Wynn Holds UAE Casino Date but Weighs How to Open Amid War

Photo Credit: A render of Wynn Al Marjan Island. Wynn Resorts Casino resort operator Wynn Resorts will likely decide in February precisely how to open its Ras Al Khaimah casino resort, CEO Craig Billings said on the company’s third-quarter earnings call on Thursday. “We will make a decision about the format in which we open. And we’ll probably make that decision around February,” he said. The $5.7 billion Wynn Al Marjan Island, the UAE’s first integrated gaming resort, remains scheduled for an opening in September 2027. But Billings said the mix of source markets it ideally wants “does impact how we open.” He said that Wynn had “the playbooks for every single iteration of that today.” Back in August, Wynn said it did not plan a staggered rollout. “We generally don’t do phased openings,” Billings then said. “We would open the doors and open all the amenities exactly as we would any other particular opening.”