Wynn Resorts

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Wynn Resorts, Limited
Company type Public company
Industry Hospitality, Tourism, Gaming
Founded2002;22 years ago (2002) [1]
Founders
Headquarters Las Vegas Strip (Paradise), Nevada, U.S.
Area served
Key people
Craig Billings (CEO)
Products Casinos, Entertainment, Gaming and Resorts
RevenueDecrease2.svg US$3.7 billion (2022)
Increase2.svgUS$−100 million (2022)
Increase2.svgUS$−420 million (2022)
Total assets Increase2.svgUS$13 billion (2022)
Total equity Decrease2.svgUS$−1.6 billion (2022)
Owner Elaine Wynn, (8.25%) [2]
Number of employees
27,000 (2022)
Website wynnresorts.com
Footnotes /references
[3]
Previous Wynn Resorts logo Wynn Resorts logo.svg
Previous Wynn Resorts logo

Wynn Resorts, Limited is an American publicly traded corporation based in Paradise, Nevada, that is a developer and operator of high-end hotels and casinos. It was founded in 2002 by former Mirage Resorts Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn and is now run by CEO Craig Billings. [4] As of 2020, the company has developed six properties. [1]

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History

In 2000, Steve Wynn agreed to sell Mirage Resorts to MGM Grand, after having led Mirage and its predecessors since 1973. Wynn laid the foundation for his next venture that same year, buying the Desert Inn for $270 million. [5]

Wynn found an early partner in Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada of Universal Entertainment Corporation. [6] Wynn, together with Universal subsidiary Aruze USA, controlled almost half the stock, making it harder for outside investors to exert control, as they had done at Mirage in response to Wynn's prolific spending. [5] [7]

Wynn hired investment banker Ronald Kramer as president and director in 2002 in order to help take the company public and oversee its expansion. [8]

Wynn Resorts made its initial public offering on NASDAQ on October 25, 2002. The company's first project, Wynn Las Vegas, opened on April 28, 2005.

Wynn Macau, the company's second project started construction on June 28, 2004. It opened September 5, 2006 and is now the largest-grossing casino in the region.

Encore, an extension to Wynn Las Vegas, broke ground on April 28, 2006, the first anniversary of the opening of Wynn Las Vegas. Encore at Wynn Macau, the company's second project on the Macau Peninsula, Macau, People's Republic of China, opened on April 21, 2010. A second resort in Macau, Wynn Palace in Cotai, opened August 22, 2016.

Wynn bought 52 acres (21 ha) in Cotai, Macau where he hoped to break ground in 2012 for Wynn Cotai for a 2013 or early 2014 opening.[ when? ]

The company considered opening a casino as part of the Entertainment City development in the Philippines, but decided against it because of corruption in the country's gaming industry. [7] Okada decided to proceed with the project alone, leading to the rupture of his partnership with Wynn. The dispute went public with reciprocal accusations of corrupt practices. Wynn and his allies accused Okada of bribing Philippines gaming regulators with over $110,000 in benefits, including free nights in a luxury suite at Wynn Las Vegas, while Okada claimed that Wynn Resorts' record $135 million donation to the University of Macau constituted a bribe. [6] [9] Okada resigned as vice chairman in October 2011, and the following February, after a company investigation by the Freeh Group confirmed the charges against him, the board of directors forced Aruze USA to sell back its shares at a nearly 30% discount. [6] Aruze had been the company's largest shareholder, with a 19.7% stake.

