Big Stakes Match Play Becomes The Ultimate Game at Wynn Las Vegas in 2007; Televised Event Will Have the Richest Winner's Purse in Golf History

Big Stakes Match Play Becomes The Ultimate Game at Wynn Las Vegas in 2007; Televised Event Will Have the Richest Winner's Purse in Golf History

LAS VEGAS, April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Big Stakes Match Play just became even bigger ... it's become The Ultimate Game at Wynn Las Vegas.

Big Stakes Match Play LLC Co-owners Steve Bartkowski and Jim Thomas and Wynn Las Vegas Chairman & CEO Steve Wynn announced today that the final two rounds of The Ultimate Game will be played at the ultimate course -- Wynn Las Vegas Golf Course and Country Club in 2007 from June 6-8.

The Ultimate Game at Wynn Las Vegas will be televised on a major broadcast television network to be revealed and announced in the near future when final details are finalized and will feature the largest winner's purse in golf history, with the winner receiving $2 million. The next largest winner's purses in golf history are:

The Players Championship $1.44MM
The British Open $1.215MM
The Tour Championship $1.170MM
The PGA Championship $1.170MM
The U.S. Open $1.125MM
The Masters $1.080MM

Another distinction is that, unlike the foregoing tournaments, in The Ultimate Game at Wynn Las Vegas, the players will compete for their own entry fees, adding an unprecedented level of risk, pressure and drama.

"Pebble Beach was the ideal site for the Bing Crosby event and Augusta National is, of course, the perfect site for The Masters," said co-owners Steve Bartkowski and Jim Thomas. "Wynn Las Vegas is the perfect location for The Ultimate Game. We are honored Steve Wynn would select our event to be played on his course."

"Of all the many events we have evaluated over the years, The Ultimate Game has characteristics which we believe reflect the personality and image of Wynn Las Vegas," said Andrew Pascal, president of Wynn Las Vegas. "To host a new, original event, wherein golfers with big dreams can put up their money and play for the richest winner's purse in the history of golf, seems appropriate for our course, hotel and casino."

One of the finest television producers and directors of sports, Terry Jastrow, has joined the Big Stakes Match Play team. Jastrow, who was instrumental in bringing the event to Wynn Las Vegas, will executive produce the 2007 event on network television. A winner of seven Emmy Awards, Jastrow has been the executive producer, producer and/or director of some of television's most prestigious and important programs during the last 25 years, including 68 of golf's major championships.

The Ultimate Game at Wynn Las Vegas will begin with 160 players engaging in individual match play competition, with half of the field being eliminated in each round. The 10 survivors of the fourth round of match play will then compete in a two-day, 36-hole, winner-take-all stroke play competition at Wynn Las Vegas with the winner receiving $2 million.

The second collaboration of Tom Fazio, Steve Wynn and Mother Nature has resulted in 18 unforgettable holes at the Wynn Las Vegas. The par 70 course is 7,042 yards and located on property on the Las Vegas Strip. More than 800,000 cubic yards of earth were moved to create the dramatic elevation changes considered impossible on the Las Vegas Strip. The course has been featured on VH1's Fabulous Life, Fine Living Network and the Today Show and this will be the first network televised tournament.

For more information on the Ultimate Game at Wynn Las Vegas, visit the web site at www.bigstakesgolf.com.

About Wynn Las Vegas

Wynn Resorts is traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol WYNN and, since December 2004, it has been part of the NASDAQ-100 Index. Wynn Las Vegas, the luxury hotel and destination casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip, opened to the public on April 28, 2005. Wynn Las Vegas features 2,716 luxurious guest rooms and suites; an 111,000 square foot casino; 22 food and beverage outlets; an on-site 18-hole golf course; approximately 223,000 square feet of meeting space; an on-site Ferrari and Maserati dealership; and approximately 76,000 square feet of retail space. For more information, visit www.wynnlasvegas.com.

Source: Big Stakes Match Play LLC

CONTACT: Steve Brener of BZA, +1-818-344-6195, ext. 103, for Big Stakes
Match Play LLC; or Denise Randazzo of Wynn Resorts, +1-702-770-2121

Web site: http://www.wynnlasvegas.com/
http://www.bigstakesgolf.com/

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