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IAG JAN 2020年1月 亞博匯 29 封面故事 TIER 1: BIG CITIES ACTIVELY PURSUING A BID done a serviceable (but costly) job in moving the public sentiment needle. Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City announced the implementation policy draft last year, with Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura and Osaka City Mayor IchiroMatsui holding a press conference on 22November. With Yokohama entering the race and drawing away the likes of Sands, Wynn and Melco, and Caesars withdrawing from the Japan race altogether as a result of its Eldorado Resorts merger in the US, Osaka finds itself left with just three suitors remaining at their Request For Concept (RFC) stage – Galaxy, Genting Singapore and MGM. MGM has a long history with Osaka, announcing its “Osaka first” policy 12 months ago and investing millions into a wide range of community engagement initiatives over many years. It rightfully sees itself as the front runner in Osaka but this is no lay down misère. Galaxy and Genting Singapore both 第一層:大城市積極競標 並由大阪府知事吉村洋文及大阪市市長松井一郎於11月22日舉 行新聞發佈會宣佈這一消息。 而隨著橫濱進入賽道,並吸引了金沙、永利、新濠;以及隨 著凱撒集團由於其在美國與Eldorado Resorts合併而完全退出 日本,大阪驀然發現只剩下三個競逐者仍留在概念計劃書徵集 (RFC)階段,即銀河娛樂、雲頂新加坡及美高梅。 美高梅與大阪之間關係源遠流長,在12個月前就宣佈其「大 阪優先」政策,並於數年間注資數百萬美元用於推廣各種社區參與 計劃。其理所應當地視自己為大阪賽道的領跑者,然而競逐並非易 事,銀娛及雲頂新加坡都為其帶來嚴峻的威脅,後兩者亦有相較美 高梅的顯著優勢(詳情請參見本期另一篇有關大阪的文章)。 大阪的概念計劃書徵集將持續至今年4月,而有關運營商的 最終決定將於6月作出。 大阪府市曾表示希望在2025年大阪世博會之前能夠開業IR, 但營運商就表示,擔心建築期太短,並會與世博會建設重疊。 而由於日本中央政府僅將在2021年1月之後接受IR認證申 請,並於當年晚些時候方作出決定。考慮到相關建設週期,若想在 2025年打開IR之門似乎頗具挑戰。 1. OSAKA (CITY AND PREFECTURE) City population: 3 million Prefecture population: 9 million Kansai region population: 23 million Known suitors: Galaxy Entertainment Group, Genting Singapore, MGM Resorts Leading the race amongst all locations across Japan • • • • • 1.大阪(府/市) 城市人口:300萬 縣府人口:900萬 關西地區人口:2300萬 已知競標者:銀河娛樂集團、雲頂新加坡、美高梅國際酒店 集團 在日本各競逐城市中一馬當先 • • • • • 一如前述,大阪是唯一一個公開地、持續地擁抱IR的主要日 本城市,並在府、縣之間有著強有力的共識及協作力。公眾情緒一 開始比較負面,但在過去幾年間,候選運營商,特別是美高梅以及 出力相對前者少一點銀河娛樂,在改善公眾情緒方面做了有效( 但代價高昂)的工作。 大阪府及大阪市於去年宣佈了其綜合度假村實施政策草案, As previously stated, Osaka is the only major city in Japan which has openly and consistently embraced the IR opportunity, with strong agreement and coordination between the prefectural and city governments. Public sentiment started negatively, but over the past few years the candidate operators, especially MGM and to a lesser extent Galaxy, have

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