Wynn Al Marjan Island Profile: License, Opening Date, Rooms, Casino, Construction, and What It Means for the UAE

Last updated: August 17, 2026

If you want the shortest accurate answer to what Wynn Al Marjan Island is, it is this: Wynn Al Marjan Island is the most advanced and highest-profile integrated resort project in the UAE, and as of April 14, 2026, it remains the only business publicly listed by the GCGRA under Land-Based Gaming Facilities Licensees.

It is being developed in Ras Al Khaimah by a joint venture involving Wynn Resorts, Marjan, and RAK Hospitality Holding, with Wynn holding a 40% equity interest according to Wynn Resorts’ 2025 Form 10-K. Wynn confirmed with its Q2 2026 results on August 4, 2026 that the resort opens in September 2027; the GCGRA issued the development entity a Commercial Gaming Facility Operator license, announced on October 4, 2024.

This matters because Wynn Al Marjan Island is not just another luxury hotel announcement. It is the clearest public test case for how the UAE’s land-based gaming market is being built in practice.

If you want the narrower licensing and register pieces first, read our Wynn Al Marjan licence explainer, our latest Wynn register update, our April 2026 GCGRA register overview, and our guide to what is legal in the UAE right now.

Quick answer

• As of April 14, 2026, the GCGRA’s public register still lists Island 3 AMI FZ-LLC (DBA: Wynn Al Marjan) as the UAE’s sole publicly listed Land-Based Gaming Facilities Licensee.
• Wynn Resorts announced on October 4, 2024 that the GCGRA had issued a Commercial Gaming Facility Operator license to the entity developing Wynn Al Marjan Island.
• Wynn Resorts’ 2025 Form 10-K says Wynn owns a 40% equity interest in the joint venture and had contributed USD 914.2 million life-to-date by December 31, 2025, with an estimated USD 425 million to USD 500 million of remaining required Wynn equity for the project.
• Wynn confirmed with its Q2 2026 results on August 4, 2026 that Wynn Al Marjan Island opens in September 2027 — the first specific month ever given.
• The latest official construction updates show the tower topped out on November 25, 2025, with fit-out under way across the accommodations by mid-2026.
• Public Wynn materials do not all use identical room, villa, dining, and public-space counts, so the safest profile has to separate current resort-site product descriptions from older investor-presentation metrics.

Why Wynn Al Marjan matters so much

Wynn Al Marjan Island matters because it sits at the intersection of nearly every important UAE gaming topic at once:

• federal licensing
• land-based gaming
• luxury tourism development
• construction execution
• AML and responsible-gaming readiness
• future market structure

It is also the project most likely to shape how international investors, operators, suppliers, and the public understand the UAE market.

In practical terms, Wynn Al Marjan is the project that turns the UAE gaming conversation from theory into something physical, financed, licensed, and trackable.

Where it is and who is behind it

The project is located on Al Marjan Island in Ras Al Khaimah.

The current Wynn Al Marjan Island website says the resort is under construction on a 60-hectare island setting in the Arabian Gulf and is located less than 50 miles from Dubai International Airport.

The original January 25, 2022 project announcement said the integrated resort would be developed by Marjan, RAK Hospitality Holding, and Wynn Resorts on one of Al Marjan Island’s exclusive islands.

Wynn Resorts’ current public filings add an important ownership detail: in its 2025 Form 10-K, Wynn says it owns a 40% equity interest in Wynn Al Marjan Island.

That matters because it shows Wynn is not simply managing or branding the resort. It is a major equity partner with material capital exposure to the project.

License status: what is publicly confirmed right now

The strongest public license evidence comes from two official sources.

1. Wynn’s October 4, 2024 announcement

On October 4, 2024, Wynn Resorts announced that the GCGRA had issued a Commercial Gaming Facility Operator license to the entity developing Wynn Al Marjan Island.

Wynn said the entity was a joint venture between affiliates of Wynn Resorts, Marjan, and RAK Hospitality Holding, and described the award as the first commercial gaming facility license in the UAE.

2. The live GCGRA register

As of April 14, 2026, the GCGRA’s Our Licensees page still lists Island 3 AMI FZ-LLC (DBA: Wynn Al Marjan) under Land-Based Gaming Facilities Licensees.

