Some sad news today: Steve Wynn and Elaine Wynn are officially getting a divorce. Recall that we'd heard some rumors that the emperor and his wife were in the middle of a very quiet split a couple months ago — a PYT was allegedly involved — but the couple was still on good terms.

For those who haven't followed our somewhat gush-y coverage of the almost-former Emperor's Wife: Elaine has been more than Steve's spouse; she's also been fairly involved in the company, overseeing the retail shops at Wynn hotels and acting as a director on the company's board. ]]> Jenna 2009-03-11T11:16:54-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/28/93510/6538

Oh noes. We're hearing that the Emperor's Wife is maybe notsomuch the Emperor's Wife at all these days.

Elaine Wynn, Steve Wynn's wife and business partner (she oversees the retail shops at Wynn hotels), has married the Vegas hotelier not once but twice: the pair wed first in 1963, then divorced in 1986, then remarried again five years later. We've always loved her because she's come off as a smart, savvy businesswoman and also, um, Jason Kidd randomly gave her his Olympic gold medal once. ]]> Jenna 2009-01-28T09:39:30-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/29/141428/89 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/elaineencore.jpg" class="top"><p>When we last checked in on <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/elaine%20wynn">Elaine Wynn</a>, Jason Kidd had given her his U.S. Olympic <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/27/114641/842/hotels/WTF_Hotel_News_Jason_Kidd_Gives_Elaine_Wynn_His_Gold_Medal">Gold Medal</a>. Um. Right. So what is Steve Wynn's wife up to now that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Encore+Las+Vegas/local/1397"><b>Encore Las Vegas</b></a> has just opened? <p>Well according to the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/image/la-ig-notebook28-2008dec28,0,6477885.story">LA Times</a>, the emperor's wife is busying herself with helping the flailing Las Vegas economy. Mrs. Wynn has a real job at Wynn Resorts as a director and she oversees all the retail shops at the hotels. And what a fun job it must have been to select the stores for Encore. <blockquote><p>The project, billed as the Wynn hotel's "sexy little sister," includes several boutiques -- Hermès; the new Chanel Ultra-Luxe boutique (the first juliana 2008-12-29T15:32:24-05:00 36.1274850 -115.16715 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/27/114641/842 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/jkiddwynn.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>USA b-baller <b>Jason Kidd</b> is fresh off his gold medal win in Beijing and guess what he's doing? No, he's not going to Disney World. He's going to give his gold medal to <b>Elaine Wynn</b>, wife of Steve Wynn.<p>Since we could not do this sort of explanation any justice, we're giving you Kidd's own words:<blockquote><p>"Last summer, we stayed at the Wynn for (what seemed like) a lifetime, close to three weeks," Kidd said. "We met at a banquet, we got to talking, and she really understands the game. <p> "I told her I'd make a deal with her, that if we won the gold medal, I'd give it to her. She thought I was kidding. But I juliana 2008-08-27T11:50:03-05:00 36.1274850 -115.16715 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/