Wynn Al Marjan Island Tops Out at 283 Meters as Wynn Flags a 'Modest Delay' to Opening
The UAE's first integrated resort topped out in December 2025 with all hotel structural work complete by February 2026 — but Wynn's CEO said in May that the opening timeline would slip.
At a Glance
- Topped out December 15, 2025 at 283 meters across 70 floors; 352 meters with the 2026 spire
- February 2026: all hotel structural work complete; facade 83% installed (21,852 of 26,471 panels)
- About 1,530 rooms and suites, 22 dining venues; total cost about US$5.1 billion
- May 8, 2026: CEO Craig Billings expects "a modest delay in our opening time line"
Wynn Resorts and its partner Marjan marked the defining construction milestone for the UAE's first integrated resort on December 15, 2025, when the Wynn Al Marjan Island tower topped out at 283 meters across 70 floors. Installation of the spire in 2026 will bring it to a full architectural height of 352 meters (Wynn Resorts newsroom, December 2025).
Structure Finished, Facade Nearly So
By early February 2026 the company reported that all hotel structural work was complete, facade installation had reached 83% — 21,852 of 26,471 panels — and the 548-meter Wynn Bridge link road to the island was 48% built (Inside Asian Gaming, February 3, 2026).
The roughly US$5.1 billion project received the UAE's first commercial gaming facility licence on October 4, 2024. It is planned to offer about 1,530 rooms and suites and 22 restaurants and lounges. Wynn's life-to-date equity contribution reached about $1.01 billion by the first quarter of 2026, including $100.1 million in that quarter (Wynn Resorts, Q1 2026).
A Timeline That Will Move
On the company's first-quarter 2026 earnings call on May 8, 2026, chief executive Craig Billings told analysts: "We do expect a modest delay in our opening time line, and I expect that we will quantify that in the coming months." He cited logistical and shipping challenges tied to regional conflict, and said there were "over 22,000 workers on site."
What Wynn Has and Hasn't Said About the Casino
Wynn has not publicly confirmed the casino's game mix or table counts. That baccarat will feature is an inference from Wynn's business model and its target clientele of Asian and international high-limit players — the same customers who fill Wynn's Macau salons — rather than a company statement. Until Wynn publishes its floor plan, that is how it should be read.
The resort will be the first regulated land-based casino in the Gulf. Its online counterpart already exists: Play971, licensed in November 2025, streams live tables from an Abu Dhabi studio (see our report on the UAE's first legal online baccarat).
Why It Matters for Baccarat Players
For high-limit baccarat players, Wynn Al Marjan is the first genuinely new destination market in years — a regulated casino in a region that had none, built by an operator whose Macau and Las Vegas properties are defined by baccarat. The open questions are the exact opening date and the floor plan.
Sources
- Wynn Resorts newsroom: Wynn Al Marjan Island reaches topping out (December 2025)
- Wynn Al Marjan Island progress updates
- Inside Asian Gaming: Wynn Al Marjan Island completes all hotel structural work (February 3, 2026)
Editor's note: Project cost is cited as US$5.1 billion total by Wynn; a Dh3.7 billion figure seen elsewhere refers to Wynn's equity share only. The revised opening date had not been quantified as of the May 2026 call.