SUMMIT SPEAKER > PAUL STEELMAN

Paul Steelman, a native of Atlantic City, New Jersey, is recognized as a visionary designer of global entertainment, hospitality, and gaming architecture. Paul has designed buildings for the mavericks of the gaming industry, including Kirk Kerkorian, Steve Wynn, Sheldon Adelson, and Stanley Ho.

Based in Las Vegas, Nevada, Steelman Partners is an international architectural and interior design firm specializing in the multi-disciplinary facets of entertainment architecture, interior design, graphic design, lighting, and branding. The company has offices in Macau and Zhuhai, China; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and Amsterdam, Holland. Renowned completed projects include Circa Resort and Casino, Resorts World Las Vegas, Four Seasons Macau, Sands Macau, Galaxy Macau, The Grand Ho Tram, Solaire Manila, Venetian Macau master plan, and Cotai Central master plan.

Steelman Partners owns and operates several other design companies including shop12 (lighting, theater, ride, and attraction design), MARQI (branding and corporate identity), and Competition Interactive (gaming equipment).

Paul was honored as the 2010 SARNO Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and received the 2006 HOSPY Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also been featured in many publications and visual media, including Forbes Magazine “Designing for Dough” and the Oceans 13 DVD (The Opulent Illusion).

Paul serves on the board of directors for The Lou Ruvo Brain Institute in Las Vegas, The Federal Law Enforcement Foundation in New York, and The Clemson School of Architecture at Clemson University in South Carolina.

He is an avid skier and sailor and spends much of his free time in Mammoth Lakes, California.