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亚洲 – 金沙集团正在与“主要国家”就亚洲新赌场度假村进行谈判

有 off-loaded its Las Vegas casinos, Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Rob Goldstein has confirmed the operator is discussing building a Marina bay Sands scale reports casino with a ‘major country’ in Asia.

Speaking to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Mr. Goldstein said: “I don’t want to say where, but we’ve had some rather interesting conversations with a major country there that has reached out to us. It’s proprietary, but we’re looking to build something of scale much like Marina Bay Sands. A lot of countries in Asia have reached out to us over the years, but nothing’s happened. This one feels like it might be a major prospect. A major country, a top-tier country. I hope it’s real.”

Goldstein did reiterate that Japan is currently not an option for 金沙.

“It depends on the jurisdiction, but obviously our preferred approach is an IR model with a multitude of offerings for customers ranging from casino, hotel, spa, convention, retail, restaurants and business centers,” Mr Goldstein said. “The model works, and we’ll continue to use that model in future developments. We’re talking to three states right now, and that’s the preferred approach. We’re also in discussions in a few places in Asia.

“We’re building a new one hopefully starting next year, our second Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, a fully integrated Phase 2 of our Phase 1. We don’t plan to stray from the IR model unless the jurisdiction doesn’t want an IR. That’s how we see ourselves, as large-scale IR developers. That’s our bread and butter.”

One market opportunity that does exist in Asia lies with the unfulfilled casino license in Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. Imperial Pacific International had its license to operate the casino there suspended indefinitely by the Commonwealth Casino Commission (CCC) of the Northern Mariana Islands but whether that would fit Mr. Goldstein’s description of a major country is doubtful.

Having violated five orders of the Casino Control Act, the operator was ordered to pay $6.6m in total penalty within six months, and pay immediately $15.5m and $3.1m in annual casino exclusive license fee and annual casino regulatory fee, respectively.

由于冠状病毒大流行的影响，它无法支付 3.1 年 2020 万美元的年度监管费，也未能遵守支付欠供应商款项的命令，违反了最低资本要求，选择不支付费用该公司在 15.5 年获得了年度 2020 万美元的赌场牌照，并在 20 年和 2018 年两次无法支付欠社区福利基金的 2019 万美元。

The casino and hotel have been closed since March 2020 with the operator confirming a US$367m loss for FY2020.

Thailand also offers a huge opportunity if new laws can be passed. It is one of only three ASEAN nations without legal casinos, alongside Indonesia and Brunei. Lat year country officials confirmed they would launch a feasibility study into the effects of introducing casino gaming via an integrated resort with a casino.

The House of Representatives have charged an extraordinary committee of 60 people with the task of evaluating the benefits of a casino to boost tourism and the local economy.

泰国总理巴育·占奥差 (Prayut Chan-o-cha) 一月份声称，赌场可以帮助该国摆脱新冠疫情，人民力量党 (PPRP) 领导人巴维·翁苏旺 (Prawit Wongsuwon) 将军表示：“看看我们周围的国家。我们的人也去那些赌场。”