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Uruguay – Hotel y Casino San Rafael recibe aprobación presidencial

El presidente de Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez, aceptó la iniciativa del grupo inversor que encabeza el empresario Giuseppe Cipriani de construir un casino en el hotel San Rafael de Punta del Este. Tanto el Ministerio de Economía como el de Turismo también han emitido informes a favor de la nueva iniciativa.

El emblemático hotel San Rafael, en Punta del Este, está cerrado desde 2011, pero fue adquirido por el Grupo Cipriani por más de 40 millones de dólares en febrero de 2018 tras la firma de un acuerdo con Giuseppe Cipriani.

The plan includes putting up 90,000 square meters of additional residences for sale next year. The project encompasses the construction of two horizontal towers perpendicular to each other with a maximum height of 100 meters in addition to the restoration of the Tudor style building, which was first inaugurated in 1948.

According to a resolution signed by the President this month, the complex named “Cipriani Ocean Resort and Club Residences – Punta del Este” includes the construction of “a new San Rafael Hotel, casino, commercial premises, convention centre, theatre, spa and amenities, two underground garages and residences.”

The government will initiate a public tender for the operation of the casino. The building of the former hotel San Rafael is currently in the final stage of demolition and the construction of the new building will begin in August.

In March the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Uruguay (MEF) confirmed that the only way to grant a new license for the operation of a private casino in the San Rafael hotel in Punta del Este would be through a tender.

The confirmation was in response to the request for reports made by Deputy of the Independent Party for the Maldonado department, Andrés Carrasco, who had put forward new requests to the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Uruguay (MEF), regarding information on the possible concession of a private casino licence to the San Rafael Hotel.