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Japão – Wakayama será a primeira província a nomear a operadora escolhida

Wakayama will be the first Japanese prefecture to name its chosen IR casino operator, confirming spring as the time when a decision will be announced.

Only two groups are in the running; Suncity Group Holdings and Clairvest. The prefecture’s IR Promotion Office told IAG: “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.

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.’

O Escritório havia dito anteriormente que mais de 20 operadores internacionais de RI da América do Norte, Europa e Ásia manifestaram seu interesse em um fórum de RI que atraiu o interesse de grupos operacionais incluindo Solaire, Lucien Barriere, Mohegan Gaming, Bloomberry Resorts e Galaxy Entertainment. O governo quer que seu RI tenha um hotel de 2,500 quartos com centro de convenções e sala de exposições. Marina City fica a cerca de 40 minutos de carro do Aeroporto Internacional de Kansai e a 70 minutos de carro de Osaka. A sua infra-estrutura já está bem desenvolvida com muitos hotéis e um parque de diversões baseado em paisagens urbanas medievais europeias.

Caption: SunCity’s vision for Wakayama