade publication Nightclub & Bar’s annual ranking of the 100 highest-grossing U.S.

By 2014, he had reached the top rungs of Wynn’s nightlife operations as senior executive director of nightlife marketing. The Youngstown, Ohio, native got his start in the Vegas nightlife scene in 2005 as a promotions host and in August 2005 was hired as a doorman at the Wynn Las Vegas’ Tryst nightclub. Ronn Nicolli chose a perilous path between the two. Las Vegas is a town of contradictions - a city that celebrates both long shots and sure things.

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