New CEO for Wynn’s Casino

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Andrew Pascal Promoted to President and COO of Wynn Las Vegas LAS VEGAS, Oct 06, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ: WYNN) is pleased to announce that Andrew Pascal has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of Wynn Las Vegas. He will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the resort.

Mr. Pascal, who was Executive Vice President and COO of Wynn Las Vegas, has been with Wynn Resorts since 2003, and accumulated more than 15 years of casino industry experience beginning with the Golden Nugget and continuing with the opening and operation of The Mirage casino resort. He was co- founder and President of Silicon Gaming, a Silicon Valley company that developed and manufactured unique slot machine products. Following the sale of Silicon Gaming to IGT, he became President and CEO of WagerWorks, where he guided that company through its early stages of development of internet gaming software.

As President of Wynn Las Vegas, Mr. Pascal succeeds Marc Schorr, who will continue to serve as Chief Operating Officer of Wynn Resorts, Limited. Mr. Schorr served a dual role as COO of the parent company and as President of Wynn Las Vegas throughout the resort's development, construction, and opening in April of this year. In his continuing role as COO of Wynn Resorts, Limited, Mr. Schorr will concentrate on the last stages of planning for the opening of Wynn Macau, which is scheduled for the third quarter of 2006. He also will focus on the Company's future development of its Las Vegas real estate assets.

Wynn Resorts, Limited is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the ticker symbol WYNN and is part of the NASDAQ-100 Index. The company owns and operates Wynn Las Vegas (www.wynnlasvegas.com), a luxury hotel and destination casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip which opened to the public on April 28, 2005. Wynn Las Vegas features 2,716 luxurious guest rooms and suites; an approximately 111,000 square foot casino; 22 food and beverage outlets; an on-site 18-hole golf course; approximately 223,000 square feet of meeting space; an on-site Ferrari and Maserati dealership; and approximately 76,000 square feet of retail space. Wynn Resorts, Limited is currently constructing Wynn Macau, a destination casino resort in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. SOURCE: Wynn Resorts, Limited

Wynn Resorts, Limited (Nasdaq: WYNN) is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol WYNN and is part of the S&P 500 Index.

Wynn Resorts owns and operates Wynn Las Vegas (wynnlasvegas.com), Encore Boston Harbor (encorebostonharbor.com), Wynn Macau (wynnmacau.com) and Wynn Palace, Cotai (wynnpalace.com).

Wynn and Encore Las Vegas feature two luxury hotel towers with a total of 4,748 spacious hotel rooms, suites and villas, approximately 192,000 square feet of casino space, 22 dining experiences featuring signature chefs and 11 bars, two award- winning spas, approximately 290,000 square feet of meeting and convention space, approximately 160,000 square feet of retail space as well as two showrooms; two nightclubs, a beach club and recreation and leisure facilities. Wynn Las Vegas recently unveiled the new Wynn Golf Club and 18-hole, 129-acre championship golf course, and in February 2020 will debut a 430,000- square-foot meeting and convention space expansion powered by 100 percent renewable energy.

Most recently, Mr. Wynn was Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mirage Resorts, Incorporated and its predecessor from 1973 to 2000. In that role, he was responsible for the development of Bellagio, The Mirage, Treasure Island at The Mirage and the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, Nevada as well as the Atlantic City Golden Nugget in New Jersey and Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi.

		
 
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