Inside Asian Gaming
IAG OCT 2019年10月 亞博匯 64 日本 Bussmann also predicts strong interest in developing a Yokohama IR, adding, “I would expect every major international operator that has shown an interest in Japan – including but not limited to Wynn, Sands, Melco, Galaxy and Genting in addition to the potential of a Japanese-led group – to show interest in Yokohama. “It will be a very competitive process where operators are not only going to have to put forward a solid project but also show how it will benefit and integrate into the local community.” In the end, while Yokohama makes strong economic sense, its biggest task remains convincing the locals and in that respect the city is still trailing behind Osaka, Wakayama and Nagasaki. Yet with LVS and Melco having quickly declared their intentions, it is clear that Yokohama will loom particularly large when a final decision on Japan’s first IR locations is reached in 2020. 然而,橫濱是一個非常具吸引力的地方。 Global Market Advisors合夥人兼政府事務總監Brendan D. Bussmann表示:「橫濱是一個開發IR的絕佳地點,IR能夠為城市 帶來就業、稅收以及新發展。」 「它能成為首批三個IR牌照中有力的申請者。橫濱的位置非 常好,不但鄰近其他旅遊和MICE相關設施,更有能力開發一個強 大而引人注目的項目,以及成為與城市其他地區和主要基礎設施 的橋樑。」 Bussmann還預測,將有不少營運商對發展橫濱IR感興趣並 補充道:「我預期每一個對日本有興趣的國際營運商——包括但不 限於永利、金沙、新濠、銀河以及雲頂和一家潛在的日本財團—— 均對橫濱表示興趣。」 「這將是一場非常激烈的競爭,營運商不僅要拿出一個可靠 的項目,還要展示項目如何融入並讓當地社區受益。」 最後,儘管橫濱具有強大的經濟前景,但它最大的任務仍是 要與當地居民取得共識,而在這方面橫濱仍遠遜於大阪、和歌山 以及長崎。然而,由於拉斯維加斯金沙集團和新濠博亞已迅速宣 佈他們對橫濱的濃厚興趣,顯然當日本在2020年就第一批IR選址 作出最終決定時,橫濱將顯得尤為重要 。
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