Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2019年11月 亞博匯 74 2019 POWER 50 PRESIDENT AND CEO Marina Bay Sands MANAGING DIRECTOR – GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT Las Vegas Sands 總裁兼首席執行官 濱海灣金沙 全球發展董事總經理 拉斯維加斯金沙集團 CLAIMS TO FAME • Heads Asia’s most widely admired integrated resort • Leads LVS expansion efforts in Japan and beyond • Former executive at Singapore government linked property developer CapitaLand 名成事跡 • 執掌亞洲備受青睞的綜合度假村 • 領導拉斯維加斯金沙集團拓展日本等海外市場 • 新加坡國聯房地產企業凱德集團的前領導層 17 GEORGE TANASIJEVICH GEORGE Tanasijevich runs Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, the most envied integrated resort globally, so it makes perfect sense for him to show other jurisdictions how to get a similarly iconic IR in their city. And yes, it has to be in a city, one that’s a national center of business and finance, with domestic and international transport links to support a convention-driven business model and, importantly, permission for local citizens to game. Singapore has all of that, and MBS projects to deliver more than US$1.5 billion in EBITDA this year at better than 50% margins, with non-gaming producing 30% of profits. With 2,600 rooms, 1.2 million square feet of MICE space, 800,000 square feet of retail, nearly 600 gaming tables and 2,300 machines, MBS consistently ranks as the most profitable casino property on earth, and it’s about to get bigger. In April, Singapore announced expansion agreements with MBS and crosstown rival, Genting’s Resorts World Sentosa. MBS will spend SG$4.5 billion (US$3.3 billion) for a new high rise hotel with around 1,000 rooms and, like the current triple towers, a rooftop pool, plus a 15,000 seat arena designed especially for music performances, MICE area and, crucially, 2,000 meters of additional gaming space and 1,000 machines. Completion is scheduled for 2024, but casino entry levies have already risen 50% to SG$150 daily and SG$3,000 annually, depressing mass gaming revenue since. Tanasijevich, an attorney and former real estate development executive in the US and then Singapore with government linked CapitaLand, leads LVS efforts to secure an IR license in Japan. LVS ditched its “Osaka first” policy in August to focus on Yokohama, which has declared its IR interest, and Tokyo, which hasn’t. 鑑於 George Tanasijevich執掌新加坡濱海灣金沙，該項目是全球備受青睞的綜 合度假村，所以很理所當然地，他可向其他地區的政府展示如何在一座城市成 功地發展類似的綜合度假村。無錯，這座城市必須是國家經貿中心，設有完善的 國內和國際運輸網絡，以支持由會展業帶動的商業發展模式；更重要的是，容許 本地人進行賭博。 新加坡有著上述的所有條件，濱海灣金沙今年的EBITDA預計可達15億美 元，利潤率逾50%，非博彩收入將佔利潤30%。 坐擁2,600間客房、面積達120萬 平方呎的會展空間、80萬平方呎的零售空間，以及近600張賭桌和2,300部博彩 機，該項目可謂是全球最賺錢的博彩項目，而且還會進一步擴張。 今年4月，新加坡政府宣佈，延長濱海灣金沙及雲頂集團的聖淘沙名勝世 界之博彩專營牌照期限。濱海灣金沙承諾將拆資45億新元（約33億美元）新建一 棟設有約1,000間客房的酒店大樓，並跟項目另外三棟現有的酒店大樓一樣，設 有天台泳池、會展設施，以及專為音樂表演打造、容納1.5萬人的體育館，還有非 常重要的博彩空間，新增面積約2,000平方米，可容納1,000台博彩機。雖然項目 擴建工程將於2024年完工，但娛樂場入場稅已上調了50%至每日150新元及每 年3,000新元，影響了當地的中場博彩收入。 Tanasijevich曾出任律師，也在美國出任房地產發展項目主管，以及曾是 新加坡國聯房地產企業凱德集團的前領導層，他現在則領導拉斯維加斯金沙集 團以獲取日本綜合度假村牌照。拉斯維加斯金沙早於8月公佈放棄了「大阪優 先」的政策，將目光轉移至橫濱市及東京，前者已表達了爭取綜合度假村落戶的 意願，但後者還未有任何表態。 POWER SCORE 權能指數 : 1,477 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名 : 26