That is the most important current-status confirmation because it shows the license position remains visible on the regulator’s live public register.

A useful nuance

In the official English-language GCGRA press release archive I reviewed for this article, I did not identify a separate standalone GCGRA press release dedicated to Wynn’s land-based facility licence in the same way the regulator publicly announced the UAE Lottery licence in July 2024.

That does not weaken Wynn’s public licence status. The live register and Wynn’s official October 2024 announcement are both clear. It simply means the public-source trail looks a little different from the lottery trail.

Opening date: how the timeline evolved

The timeline has moved, and it is worth being precise.

• In the January 25, 2022 announcement, the project was scheduled to open in 2026.
• By November 21, 2024, Wynn said an on-time opening in Q1 2027 was anticipated.
• On February 12, 2026, Wynn’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings materials still referred to a planned first-quarter 2027 opening.
• On May 7, 2026, Wynn confirmed a "modest delay" and dropped the quarter; on August 4, 2026, with its Q2 2026 results, Wynn confirmed the resort opens in September 2027.

The safest present-day way to state the timeline is this: Wynn Al Marjan Island opens in September 2027, confirmed with Wynn Resorts’ Q2 2026 results on August 4, 2026.

Construction status: where the project stands now

The public construction record is unusually detailed for a resort project.

November 21, 2024 update

In Wynn’s November 21, 2024 construction update:

• 55% of structural concrete was complete
• the main tower structure was complete to the 26th floor, with walls to the 29th floor
• the team was targeting topping out in December 2025
• 9,100 construction workers were onsite
• 1,121 guest rooms in the tower structure were complete, or 73% of the total

November 25, 2025 topping-out announcement

On November 25, 2025, Wynn and Marjan announced the project had officially reached topping out.

That release said:

• the tower had risen to 283 meters across 70 floors
• the building had reached its highest structural concrete point 27 months after foundation works began
• once the spire is installed in 2026, the building will reach its full architectural height of 352 meters
• all 1,530 guest accommodations had reached full structural completion
• interior fit-outs were underway in 1,504 rooms and suites
• façade installation had reached 79%
• surrounding low-rise buildings had reached 99% structural completion

February 2, 2026 Marjan Bay Bridge and progress update

The January 2026 progress update, published on February 2, 2026, added more specific construction detail:

• Marjan Bay Bridge measures 548 meters in length
• bridge completion was at 48%
• the signature tower had reached 299 meters
• structural concrete was 100% complete through the 71st-floor roof
• 21,852 of 26,471 façade panels had been installed, or 83%
• structural works were complete for all 1,530 guest accommodations
• low-rise concrete and structural steel works were 99% complete
• Wynn said the project had created 20,000+ construction jobs

Taken together, those releases support a clear conclusion: as of April 14, 2026, Wynn Al Marjan Island is not in a speculative pre-development phase. It is in advanced construction and pre-opening execution.

What Wynn says the resort will include

This is where the profile gets interesting, because Wynn’s public materials are rich but not perfectly synchronized.

What the current resort site says

The current Wynn Al Marjan Island website describes:

• a 70-story tower rising 352 meters above the sea
• 1,530 rooms and suites overall
• 1,217 Resort Tower rooms and suites
• 313 Enclave suites
• a 7,708-square-meter Coral Court Events & Celebrations Center
• a 2,633-square-meter column-free Grand Ballroom
• 550 meters of private white-sand beach
• a deep-water marina
• 22 restaurants, bars, lounges and a beach club
• a five-star spa, shopping, multiple pool areas, and nightlife

The Enclave page adds that the Enclave experience also extends to a pair of two-story Apartments, four Townhomes, and 10 Marina Estates.

What recent newsroom releases say

Wynn’s 2025 and 2026 project releases add more detail:

• Enclave was unveiled in July 2025 as a boutique hotel within the resort
• the first two confirmed restaurants are an Alain Ducasse steakhouse and Delilah
• the project will feature Coral Court, a dedicated events and celebrations center
• the resort is expected to house a museum-caliber art collection upon opening
• Wynn has announced a major pre-opening food and beverage leadership team

What investor materials say

Wynn’s investor materials add several metrics that are important but should be labeled carefully as investor-side figures:

• about 225,000 sq. ft. of gaming area
• about 130,000 sq. ft. of luxury retail
• about 145,000 sq. ft. of MICE space
• USD 5.1 billion total project development cost, inclusive of land, capitalized interest, and fees

These are valuable figures, especially because the current guest-facing site does not publish a standalone casino-area number.

