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March 28, 2024

Monday By the Numbers: Steve Wynn and 23; Carrot Top’s spin with Jeff Gordon; brunch at Giada

‘Sinatra 100’ at Sinatra in Encore

Wynn Las Vegas

Steve Wynn address attendees at the “Sinatra 100” book-release dinner at Sinatra on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, in Encore.

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Giada VIP Grand Opening at Cromwell

Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis waves from the red carpet as she arrives during the VIP grand opening of Giada, the first Giada De Laurentiis restaurant, on Monday, June 2, 2014, in the Cromwell. Launch slideshow »

This week, Monday By the Numbers makes the turn with stats related to Steve Wynn and his first Frank Sinatra experience, Carrot Top’s long-running gag about Jeff Gordon, the Great Santa Run and brunch action at Giada in the Cromwell.

Run it:

23: Age of Steve Wynn when he saw Frank Sinatra perform for the first time, Dec. 1, 1965, with Dean Martin, Sammy Davis and Joey Bishop at the Copa Room at the Sands.

23: Age of Nick Hissom, the recording artist and model son of Wynn’s wife, Andrea, and her first husband, Robert Hissom.

18: Number of combined weekly performances of “Le Reve — The Dream” and “Steve Wynn’s Showstoppers” at Wynn Las Vegas and Encore, respectively.

17: Jeff Gordon’s place of finish in the inaugural Las Vegas 400 Winston Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 1, 1998.

10: Years Carrot Top has run a clip of Gordon wiping out in his stage show at Luxor. The joke is, a series of NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers are shown crashing: “Here’s Jimmy Johnson wiping out, here’s Dale Jr. wiping out … and here’s Jeff Gordon wiping out.” But, instead of a race accident, a male figure skater is shown tumbling to the ice. (Topper plans to continue to use the clip a bit longer, even as Gordon retired Sunday.)

15,000: Expected number of runners at the Dec. 5 Great Santa Run in downtown Las Vegas.

11,274: Announced crowd Saturday at Mandalay Bay Events Center for the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Miguel Cotto bout.

$1 billion: The reported combined expansion fees required by the NHL for proposed teams in Las Vegas and Quebec.

$375 million: Construction costs for Las Vegas Arena.

42: Years of existence of the Quebec Bulldogs, that city’s first NHL team (from 1878 to 1920).

42: Home runs hit by Las Vegas’s Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals, named the 2015 National League MVP.

$45: Cost of the Saturday and Sunday brunch tasting menu at Giada at the Cromwell.

4: Times Harper was caught stealing in 2015.

4: Slices of waffles on the Italian Chicken & Waffles With Cacciatore Sauce item on the Giada brunch menu.

3: Events photographed by freelance shooter Tom Donoghue on Saturday (Britney Spears’ tree lighting at the Linq Promenade, Canelo-Cotto at Mandalay Bay, and Rise Against at Downtown Las Vegas Events Center).

5,647: Photos snapped by Donoghue, who says, “That’s quite a few photos snapped, but like I always say, ‘Photographs are experiences captured.’ ”

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