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Japan – Wakayama IR Promotion Council tells prefecture to speed up casino announcement
By 필 - 8년 2021월 XNUMX일
With the race for a casino licence only involving two competitors, the Wakayama IR Promotion Council wants the Wakayama government to announce its preferred partner as soon as possible.
The competing developers Asian junket investor Suncity Group and Canada-based Clairvest have seen the selection date delayed several times already with spring this tear the current target.
Katsuaki Shirako, secretary-general of the IR Promotion Council, stated: “When considering the era after the coronavirus, Wakayama will have a very difficult economic environment if the IR does not come.”
When pushed on a date, the prefecture’s IR Promotion Office said: “We can only answer that a decision will be made in Spring based on the examination of the selection committee. Nagasaki has just entered its second round of examinations and Yokohama is still only in the RFP stage.”
The plan is to develop a casino on an artificial island called Marina City in the Japanese prefecture of Wakayama, located east of Osaka. It must offer MICE facilities covering 50,000 square meters and a casino covering no more than three per cent of the entire area.
Suncity has said it would spend between HK$30bn and HK$35bn (US$3.8bn to US$4.5bn) on an Integrated Resort in Wakayama, in the Kansai region, on Honshū island’s Kii Peninsula. Suncity CEO Alvin Chau said the vision was for a ‘unique project combining Wakayama Prefecture’s historical tradition, natural landscape and cultural essence.’
Office는 이전에 북미, 유럽 및 아시아의 20개 이상의 국제 IR 운영자가 Solaire, Lucien Barriere, Mohegan Gaming, Bloomberry Resorts 및 Galaxy Entertainment를 포함한 운영 그룹의 관심을 끌었던 IR 포럼에 관심을 표명했다고 밝혔습니다. 정부는 IR에 컨벤션 센터와 전시장을 갖춘 2,500개의 객실을 갖춘 호텔을 갖기를 원합니다. 마리나 시티는 간사이 국제공항에서 차로 약 40분, 오사카에서는 차로 70분 거리에 있습니다. 중세 유럽의 거리 풍경을 본뜬 수많은 호텔과 놀이공원 등 인프라가 이미 잘 발달되어 있습니다.