A note on the numbers: Wynn’s public product counts are not perfectly aligned

This is one of the most important trust points in the whole profile.

If you read all the official Wynn materials carefully, you will notice that the project’s public numbers have not always been expressed in exactly the same way.

Examples:

• the October 2024 license announcement described 1,542 rooms and well-appointed suites, including 22 Villa Estates
• the January 2025 investor presentation described 1,542 hotel rooms, including 297 suites, 6 townhouses and 22 villas
• the current project site describes 1,530 rooms and suites, including 313 Enclave suites, while also separately highlighting two Royal Apartments, four Townhomes, and 10 Marina Estates
• recent project-site and newsroom materials sometimes refer to 22 restaurants and lounges, while other current site pages describe 22 restaurants, bars, lounges and a beach club, and the broader Wynn Al Marjan newsroom hub summary currently refers to 24 restaurants and lounges

The safest way to handle this is not to pretend the numbers are identical. It is to say clearly that:

• the latest consumer-facing resort site is the best guide to current guest-product positioning
• investor materials remain useful for cost, gaming-area, and return assumptions
• some public product counts appear to have evolved over time as Wynn refined the project’s design, packaging, and nomenclature

That is why this profile prioritizes the latest resort-site configuration for guest offerings and uses investor materials for financial and development context.

Financing and Wynn’s capital commitment

The financing story is important because it shows how far beyond concept stage the project has moved.

On February 6, 2025, Wynn announced that Wynn Al Marjan Island had secured a USD 2.4 billion construction facility from a syndicate of lenders. Wynn described that as a significant milestone toward the resort’s 2027 opening.

Wynn’s 2025 Form 10-K then added more detail:

• Wynn had contributed USD 282.6 million during 2025
• life-to-date Wynn cash contributions had reached USD 914.2 million by December 31, 2025
• Wynn estimated its remaining 40% pro-rata share of required equity for Wynn Al Marjan Island at USD 425 million to USD 500 million

In Wynn’s February 2026 investor presentation, the company also showed a somewhat broader USD 450 million to USD 550 million remaining-equity range for the project. The difference likely reflects presentation timing and inclusion assumptions, so the most formal number is still the 10-K range unless Wynn updates it again in a later filing.

Pre-opening operations: Wynn is already staffing for launch

One of the strongest indicators that Wynn Al Marjan Island is moving from construction into launch mode is staffing and operational build-out.

Wynn’s February 12, 2026 presentation said:

• the project had hired 251 employees to date as of February 10, 2026
• the current team was mostly senior executives, senior management, and general and administrative functions
• Wynn anticipated roughly 3,000 team members by December 31, 2026
• key division heads were already in place across gaming and non-gaming areas

The project’s January 2026 progress update also said Oasis: A Wynn Community is scheduled to open in Summer 2026 and is designed to accommodate more than 7,000 colleagues, or roughly 80% of the total team, across 15 residential communities.

That matters because Wynn is clearly building not just a resort, but also the workforce infrastructure required to operate it.

What Wynn says the project could mean financially

This is where we need to be careful to separate company projections from confirmed outcomes.

Wynn’s investor materials say:

• the total project cost is about USD 5.1 billion
• Wynn Al Marjan could add roughly USD 345 million of EBITDAR contribution to Wynn in the company’s base case, including management and license fees plus Wynn’s 40% share of Adjusted Property EBITDAR
• Wynn’s low-to-high case range runs from about USD 265 million to USD 460 million of EBITDAR contribution
• Wynn’s January 2025 presentation assumed a UAE market size of USD 3 billion to USD 5 billion and a Wynn share of one-third in a three-resort market scenario

Those are Wynn estimates, not market facts, and they should be read that way. Still, they matter because they show how important management believes the UAE project could become inside Wynn’s global portfolio.

What is still unclear in public

For a project this important, there is still a lot the public materials do not fully answer.

