Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JAN 2020年1月 亞博匯 53 封面故事 12. MAKINOHARA CITY (SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE) Population: 46,000 Prefecture population: 3.6 million No longer pursuing an IR bid • • • 12. 牧之原市 (靜岡縣) 城市人口: 4.6萬 縣府人口: 360萬 不再角逐競投 • • • 11. OKINAWA Population: 1.5 million Any hope for an IR in the foreseeable future was dashed with Governor Tamaki’s gubernatorial victory in September 2018 • • 11. 沖繩 人口: 150萬 玉城丹尼於2018年9月勝出沖繩縣知事選舉後，在可預見的 將來，當地發展綜合度假村的願景已然破滅 • • 沖繩已就綜合度假村的前景進行了多年研究，但前知事翁長 雄志於2014年12月上任後，有關研究就被中止。其後，翁長雄志於 在任期間離世，新知事選舉於2018年9月舉行，角逐者分別是支持 發展IR的佐喜真淳和反對的玉城丹尼。隨著玉城丹尼勝出選舉，在 可預見的將來，該區發展綜合度假村項目的願景已然破滅。 Research was conducted on the potential for an IR in Okinawa for many years, but was halted by Governor Takeshi Onaga after he took office in December 2014. After Onaga’s untimely death in office, an election was held between pro-IR Atsushi Sakima and anti-IR Denny Tamaki in September 2018. Any hope for an IR in the foreseeable future was dashed with Tamaki’s victory. 在獲得當地部分商會的支持後，牧之原市曾於2019年1月宣 佈有意成為綜合度假村項目的落腳點，但其後於8月宣佈，因未能 在當地達成廣泛的共識，將不再角逐競投。 After enjoying the support of some local business organizations and making a January 2019 announcement of its intention to pursue an IR bid, Makinohara City announced in August it would no longer pursue an IR bid as it was unable to achieve a consensus of local support. 《2020：東瀛制決》系列報道第二部分將於《亞博匯》三月期刊出，大家敬請留意。卓弈將分析約20間已表明參與日本綜合度假村競 投的營運商，當然亦會根據其個人意見，將這些營運商以其中標的可能性編排。屆時，卓弈將逐一細數每間營運商的優勢、劣勢和管理層， 以及闡述營運商迄今為止在競投上的策略 。 Stay tuned for part 2 of our “2020: Japan IR Decision Time” series, to run in our March issue. Andrew will discuss approximately 20 operators who have thrown their hat in the Japan IR ring. Again, he will rank them in order from most likely to win to least likely, in his opinion. He’ll commentate on the strengths, weaknesses and leadership of each, and analyze their strategies thus far in the Japanese IR process.