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Argentina – Río Negro approves large scale casino and extends existing licences

The government of the province of Río Negro has presented the final agreement with local operator Crown to extend its licence agreement with seven gambling halls in the province.

In return, the company will build a hotel casino complex called the Paseo Sol del Río in capital Viedma. The licence will run until 2042.

皇冠将投资约 450 亿美元建设新综合体，其中包括一家赌场、一家拥有 54 间客房的酒店、一个美食广场、一个可容纳 500 多人的会议中心、一个购物中心和一家赌场，据新酒店的建筑师介绍，仅占新综合体的 6%。作为回报，Crown 请求将其在 Las Grutas、El Cóndor、Viedma、Cipolletti、Roca、Choele Choel 和 Catriel 的运营许可证延长 10 年，并获得批准。建设工作应在三年内完成。

Crown will sign a contract with local football club Sol de Mayo for the transfer of two hectares of waterfront land. Members of the club approved the offer in May 2016. In return, the club will receive a $114m facelift including work on the football grounds, the swimming pool as well as other infrastructure works (which will be part of the total $450m budget for the new complex). The current casino in the provincial capital has until now operated in a rented property.

Gaming in the province continues to play an ever-important role in the local economy and earlier this year the governor of Rio Negro, Alberto Weretilneck announced that he had signed an agreement with another local gaming company Entretenimientos Patagonia S.A to extend the licence of gaming halls in the cities of Bariloche, El Bolson and Ingeniero Jacobacci for another 15 years. In addition to an increase in the monthly fee, the operator also agreed to build a new bus terminal in the city of Bariloche as well as fund the building of other public works.