Executives of Wynn Las Vegas have long thought Fontainebleau was trying to replicate the Wynn experience, even going so far as to steal some of their top employees.

Now, the company has filed a lawsuit to stop it.

It began in mid-2022, a year and a half before Fontainebleau opened its doors on the Strip, as the Fontainebleau executive team was being formed. Wynn officials said Fontainebleau solicited Wynn executive employees knowing they were under contract and had non-competition agreements with Wynn that would preclude them from working at Fontainebleau for at least a year.

Executives of the two resorts met and, according to Wynn officials, agreed Fontainebleau wouldn’t do it anymore.