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乌拉圭 – 埃斯特角城赌场牌照需要招标

The Ministry of Economy and Finance of Uruguay (MEF) has confirmed that the only way to grant a new license for the operation of a private casino in the San Rafael hotel in Punta del Este, will be through a tender.

此次确认是为了回应马尔多纳多省独立党代表安德烈斯·卡拉斯科（Andrés Carrasco）提出的报告要求，他向乌拉圭经济和财政部（MEF）提出了有关可能让步的信息的新要求圣拉斐尔酒店的私人赌场许可证。

According to local news portal Maldonado Noticias, the MEF confirmed that the investment group headed by businessman Giuseppe Cipriani had looked into the possibility of obtaining a license for the operation of a private casino associated with the hotel.

The businessman was received by authorities as well as the Presidency of the Republic. There he was informed that “the granting of the authorization or license for the operation of a private casino in the city of Punta del Este will necessarily require a call for public bidding.”

According to the MEF it was explained that the obligation of a call for bids, arises both from the applicable regulations – Article 20 of Decree Law 14,335 -, as well as from Decree 588/75 and especially from the clause of Article 21 of the contract that the State signed with the company Baluma SA” (the company which owns the Hotel Enjoy de Punta del Este casino).

This clause, “grants exclusivity in a certain territorial area, unless the investment and the fee are equal or superior to that of the aforementioned hotel and that the selection of the concessionaire is carried out through the competitive procedure required by Decree 588 / 75 (public tender).”
The bidding process may be reached through the initiative of the administration (the government) or by private initiative meaning that the investor can request the government to open a call for bids.

Local law states that the granting of private casino licenses must be done through a public tender and if they are in the city of Punta del Este, “they must be international luxury hotel establishments … ”

Earlier this month Carrasco put forward new requests to the MEF regarding information on the possible concession of a private casino licence to the San Rafael Hotel. The legislator had previously sent a request for reports to the ministry, asking if there was any procedure underway for the granting of a casino licence. However The MEF had told him that no administrative process had been set in motion.

The new request for reports on the casino licence was made after statements made by businessman Giuseppe Cipriani, who said he expected the license to operate a casino in the future Cipriani Ocean Resort & Club Residences.

埃斯特角城的标志性圣拉斐尔酒店自 2011 年以来一直关闭，但在 Giuseppe Cipriani 签署协议后，于 40 年 2018 月被 Cipriani 集团以超过 XNUMX 万美元的价格收购。

该计划包括明年额外出售 90,000 平方米的住宅。该项目包括建造两座相互垂直的水平塔楼，最大高度为 100 米，此外还修复了 1948 年首次落成的都铎风格建筑。