Tags: Tokyo
Japan – Sega Sammy sets its sights on majority ownership in Tokyo IR
Sega Sammy has highlighted Tokyo as the group’s preferred location for an Integrated (casino) Resort in Japan but has said it will also keep a close eye on developments in Osaka. The company’s Chairman and Group CEO Hajime Satomi said it would want to own a majority share in any consortium it was part of….
Japan – Caesars publicerar fem ritningar för Japan
Caesars Entertainment har publicerat sina ritningar för fem Integrated Resorts i Japan i Hokkaido, Yokohama, Tokyo, Osaka och Okinawa. I Yokohama vill man bygga en IR som heter The Yokohama Art & Culture Park and Entertainment Resort på Yamashita Pier, som liknar en våg för att spegla dess kustnära läge vid Stilla havet. Arkitektoniskt är det inspirerat...
Japan – Chiba, Tokyos Disneyland hem, ansluter sig till kampanjen för kasinon
Stöd från lokala företagsledare och samhället har drivit Chiba, den japanska prefekturen som är hem för Tokyos Disneyland, in i räkningen för ett Integrated Resort-kasino. Chiba, som även båtar till Japans största flygplats Narita, är redan en grogrund för kongresser och utställningar. Ledarna för flera lokala företag har bildat en koalition för att...
Kina – MGM presenterar planer för resorts i Tokyo, Yokohama och Osaka
MGM Resorts CEO James Murren gave some pointers on the operator’s objectives in Japan at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2017 Japan Conference. He predicted that MGM Japan, an integrated casino resort which would demand an investment of $10bn, would open sometime in 2025. Mr. Murren said MGM wanted to be part of a…
Japan – Wynn riktar sig mot tre japanska städer
Wynn Resorts has targeted three Japanese cities: Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama where it wants to build an integrated casino resort. Speaking to Nikkei Asian Review Wynn Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn, said: “To do what we do, we have to make very big investments. All of these factors together mean that the only place we…
Japan – Tokyos guvernör är fortfarande skeptisk till fördelarna med spel
Seeing casinos introduced into the capital is not a priority for Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe who has called for more debate on issues such as money laundering. “This is not at the top of my agenda. I don’t believe that you must have casinos to improve the economy,” he said. “There hasn’t been enough debate,…
Japan – Osaka angelägna om att inleda kasinoförslag
The Japanese city of Osaka is looking to steal a lead on its likely, rival casino city of Tokyo by naming an official site for any future development and inviting operators from across the globe to design their blueprints. The favoured site for the development is on reclaimed land in Osaka Bay in an area…
Japan – Tokyos guvernör strävar efter ett kasino vid vattnet
Following a spate of raids on illegal casinos, Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose has announced he wants to start the process to open a waterfront casino in Japan’s capital, saying he expects casino gaming to be legalised soon. Speaking at the metropolitan assembly session, he said: “I expect the Diet to revise the law as soon…
