the big headline coming out of wynn i sat down with new ceo matt maddux for his first tv interview and asked if he is fielding phone calls about buying the company in whole or in parts >> as a ceo i have a fiduciary duty to entertain anything what i can tell you, we're not for sale talks of breaking the company up, that also makes no sense to pursue strategic alternatives at a time when the narrative is not aboutthe business is a mistake. so, what i'm doing is i'm getting everybody focused, again, on what it is that we do. we build places that are fun and that produce the best returns in the business >> whenyou have massachusetts politicians saying we don't know this project can continue with the wynn name up on the building, would you consider a name change? >> the emotions are very raw right now on the subject, which i completely understand. but to make a branding decision that would impact 25,000 employees and 20 plus million guests a year at this time, i think would be a mistake >> under the leadership of matt maddux wynn resort settled one lawsuit that was ongoing litigation for s

wynns they own roughly 21% stake in the company. a massive selloff could make the company a target for takeover. i sat down with matt madduxne week ago today for an interview. >> have other companies made offers to buy wynn resorts either in whole or in part >> we had no offers. >> would you entertain offers to buy wynn resorts >> i have a fiduciary duty to entertain nothing. burr we're not for sale. breaking up the company makes no sense. to pursue strategic alternatives when the narrative is not about the business is a mistake. >> when i asked when they might consider changing the name of wynn resorts he said no, the emotions are running too high. steve wynn's separation agreement last month with the company prohibited him from selling more than a third of his shares in any quarter, but yesterday in the filing there was no mention of these restrictions i have a lot of feelers out here trying to get down to how much could he share, and what this means for the company. >> easy to forget that las vegas sa sands is exponentially larger than wynn, are they not? >> they have a lot of money on hand they have the cash on hand to