We had to cover every exit and every aspect of the building to see if we could identify and preempt any kind of terroristic or violent action. It is never perfect, of course, but what you can do, to use local vernacular: you can change the odds,” Wynn said.Īlthough the state of Nevada has some of the most relaxed gun laws in the United States, firearms are not welcomed at the Wynn resorts. “Basically we had to recruit and expand security by tens of millions of dollars to cover every entrance, to retrain the entire workforce - from housekeeping and room service - and people are in the tower and observing people.

In an exclusive interview with “Fox News Sunday,” Wynn Resorts Chief Executive Officer Steve Wynn spoke of a high level counter-terrorism program that he began planning in 2015, a program now fully operational at the Wynn Resorts since last year. However, some hotels on the Las Vegas Strip, such as Wynn and Encore, had already pre-established security protocols that could serve as a deterrent and send up red flags to hotel staff prior to a potential act of terrorism. How is it that his actions didn’t raise suspicion from Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino staff? Were they properly trained to keep their community, patrons and employees safe? Only in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting have some hotels decided to reexamine their security measures to hopefully prevent another incident like this from happening again.Īccording to MGM International, Mandalay Bay, Bellagio, Monte Carlo and MGM Grand have reactively increased security levels. We know that Stephen Paddock was able to carry an enormous cache of weapons and ammunition up to a 32 nd floor room. So with so many eyes in the sky supposedly watching, why did we have the catastrophic security failures at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in the days and hours leading up to the October 1 st massacre?Ĭould it be that casinos are more concerned with keeping their money safe than their guests? One needs only to look up from the casino floor to see that the black domed security cameras are everywhere. Las Vegas casinos boast about having the most sophisticated surveillance and security systems in the world.

Vegas have metal detectors in casinos