Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JAN 2020年1月 亞博匯 44 COVER STORY 7. 東京 23區人口：960萬 首都圈人口：3,800萬 競標者：全球各個最大型綜合度假村營運商 取向未明，預計當東京奧運會於2020年8月9日閉幕後，情 況才逐漸明朗 • • • • 第四層：黑馬 7. TOKYO 23 wards population: 9.6 million Greater Tokyo area population: 38 million Suitors: The world’s largest IR companies Status unknown and likely to remain so until after the Summer Olympics closing ceremony on 9 August 2020 • • • • Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike. 東京都知事小池百合子。 TIER 4: THE WILD CARDS Given its status as the most populated urban agglomeration on the planet, with close to 40 million people, the prospect of a Tokyo IR would have any of the world’s tier one IR companies salivating. However, the conventional wisdom over the past few years has been that Tokyo is too busy focusing on the 2020 Summer Olympics to consider bidding for an IR. But all that might be about to change, with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government quietly meeting with potential operators over the next few weeks. Governor Yuriko Koike faces an election on 5 July, and there’s the small matter of the Olympics to get through in late July and early August. But assuming she survives both (or even if she doesn’t), there’s still enough time for Tokyo to find a willing partner operator to go to the national government with in early 2021. And you can bet your bottom dollar that is the scenario a gentleman namedMr Adelson, who happens to have friends in high places, will be pushing for. 鑑於東京是全球人口最多的城市群，人口將近4000萬，因此， 如東京發展綜合度假村，相關前景將令任何一家頂級的IR營運商 垂涎三尺。然而，過去數年的看法是，東京忙於籌備2020年夏季奧 運會，無暇考慮競投IR事宜，但這看法或將有所改變，因為東京都 政府未來數週將悄悄地與潛在營運商會晤。 東京都知事小池百合子將於7月5日面臨知事選舉，而夏季奧 運會將於7月底至8月初期間進行。假若小池百合子能順利度過這 兩個關卡，甚至是她未能過關，對東京而言，仍有足夠時間尋找合 心意的營運商夥伴，參與2021年初的IR競投。 而可以打賭的是，那位擁有不少高官朋友、名為艾德森的男 士，將致力促成有關情況。