Wynn
Las Vegas Names COO, President
Wynn Resorts, Limited
(NASDAQ: WYNN) is pleased to announce that Andrew
Pascal has been promoted to President and Chief
Operating Officer of Wynn Las Vegas. He will
be responsible for overseeing the daily operations
of the resort.
Mr. Pascal, who was Executive Vice
President and COO of Wynn Las Vegas, has been
with Wynn Resorts since 2003, and accumulated
more than 15 years of casino industry experience
beginning with the Golden Nugget and continuing
with the opening and operation of The Mirage
casino resort. He was co-founder and President
of Silicon Gaming, a Silicon Valley company
that developed and manufactured unique slot
machine products. Following the sale of Silicon
Gaming to IGT, he became President and CEO of
WagerWorks, where he guided that company through
its early stages of development of internet
gaming software.
As President of Wynn Las Vegas, Mr. Pascal
succeeds Marc Schorr, who will continue to serve
as Chief Operating Officer of Wynn Resorts,
Limited. Mr. Schorr served a dual role as COO
of the parent company and as President of Wynn
Las Vegas throughout the resort's development,
construction, and opening in April of this year.
In his continuing role as COO of Wynn Resorts,
Limited, Mr. Schorr will concentrate on the
last stages of planning for the opening of Wynn
Macau, which is scheduled for the third quarter
of 2006. He also will focus on the Company's
future development of its Las Vegas real estate
assets.
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