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Japan – Wakayama namjerava otvoriti kasino 2026

Asian junket investor Suncity Group and Canada-based Clairvest, the only two companies that have lodged proposals to develop a casino in Wakayama, located east of Osaka, have been told their IR would need to generate ‘significant economic and employment effects’ and ‘attract customers from within Japan in order to further develop the prefecture.’

It will make a decision on the chosen operator/developer in the spring and will apply for regional certification by April next year, with the aim of unveiling an IR property in 2026.

Wakayama wants to develop a casino on the artificial island of Marina City in Kemi, Wakayama City, with the operating licence lasting for 40 years. The project’s a focus must be on sports and well being, taking advantage of the waterfront location, hot springs, food culture and other local resources Wakayama famous for. It should offer exhibition and conference facilities with at least 100,000 square meters of hotels and a casino making up no more than three per cent of the project’s footprint.

Suncity has said it would spend between HK$30bn and HK$35bn (US$3.8bn to US$4.5bn) on an Integrated Resort in its Wakayama, in the Kansai region, on Honshū island’s Kii

Izvršni direktor Suncityja Alvin Chau rekao je da je vizija 'jedinstven projekt koji kombinira povijesnu tradiciju prefekture Wakayama, prirodni krajolik i kulturnu bit.'

Ured je prethodno rekao da je više od 20 međunarodnih IR operatera iz Sjeverne Amerike, Europe i Azije izrazilo interes za IR forum koji je privukao interes operativnih grupa uključujući Solaire, Lucien Barriere, Mohegan Gaming, Bloomberry Resorts i Galaxy Entertainment. Vlada želi da njezin IR ima hotel s 2,500 soba s kongresnim centrom i izložbenom dvoranom. Marina City udaljena je oko 40 minuta vožnje od međunarodne zračne luke Kansai i 70 minuta vožnje od Osake. Njegova je infrastruktura već dobro razvijena s brojnim hotelima i zabavnim parkom temeljenim na srednjovjekovnim europskim gradskim pejzažima.