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Japan – Suncity öppnar kontor för att marknadsföra sitt Wakayama IR2.0-koncept
By phil - 14 september 2020
Asian junket investor Suncity Group has now opened an office in Wakayama which it will use as a promotional base in its attempts to land one of Japan’s first integrated resorts with its Wakayama IR2.0 concept.
The newly established Wakayama office will show concept videos and a scale model of the project.
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 Peninsula.
Suncitys vd Alvin Chau sa att visionen var ett "unikt projekt som kombinerar Wakayama Prefectures historiska tradition, naturliga landskap och kulturella väsen."
It will offer 2,600 rooms and villas, restaurants and a sky lounge, hot springs and spas, a substantial exhibition venue, indoor sports facilities and boat tours to nearby coastal towns and tourist attractions.
Mr. Chau said: “We will present to the world the unique charm of Wakayama. I believe our ideas are in line with what the Japanese government is looking for in regional development Wakayama is rich in Japanese tradition and culture and has an abundance of nature in the mountains and sea. We are planning a resort that incorporates these charms. We will challenge regional revitalization centering on integrated resort facilities. We will promote the development of international tourism cities that make the most of the assets of Wakayama Prefecture, the nature, culture, history and people’s activities focusing on integrated resort facilities.”
Only two casino companies, have lodged proposals for the request-for-proposal (RFP) process to develop a casino on an artificial island called Marina City in the Japanese prefecture of Wakayama, located east of Osaka Canada-based Clairvest mounting the challenge to Suncity.
Kontoret hade tidigare sagt att över 20 internationella IR-operatörer från Nordamerika, Europa och Asien hade uttryckt sitt intresse med ett IR-forum som väckte intresse från operativa grupper inklusive Solaire, Lucien Barriere, Mohegan Gaming, Bloomberry Resorts och Galaxy Entertainment. Regeringen vill att dess IR ska ha ett hotell med 2,500 40 rum med ett kongresscenter och utställningshall. Marina City ligger cirka 70 minuters bilresa från Kansai International Airport och XNUMX minuters bilresa från Osaka. Dess infrastruktur är redan väl utvecklad med många hotell och en nöjespark baserad på medeltida europeiska stadsbilder.
