Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2019年11月 亞博匯 73 2019 亞博匯50強 JAMES MURREN CHAIRMAN AND CEO MGM Resorts International CHAIRPERSON AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MGM China Holdings Ltd 主席兼首席執行官 美高梅國際酒店集團 董事長及執行董事 美高梅中國控股有限公司 CLAIMS TO FAME • Chairman of the world’s second largest casino company • Credited with keeping MGM Resorts afloat during the GFC 名成事跡 • 世界第二大娛樂場企業的主席 • 由於讓美高梅國際酒店集團於環球金融海嘯期間免於遭難而受表揚 16 NOW in his 11th year as Chairman and CEO of global casino giant MGM Resorts International, Jim Murren has long held sway with the company’s shareholders for successfully guiding it through the Global Financial Crisis at a time when its future was very much in limbo. Now he appears on the verge of another major milestone in MGM’s long history – winning a license to develop an integrated resort in Japan. Amid the crowd of global operators shuffling for position in Japan, MGM became the first to make its plans unmistakably clear in January by announcing its “Osaka First” policy, describing it as a move to “concentrate MGM’s management resources in Osaka to gain regional improvement plan approval for an IR facility in Japan.” Such an aggressive move appeared risky at the time, but the company has since strongly firmed as the favorite to win government approval for Osaka with both Las Vegas Sands and Melco Resorts having recently pulled out of the Osaka race to focus on Yokohama instead. With just three IR licenses set to be issued and analysts estimating their combined annual GGR at more than US$10 billion, that would be quite a coup. In the meantime, it’s been a solid year for MGM in Macau with the first full year of operation for MGM Cotai, opened in February 2018, providing a much-needed boost to the company’s market share in the world’s biggest casino hub. 當上 跨國娛樂場大腕美高梅國際酒店集團的主席兼首席執行官有十一個年頭 的Jim Murren，一直對於公司股東們有很高的影響力。這要歸功於他在環球金 融海嘯期間的表現，當時公司的前境黯淡無光，但Jim Murren就成功地引領美 高梅脫離苦海。現在的他正處於美高梅長久歷史中另一個里程碑的不遠處—就 是成功奪取在日本發展綜合度假村的牌照。 正當世界各地的營運商都正試圖在日本爭一席位時，美高梅在一月公佈 了其「大阪優先」政策，成為了首個把自己的計劃清楚明白地呈現出來的公司。 美高梅形容該政策為「把美高梅的管理資源集中於大阪，為在日本建立一間綜 合度假村設施而要讓人們認同區域改善計劃」的舉措。 這樣進取的一步棋在當時看起來是頗有風險的，但美高梅亦從那時起就 成為了得到政府准許在大阪開設綜合度假村的大熱。而拉斯維加期金沙集團及 新濠博亞娛樂，則在最近相繼退出了大阪的爭戰，轉而專注在橫濱。由於最後發 出的日本賭牌只有三張，而分析師更估計這些牌照可帶來平均每年超過100億 美元的博彩總收入，所以這場競逐戰定必驚異連連。 同時，美高梅在澳門的業務於過去一年也有著殷實的表現。當中在2018年 2月開幕的美獅美高梅已經啟用了一整年，並為該公司在這個世界最大娛樂場 樞紐中的市場佔有率帶來重要的貢獻。 POWER SCORE 權能指數 : 1,493 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名 : 21