Encore at Wynn Las Vegas

We vividly recall shooting this photo of Encore Las Vegas in June 2009. We intentionally went to the top floor of the parking garage at the time the sun was supposed to set, but we somehow ended up being an hour early. The sunrise/sunset timetable we saw was apparently for the Mountain Time Zone rather than Pacific. So we waited. Meanwhile a security guy on a bicycle approached. It does look suspicious to be hanging out at the parking garage doing nothing. We showed him a business card and told him we were waiting for sunset, which is prime time for shooting photos. We were also guests at Encore so there was no issue.

Encore room 6226 on the 62nd floor. It's really the 52nd floor since most (if not all) Las Vegas properties don't number any floors between 40 and 49 due to Chinese superstition that 4 is an unlucky number. The pronunciation of 4 in Chinese is similar to the word "death". Most properties also don't have a 13th floor, which is American/European/Hispanic superstition. We retook the room shot with the lights off so the surrounding area is more visible. The red lights are Rio Suites on Flamingo Rd.

The door to room 6226 (I guess E is for Encore) and the guest room bathroom. Most upscale Las Vegas hotel rooms have the exact same type of bathrooms.... plexiglass shower stall next to a tub, two sinks, and a separate small room for the toilet.

Encore Las Vegas floor 62 elevator lobby and room hallway. Encore and Wynn both use butterflies and the color red in their decor.

The indoor walkway or "tunnel" that connects Wynn with Encore, and a photo of both structures. I ran into a couple just outside Encore in 2024 who were looking for the way to get to a wedding at Wynn. They weren't expecting it to be as easy as walking through a tunnel. Mandalay Bay, Luxor and Ezcalibur are also interconnected with indoor walkways, so is the Horseshoe and Paris as well as the Venetian and Palazzo. The Flamingo, Harrah's, and The LINQ are also all connected indoors. I'd like to see the entire Las Vegas strip interconnected and combined with the pedestrian bridges across Las Vegas Blvd. so a person could visit every property without having to go outside.