A Distinguished Career
2014
Wynn Resorts wins approval for new resort in Massachusetts, Roger’s latest design. The New Yorker reports the planned resort will feature a mix of “vacation-lodge vocabulary” of fireplaces and wooden beams with a passion for eighteenth century France.
Architectural Digest names Roger to the AD100 for the fourth time.
2013
Design begins as work gets underway on Wynn Palace in Cotai zone in Macau, a $3.6 billion+ project, scheduled to open in early 2016.
2012
Named Interior Architecture and Design Icon of the Year, Academy of Art University.
Architectural Digest names Roger to the AD100 for the third time.
2011
Inducted into University of Nevada, Las Vegas Hall of Fame.
2010
Architectural Digest names Roger to the AD 100 for the second time
Roger designs the Architectural Digest Greenroom for the Academy Awards. (Read more)
Encore at Wynn Macau opens.
Honored with Excellence in Design Award from Interior Designers Institute.
2009
Design Icon Award, World Market Center, Las Vegas.
Jay Sarno Lifetime Achievement Award in Casino Design.
2008
Encore at Wynn Las Vegas opens at cost of $2.3 billion.
Named Designer of the Year at International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show.
2007
Named to Architectural Digest 100.
The Collection expands with furniture for Edward Ferrell/Lewis Mittman and designs for The Natural Carpet Company.
2006
Wynn Macau opens.
The Roger Thomas Collection is inaugurated with signature designs for Trevi and APF Master Framemakers.
2005
Wynn Las Vegas opens.
Elected to Hospitality Design Platinum Circle.
Lifetime Achievement award from the Network of Executive Women in Hospitality.
2001
Wynn Resorts sells Bellagio.
1998
Wynn Resorts opens Bellagio, a $1.6 billion resort that was the most expensive hotel in the world. It changed the balance of the Las Vegas industry, with non-casino revenue surpassing gaming revenue for the first time.
1993
Wynn opens swashbuckler-themed Treasure Island.
1989
Wynn, working with Roger, opens tropical-themed The Mirage resort and hotels, kicking off new era of major themed resorts.
1980
Steve Wynn, a family friend, asks Roger to help design a proposed major resort for Las Vegas, the first in 25 years.
1974
Begins designing interiors for banks and other financial institutions, working for Yates-Silverman Inc.
1973
Graduates with BFA in Art History from Tufts University in Medford, MA, in partnership with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Trained in painting, sculpture, textiles, metalsmithing and ceramics.
1969
Graduates high school at Interlochen Arts Academy, the noted boarding school in northwestern Michigan. Focused on ceramics, metalwork, weaving.
1950’s
Born in Salt Lake City in 1951. Grows up in Las Vegas, where his father was CEO of the Bank of Las Vegas.