• Construction of the 45-story high-rise core and shell is substantially complete, with the expected completion of the top floor in March 2004. Exterior glass has been installed through the 36th floor.
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• The public areas including the casino, are in various stages of construction. Interior framing and drywall installation continues and the central power plant is scheduled to go online in April 2004.
• Construction of the Aqua Theater showroom continues to progress on schedule. Excavation, foundation, erection of the steel exterior frame and the pool walls are complete. Completion of the Aqua Theater showroom is expected in the fourth quarter of 2004.
• The hotel parking garage is substantially complete and is currently used for parking by construction personnel.
• Construction on the fairway villas, consisting of eighteen luxury suites, is under way. The building structure has been completed and progress continues on the interior framing and drywall installation.
• Construction of the golf course is proceeding according to schedule, with completion expected prior to the opening of Wynn Las Vegas. Grassing is complete for ten of the eighteen holes. Rough grading and shaping continues for the remaining holes. Work continues on the streams and lakes.
• Construction of the lake-mountain feature continues. Internal access tunnels for this feature have been completed and equipment housing and elevator columns are under construction.
Construction is proceeding in accordance with the overall scope and general design of Wynn Las Vegas, but we continue to evaluate and refine certain elements of the project design. We expect to implement certain project design changes that will not significantly increase the project cost or extend the construction schedule. We are also actively exploring certain additions on the Wynn Las Vegas site as well as the development of our adjacent parcel of approximately 20 acres fronting the Strip. These additional developments might be initiated before the completion of Wynn Las Vegas. We have funded approximately $1.1 billion of project costs through December 31, 2003, with equity contributions and debt. We currently have more than $1.1 billion available under our existing credit agreements and approximately $220 million of long-term restricted cash available for the project. We expect to complete the project on time and on budget. However, there are significant risks associated with any major construction project, and unexpected developments may occur; therefore, we cannot assure you that the funds available will be sufficient for the construction, development and opening of Wynn Las Vegas or that it will be completed by April 2005.
The Hotel. We have designed Wynn Las Vegas’ hotel tower to contain 45 floors of hotel rooms and suites on top of a three-story low-rise building housing restaurants, retail outlets and the casino. The building will have a total area of approximately 5.2 million square feet. The high-rise building is configured in the shape of a gentle arc with the focal point of the arc being the Wynn Las Vegas man-made lake-mountain feature situated in front of the hotel. The Wynn Las Vegas hotel guest main arrival area will feature an atrium garden adjacent to the registration desk with a view of the lake-mountain feature. We are designing the lake-mountain feature to provide special effects intended to entertain our guests and the pedestrians who come to our hotel and casino.
The Guest Rooms. We intend to decorate our approximately 2,400 standard guest rooms with sophisticated interior design elements and materials. The standard guest rooms have been designed to have a floor layout of approximately 620 square feet, which is 100 to 125 square feet more than the industry standard for a standard guest room. The arc-shaped design of our high-rise building will provide rooms with a view of the golf course, the lake and “mountain” setting or the surrounding mountains. We also plan for Wynn Las Vegas to provide single and multiple bedroom luxury suites with superior amenities and furnishings designed to accommodate high-end hotel guests. Wynn Las Vegas also expects to offer 270 parlor and salon suites, 18 one- and two-bedroom fairway villas, and four two-bedroom and two four-bedroom private-entry villas averaging approximately 7,000 square feet.
The Casino. We expect Wynn Las Vegas to have an approximately 111,000 square foot casino located in the center of the first level of the low-rise building. The casino’s main gaming area will contain an estimated 136 table games and 2,000 slot machines, a race and sports book, poker room, keno lounge, a baccarat salon and private gaming rooms. Our gaming limits will accommodate a full range of casino customers.
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The Golf Course. We are constructing a world-class, 18-hole championship golf course at the site of the former Desert Inn golf course. When Wynn Las Vegas opens, we believe this golf course will be the only golf course on the site of a hotel casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip. Tom Fazio and Mr. Wynn, the designers of the Shadow Creek golf course owned by MGM Mirage, have designed Wynn Las Vegas’ golf course, which will be accessible only to hotel guests of Wynn Las Vegas. We expect that the golf course will feature three lakes and a series of meandering streams that will carve their way from the west to east end of the property. We have designed the golf course with dramatic elevation changes and plan to include water on almost every hole. We expect that the golf course will be completed prior to the opening of Wynn Las Vegas.
Restaurants, Lounges, Bars and Nightclubs. We plan to offer 18 food and beverage outlets, including six fine-dining restaurants and an approximately 600-seat buffet, and expect signature chefs to provide unique restaurants and dining venues to appeal to our guests. We also expect Wynn Las Vegas to offer a full complement of lounges, bars and nightclubs.
The Aqua Theater Showroom. Wynn Las Vegas’ Aqua Theater showroom will be customized to accommodate the unveiling of Franco Dragone’s new water-based entertainment production. Mr. Dragone is the creative force behind Bellagio’s production of “O” and Treasure Island at The Mirage’s production of “Mystère,” as well as Celine Dion’s new production at the approximately 4,000-seat performing arts “Colosseum” at Caesars Palace which opened in March of 2003.
The Aqua Theater showroom will seat approximately 2,080 guests and will feature an approximately 1,000,000 gallon performance pool. The seating for the Aqua Theater showroom is designed to extend around the performance area a full 360 degrees and to be suspended over the performance pool with no seat farther than approximately 42 feet from the performance area.
The Art Gallery. Wynn Las Vegas will also offer an art gallery displaying rare paintings from The Wynn Collection. The Wynn Collection consists of works from 19th and 20th century European and American masters, and at various times has included works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Paul Gaugin, Édouard Manet, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh. Subject to certain notice restrictions, Mr. and Mrs. Wynn will retain the right to remove or replace any or all of the works of art that will be displayed in the art gallery. We currently lease The Wynn Collection from Mr. and Mrs. Wynn for an annual fee of $1. This arrangement entitles us to retain all revenues from the public display of The Wynn Collection and the related merchandising revenues, while we are responsible for all expenses incurred in exhibiting and safeguarding The Wynn Collection, including the cost of insurance (including terrorism insurance) and taxes relating to the rental of the Wynn Collection. After specified notice periods, we or Mr. and Mrs. Wynn may terminate this lease.
The Ferrari and Maserati Dealership. We have entered into letters of intent with Ferrari North America, Inc. and Maserati North America, Inc. to open an authorized on-site, full-service Ferrari and Maserati dealership (the “Dealership”). The Dealership will include a service and maintenance facility, as well as a café and retail store, which will require separate agreements with Ferrari SpA. Currently, there are only 29 Ferrari dealerships in the United States, and we expect ours to be the first in Nevada. The Dealership will be located near the main entrance to the hotel. We have also entered into an agreement with a third-party experienced in first class, exotic car dealership operations, to form a joint venture for the management and operation of the Dealership. We and our joint venture partner will be required to invest an initial $1 million in the joint venture for working capital, and the joint venture will be required to pay market rent for the space to operate the Dealership, pay for tenant improvements and allocate profits and losses equally to us and our joint venture partner.
The letters of intent with Ferrari North America and Maserati North America, as amended, require us to submit designs and plans for the Dealership to Ferrari North America and Maserati North America for approval and to satisfy certain financing and other ongoing conditions, including minimum working capital and net worth requirements. The letters of intent also require us to provide quarterly updates as to the status of construction of Wynn Las Vegas and to continuously meet all capital, facility, personnel, customer satisfaction and operational
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