As of April 14, 2026, I did not identify public official materials that fully spell out:

• the final public operating rulebook for land-based gaming floors at Wynn Al Marjan
• a public room-by-room or venue-by-venue final inventory that reconciles every changing product count across all Wynn materials
• a public breakdown of the exact gaming mix by tables, slots, or other positions
• a public GCGRA case-style explanation of how the land-based facility licence was assessed, beyond Wynn’s statement that the process involved a diligent and extensive review
• a public operator handbook that translates the land-based licence into guest-facing rules for launch day

That is not unusual for a project still under construction. But it is important to state clearly.

What this means for the UAE market

Wynn Al Marjan Island is the most important operator profile in the UAE market because it combines:

• the clearest land-based licence trail
• the most advanced construction progress
• the deepest public investment and financing trail
• the richest public product disclosures
• the strongest link between tourism development and gaming regulation

It is also the clearest public signal that the UAE market is not being built as a loose or rumor-driven concept. It is being built through a formal federal framework, a live register, staged project execution, and a growing public paper trail.

FAQ

Is Wynn Al Marjan Island licensed in the UAE?

Yes. As of April 14, 2026, the strongest public evidence is the GCGRA’s live register, which still lists Island 3 AMI FZ-LLC (DBA: Wynn Al Marjan) as the UAE’s land-based gaming facilities licensee, plus Wynn Resorts’ October 4, 2024 announcement that the GCGRA issued a Commercial Gaming Facility Operator license.

When is Wynn Al Marjan Island opening?

September 2027, confirmed with Wynn Resorts’ Q2 2026 results on August 4, 2026. Earlier guidance — a planned first-quarter 2027 opening in investor materials and "Spring 2027" on the project website — was superseded after the "modest delay" confirmed in May 2026.

How big will Wynn Al Marjan Island be?

The current resort site says the project includes a 70-story, 352-meter tower and 1,530 rooms and suites, while Wynn investor materials also describe about 225,000 sq. ft. of gaming area, about 130,000 sq. ft. of retail, and about 145,000 sq. ft. of MICE space.

Why do some official Wynn numbers differ?

Because Wynn’s public materials have evolved over time. Current guest-facing site pages, newsroom releases, investor presentations, and older licence announcements do not all express room, villa, and dining counts in exactly the same way. That is why this profile labels the source of each number instead of pretending all public figures are identical.

Bottom line

The most accurate source-led conclusion is that Wynn Al Marjan Island is the UAE market’s flagship land-based operator project and the clearest real-world test of how federal commercial gaming is being implemented in practice.

As of August 17, 2026, its licence status is still visible on the GCGRA register, Wynn still holds a 40% equity interest, construction is advanced, financing is in place, pre-opening hiring is underway, and Wynn has confirmed a September 2027 opening.

The remaining uncertainty is not whether Wynn Al Marjan exists as a real project. It clearly does. The real uncertainty is how the final operating, product, and market details will settle as the resort moves from construction into launch.

Sources

• GCGRA Our Licensees
• Wynn Resorts Announces Receipt of Gaming Operator License for Wynn Al Marjan Island, October 4, 2024
• Wynn Resorts Offers Construction Update of Wynn Al Marjan Island, November 21, 2024
• Financing for Wynn Al Marjan Island Completed, February 6, 2025
• Wynn Al Marjan Island Debuts Enclave, July 2, 2025
• Wynn Al Marjan Island Announces Its First Two Restaurants, September 25, 2025
• Inside Wynn Al Marjan Island’s Events & Celebrations Center, October 7, 2025
• Wynn Al Marjan Island Announces Its Museum-Caliber Art Collection, December 8, 2025
• Wynn Al Marjan Island Reaches Topping Out, November 25, 2025
• Wynn Al Marjan Island Advances Landmark Infrastructure with Construction of Marjan Bay Bridge, February 2, 2026
• Wynn Unveils Global F&B Leadership Team, February 10, 2026
• Wynn Al Marjan Island official website
• Wynn Al Marjan Island Rooms & Suites
• Enclave at Wynn Al Marjan Island
• Wynn Bridge progress update
• Wynn Resorts 2025 Form 10-K
• Wynn Resorts January 2025 UAE update presentation
• Wynn Resorts Q4 2025 earnings presentation, February 12, 2026