On September 17, 2014, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted to approve Wynn Resorts' proposed $1.6 billion casino to be located in Everett, Massachusetts on the Mystic River, just north of Boston. This project will be known as Encore Boston Harbor and was scheduled to open in 2019. [10]

On February 6, 2018, Steve Wynn resigned as CEO of the company amidst sexual allegations and was replaced by Matthew Maddox. [11] Amid sexual harassment lawsuits involving directors, Maddox announced the planned departure of two board members, Ray Irani and Alvin Shoemaker, on March 7, 2018. The departure of Irani and Shoemaker was to reassure investors that the corporate culture was changing. [12] In April 2018, the company nominated three women to the board of directors: Dee Dee Myers, Betsy Atkins, and Wendy Webb. [13]

Talks between Wynn and Crown Resorts of Australia for a $7.1 billion offer collapsed in April 2019; analysts saw the bid as an attempt to diversify away from Macau, where its license was set to expire in 2022. [14] A joint deal between the government of Macau, Las Vegas Sands, Wynn, and MGM extended the gaming licenses until 2032. [15]

On May 28, 2019, Wynn paid a $ 35 million fine to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission and the $500,000 fine placed on Matthew Maddox. [16]

On November 9, 2021, Wynn announced that Matthew Maddox would be stepping down as CEO on January 31, 2022. Craig Billings was named as successor to Maddox. Previously, Craig Billings was the CEO of Wynn Interactive and former CFO of Wynn Resorts. [17] Billings assumed the role of CEO effective February 1, 2022. [18]

As of 2024, Wynn Resorts is bidding for a casino license to build an integrated resort at the Hudson Yards in New York City. Wynn Resorts is proposing to build a 1,189 foot tall 80 story hotel and casino above the western portion of the West Side Yards. The hotel would have 1,750 rooms, making it one of the largest hotels in New York City. [19] Wynn is also set to break ground on Wynn Al Marjan Island which will be the first casino in the United Arab Emirates. [20] [21]

Economic performance

The Encore in Las Vegas opened shortly after the beginning of the Great Recession. Despite the additional casino at the Encore (which added 97 tables and 857 slot machines to the original 190 tables and 2000 slots), net casino revenues for the combined resort were initially lower. Similarly, in the first quarter of 2009, net revenues of the Macau operations declined. Following the global economic recovery, performance of the Wynn properties also recovered. Wynn remained the only gaming operator to not perform mass layoffs during the recession. [22] In 2017 CNBC reported that Wynn's stock was up 44% for the year and that Wynn's Macau operations were the leading US-based resorts there. [23] Wynn resorts continued to operate during the pandemic while requiring employees who choose not to receive a COVID-19 vaccination to submit weekly test results for the virus. [24] The company indefinitely suspended it dividend in response to liquidity issues during the pandemic. [25] Shortly after pandemic restrictions were lifted in the United States and in Macau, the company began a recovery of revenues and profits. In 2022 it bought back $628 million shares. [25]

Union Relations

47% of Wynn's American employees are unionized. [25] The largest union of Wynn employees is the Culinary Workers Union which agreed to delay automatic contractual wage increases for its members during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023 the union reached a new five year agreement with Wynn which provided pay raises for the employees and was approved with 99% of the vote. [26]

Properties

Properties in the United States

Las Vegas Strip, Nevada

ImageLogoPropertyDate Opened
Wynn-Las-Vegas.JPG Wynn Las Vegas logo.svg Wynn Las Vegas April 28, 2005;18 years ago
EncoreLV.JPG Encore Las Vegas logo.svg Encore Las Vegas December 22, 2008;15 years ago

Everett, Massachusetts

ImageLogoPropertyDate Opened
Encore Casino September 2018.jpg EncoreBostonHarbor.png Encore Boston Harbor June 23, 2019;4 years ago

Properties in China

Macau

ImageLogoPropertyDate Opened
Wynn Macau Resort.jpg Wynnmacaulogo.jpg Wynn Macau September 6, 2006;17 years ago
Wynn Encore Macau.jpg Encore at Wynn Macau April 21, 2010;13 years ago
Wynn Palace 201602.jpg Wynn Palace August 22, 2016;7 years ago

Future properties

Ras al Khaimah, UAE

ImagePropertyDate Opening
Wynn Al Marjan Island [27] [28] [29] Q1 2027

Proposed properties

New York City, New York

ImagePropertyDate Opening
Wynn New York City [30] TBD

Former properties

Las Vegas Strip, Nevada

ImagePropertyDate OpenedDate Closed
Desert Inn April 24, 1950;73 years agoAugust 28, 2000;23 years ago

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