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Organization
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
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Wynn Resorts, Limited, a Nevada corporation (together with its subsidiaries, "Wynn Resorts" or the "Company"), is a designer, developer, and operator of integrated resorts featuring luxury hotel rooms, high-end retail space, an array of dining and entertainment options, meeting and convention facilities, and gaming.

In the Macau Special Administrative Region ("Macau") of the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), the Company owns approximately 72% of Wynn Macau, Limited ("WML"), which includes the operations of the Wynn Palace and Wynn Macau resorts. The Company refers to Wynn Palace and Wynn Macau as its Macau Operations. In Las Vegas, Nevada, the Company operates and, with the exception of certain retail space, owns 100% of Wynn Las Vegas. Additionally, the Company is a 50.1% owner and managing member of a joint venture that owns and leases certain retail space at Wynn Las Vegas (the "Retail Joint Venture"). The Company refers to Wynn Las Vegas, Encore, an expansion at Wynn Las Vegas, and the Retail Joint Venture as its Las Vegas Operations. In Everett, Massachusetts, the Company owns 100% of and operates Encore Boston Harbor, an integrated resort. The Company also holds an approximately 85% interest in, and consolidates, Wynn Interactive Ltd. ("Wynn Interactive"), through which it operates online sports betting, gaming, and social casino businesses.

Recent Developments Related to COVID-19

Macau Operations

Visitation to Macau has fallen significantly since the outbreak of COVID-19, driven by the strong deterrent effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel and social activities, quarantine measures put in place in Macau and elsewhere, travel and entry restrictions and conditions in Macau, the PRC, Hong Kong and Taiwan involving COVID-19 testing, and mandatory quarantine, among other things, and the suspension or reduced accessibility of transportation to and from Macau. Although there have been periods during which certain restrictions and conditions were eased by the Macau government to allow for greater visitation and quarantine-free travel to Macau, adverse and evolving conditions created by and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic may cause these restrictions and conditions to be reintroduced. For example, in response to an outbreak in Macau which initially commenced in mid-June 2022, the Macau government extended its COVID-19 containment measures, which included the closures of gaming operations in full as of July 11, 2022, and the closure and the limiting of the opening hours and/or operational capacity of various areas and facilities in Macau. On July 23, 2022, gaming operations at Wynn Palace and Wynn Macau resumed on a limited basis. Certain travel-related restrictions and conditions, which continue to reduce visitation and impact our financial results, remain in effect at the present time. Given the uncertainty around the extent and timing of the potential future spread or mitigation of COVID-19 and around the imposition or relaxation of containment measures, management cannot predict whether future closures, in full or in part, will occur in our properties, and cannot reasonably estimate the impact to the Company's future results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition.

Liquidity

The COVID-19 pandemic has materially impacted and is likely to continue to materially impact our business, financial condition and results of operations. As of September 30, 2022, the Company had total cash and cash equivalents, excluding restricted cash, of $1.94 billion, and $835.6 million of available borrowing capacity under the WRF Revolver. As of September 30, 2022, the WM Cayman II Revolver was fully drawn. As a result of the negative impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and will likely continue to have, on our operating income, the Company has suspended its dividend program for the foreseeable future. Given the Company's liquidity position as of September 30, 2022, the Company believes it will be able to support continuing operations and respond to the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic disruptions.

Macau Gaming Concession

On June 23, 2022, Wynn Resorts (Macau) S.A. ("WRM") and the Macau government entered into a concession extension agreement (the "Concession Extension Agreement"), pursuant to which the expiration date of WRM's gaming concession was extended from June 26, 2022 to December 31, 2022. Under the Concession Extension Agreement, WRM paid the Macau government MOP47.0 million (approximately $6.0 million) as a contract premium for the extension, and in September 2022 provided a first demand bank guarantee of MOP1,210.0 million (approximately $149.7 million) in favor of the Macau government for securing the fulfillment of its labor liabilities upon the expiration of the Concession Extension Agreement.
In order to enable WRM to fulfill the relevant requirements to become eligible to obtain a concession extension, each of WRM and Palo Real Estate Company Limited ("Palo") (the land concessionaires of Wynn Macau and Wynn Palace, respectively) entered into a letter of undertaking, pursuant to which each of WRM and Palo has undertaken, pursuant to Article 40 of the Macau gaming law and Clause 43 of the concession agreement, to revert to the Macau government relevant gaming equipment and gaming areas at Wynn Macau and Wynn Palace, without compensation and free of encumbrance upon the expiration of the concession agreement term, as amended by the Concession Extension Agreement.

Under the indentures governing the Company’s $4.7 billion aggregate principal amount of WML Senior Notes and the facility agreement governing the WM Cayman II Revolver, upon the occurrence of any event after which the Company does not own or manage casino or gaming areas or operate casino games of fortune and chance in Macau in substantially the same manner and scope as of the issue date of the respective senior notes or the date of the facility agreement, for a period of 10 consecutive days or more in the case of the WML Senior Notes or a period of 30 consecutive days or more in the case of the WM Cayman II Revolver, and such event has a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business, properties or results of operations of WML and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, holders of the WML Senior Notes can require the Company to repurchase all or any part of the WML Senior Notes at par, plus any accrued and unpaid interest (the "Special Put Option"), and any amounts owed under the WM Cayman II Revolver may become immediately due and payable (the "Property Mandatory Prepayment Event").

In June 2022, the Macau government published amendments to the Macau gaming law approved by the Macau Legislative Assembly. These amendments include, for example, the awarding of up to six gaming concessions with a term up to ten years with a maximum three-year extension possible, and an increase in the minimum capital requirement applicable to concession holders to MOP5.0 billion (approximately $625.0 million), an increase in the percentage of the share capital of the concessionaire that must be held by the local managing director to 15% from 10% and a prohibition on revenue sharing arrangements between gaming promoters and concession holders. On July 27, 2022, the Macau government officially launched the public tender process for the awarding of concessions for the operation of games of chance or other games in casinos. On September 13, 2022, WRM submitted its tender to the Macau government. At this time the Company believes that its concession agreement will be further extended, renewed or replaced by a new gaming concession agreement beyond December 31, 2022. However, it is possible the Macau government could further change or interpret the associated gaming laws in a manner that could negatively impact the Company.

If the Company is unable to further extend or renew its concession agreement or obtain a new gaming concession agreement, an election by the WML Senior Notes holders to exercise the Special Put Option and the triggering of the Property Mandatory Prepayment Event would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.