anti-business policies of U.S. president Barack Obama, and a challenging level of debt as a consequence of El Ad having paid what proved too high a price for the property. In 2014, Crown Resorts purchased the property for $280 million and partnered with Oaktree Capital Management. A year later, they announced plans to build a casino resort known as Alon Las Vegas. However, Crown Resorts pulled out of the project in 2016, and it was eventually canceled. Wynn Resorts bought the land and four adjacent acres in early 2018, for $336 million. The company announced plans to build Wynn West, a new casino resort to complement the existing Wynn and Encore properties. Steve Wynn, amid sexual assault allegations against him, resigned from his company shortly after the announcement. Matt Maddox took over as CEO, and plans for Wynn West were shelved. Entertainment The Hotel Last Frontier opened with an entertainment venue known as the Ramona Room. Liberace made his Las Vegas debut at the showroom in 1944. The Mary Kaye Trio performed at the Hotel Last Frontier for approximately three years, starting in 1950. The Ramona Room had already been booked by other acts over the next six months, so a stage was added to a bar area for the trio to perform. They became the first lounge act to perform in Las Vegas, popularizing the concept. The New Frontier addition in 1955 included a restaurant and showroom known as the Venus Room. A new Venus Room, with seating for 800, opened with the rebuilt Frontier in 1967. The new resort also included the 400-seat Post Time Theater. Elvis Presley made his Las Vegas debut at the New Frontier in 1956, but was poorly received. In the late 1950s, the New Frontier offered Holiday in Japan, a variety show featuring 60 performers from Tokyo. Ronald Reagan entertained at the resort in the 1950s, as did Wayne Newton in the 1960s and 1970s. Other entertainers included Robert Goulet, Jimmy Durante, George Carlin, Ray Anthony, and Phil Harris. Diana Ross & The Supremes gave their final performance in 1970, at the Frontier. Their performance was recorded for the album Farewell. In the early 1970s, the Frontier hosted the Miss Rodeo America pageant. Siegfried & Roy performed in Beyond Belief, a magic show that opened in 1981. It ran for 3,538 performances over a period of nearly seven years. When the Elardi family