Inside Asian Gaming

IAG DEC 2019年12月 亞博匯 28 The golf course at Sun Valley – one of 11 courses and 198 holes that Clark will offer once current developments are complete. 位於Sun Valley的高爾夫球場——待現有建設完成，克拉克將提供共擁有198個球洞的11個球場。 COVER STORY If recent trends are anything to go by, the bigger the better, with passenger arrivals rising by 73% to 2.61 million in 2018, up from 1.51 million 12 months earlier. Complementing the air access is better road and rail infrastructure, most notable being the US$15 billion North-South Commuter Railway connecting Clark and Manila, including a link to Clark International Airport, opening in stages from 2021. A second line connecting Clark and Subic will commence construction next year. It is with this in mind that Clark has seen its gaming and leisure industry launch explosive growth of its own. As 2019 draws to a close, Clark is home to six casinos, including Royce and Widus – both in the midst of major expansions – D’Heights which opened earlier this year, Fortunegate (formerly Casablanca) which re- opened after two years in June, plus Midori Clark Hotel and Casino and Casino Filipino Mimosa. Another two properties, one by Filinvest Development Corp and another by PH Resorts Group, 正是未來可見的交通便利性，令克拉克的博彩及休閒產 業迎來了爆炸性的增長。臨近2019年年底，克拉克的六家賭場 中，Royce和Widus正處於大規模擴張、D’Heights剛於今年早些 時候開幕、Fortunegate（前身為Casablanca）則在兩年之後的今 年6月重新開業，此外還有 Midori Clark酒店及娛樂場，和Filipino Mimosa娛樂場。 另有兩處分別由 Filinvest Development Corp和PH Resorts Group兩間公司所有的物業也已經在籌備中。有傳言稱，曾經盛極 一時的Fontana娛樂場可能將在變更新的所有權的情況下重新開 業，這家娛樂場在2016年由於非法僱傭中國勞工而被當局關閉。 收入曲線亦一路攀升。2018年，克拉克娛樂場的博彩總收入 增長了22.4％，至86.2億披索，而2019年則有望再增長37%，攀升 至118.1億披索。創新集團的朱靜瑋表示，克拉克的娛樂場收入將 在2020年達到130.7億披索，2021年達到146.4億披索——即短短 五年內增長將超過百分之百。 而根據Royce酒店及娛樂場的總經理L.Avendaño，這尤其 要歸功於韓國。韓國為克拉克的第一大客源市場，為當地帶來約 20%的遊客及70%的博彩總收入。因此，克拉克到處都能看到韓 國烤肉也真是不足為奇。