Wynn Resorts Still Expected to Meet Deadline After Slight Delays 

Despite facing serious logistical, geopolitical and cost-associated challenges, Wynn Resorts may be on track to open the Middle East’s first casino resort in time and meet the deadline it initially envisaged for 2027.

Wynn Resorts Is Still on Track to Conclude Project in 2027

The comments, made by CBRE Equity Research, come as a balm to jittery nerves at a time of heightened uncertainty, with analyst John Decree believing that the current turmoil is temporary and it is not likely to disrupt the project’s true long-term chances of success.

Therefore, Wynn Al Marjan Island is a project that is very likely to open on time and meet its deadline, while at the same time addressing the new challenges as they arise.

For the time being, though, even CBRE Equity Research is taking a cautious approach, with an exact opening date still hard to predict, but a mid-to-late-2027 as a plausible horizon for the opening. 

This comes against a backdrop of a financially solid Wynn Resorts, which is due to report its second-quarter results next week, and which is expected to provide further insight into what is going on with its flagship Middle East project.

So far in 2026, Wynn Resorts has shown nothing but confidence, arguing that the current conflict was nothing but a “temporary delay,” and that the company expected it to pass by soon enough. 

Region Not as Worsely Affected by Military Action in Terms of Tourism

However, a small revision has been necessary, with Wynn Resorts confirming that its envisioned first-quarter opening may not be sustainable any longer. The company was previously rumored to even be planning a second gaming floor, indicating its confidence in the region.

These plans, though, were only mentioned in passing by media outlets and were never officially confirmed by Wynn Resorts, which remains the inaugural casino resort operator and owner in the Middle East for the time being, with no rival projects advanced so far.

A reason for optimism also comes from Ras Al Khaimah itself, the emirate that is hosting the project, which is also experiencing good overall tourism numbers despite the looming threat from military strikes.