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Japón – El Consejo de Promoción de IR de Wakayama pide a la prefectura que acelere el anuncio de los casinos
By Phil - 8 2021 mayo
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.’
La Oficina había dicho anteriormente que más de 20 operadores internacionales de IR de América del Norte, Europa y Asia habían expresado su interés en un foro de IR que atrajo el interés de grupos operativos como Solaire, Lucien Barriere, Mohegan Gaming, Bloomberry Resorts y Galaxy Entertainment. El gobierno quiere que su IR tenga un hotel de 2,500 habitaciones con un centro de convenciones y una sala de exposiciones. Marina City está a unos 40 minutos en coche del aeropuerto internacional de Kansai y a 70 minutos en coche de Osaka. Su infraestructura ya está bien desarrollada con muchos hoteles y un parque de atracciones basado en paisajes urbanos medievales europeos.
