Inside Asian Gaming

IAG SEP 2020年9月 亞博匯 14 亞博匯早報 BREAKFAST BRIEFS WYNN RESORTS CLOSES YOKOHAMA OFFICE 永利渡假村關閉橫濱辦事處 WYNN RESORTS has closed its Yokohama office in what the company describes as a reconsidering of its global operational strategy. Wynn, which had previously ended its pursuit of an IR in Osaka to focus its energies on Yokohama, issued a statement in which it pointed to the negative impact of COVID-19 on IR operators around the world. However, contacted by Inside Asian Gaming for confirmation, Wynn insisted it is “not withdrawing from Japan,” adding, “We continue to be interested in the Japan market and IR development there.” In a statement published by Bloomberg, the company said, “The pandemic is having an unprecedented negative impact on integrated resort development, and resort companies suchasWynnareconsidering how we evolve our operations to align with a post-pandemic market. “Long term, we remain interested in the Japan integrated resort market and will monitor the situation closely.” News of Wynn’s Yokohama office closure comes after Las Vegas Sands announced its withdrawal from Japan altogether in May, with Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson claiming the framework around the development of an IR had made the company’s goals “unreachable.” 永利渡假村 日前已關閉其在橫濱的辦事處，該 公司稱此舉是對其全球運營戰略的重新考慮。 永利此前已經退出競逐大阪IR，將精力 集中於橫濱。該公司發表聲明指出，新冠疫情 對全球IR運營商產生負面影響。然而，據《亞博 匯》證實，永利堅稱「不會退出日本」，並補充稱， 「我們繼續對日本市場和在日本發展IR充滿 興趣。」 該公司對彭博社發表的一份聲明中表示： 「大流行對綜合度假村的開發造成了前所未 有的負面影響，諸如永利等度假村公司正在考 慮如何發展業務，以適應疫情之後的市場。」 「長遠而言，我們對日本綜合度假村市場 仍有興趣，並將密切關注有關情況。」 在此之前，拉斯維加斯金沙集團曾於5月 宣佈完全退出日本，其董事長兼行政總裁蕭 登·艾德森表示，圍繞IR開發的諸多框架已使 該公司「難以實現在日本的目標」。