Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JAN 2021年1月 亞博匯 33 封面故事 objectively speaking, Wakayama is sure to win one of the licenses. And I strongly believe that the [national] government will have the same opinion. This project is very promising and that’s why we are so keen.” Wakayama’s attitude has not changed since then, and Governor Nisaka sees no issue with Wakayama’s proximity to Osaka, just 75 minutes south by car. However, some analysts do, going so far as to say that IRs in both Osaka and Wakayama would not make sense. Nagasaki , on the major island of Kyushu at the far west of Japan, is another regional location pushing hard for an IR. Vice-Governor Ken Hirata is leading the charge under his Governor Hodo Nakamura. Nagasaki is known to be actively trying to stimulate interest from more candidate operators to increase the competitiveness of its RFP process. The IR site, at Dutch theme park Huis Ten Bosch at Sasebo City, has The larger IR operators continue to focus their Japan efforts on Yokohama. 大型IR運營商繼續將其在日的努力集中於橫濱。 此後，中央政府將考慮來自全國各地的聯合競投書，並最終 在所謂的「第一輪」競投中，選出最多三個IR項目落戶地。在第一 輪完成的七年後，當局可發出更多牌照。 哪裡？ 自2019年11月下旬以來，當北海道知事鈴木直道宣布，北 海道在可預見的未來都會擱置IR競標計劃後，日本全國仍在競 逐IR項目落戶的地點都未有出現變化。 有四個縣市已正式宣布有意競逐，還有四個仍被論及或稍 後加入競逐的地點： 大阪 曾經是IR競投中的寵兒，但至今大部分營運商已退出 競逐，令美國博彩業巨頭美高梅國際酒店集團及日企歐力士的 合資成為目前唯一仍在大阪競逐的營運商。 儘管如此，大阪是僅次於 東京 的日本第二大城市，長期在IR 競投過程中保持樂觀態度，大阪府知事吉村洋文和大阪市長松 井一郎正緊鑼密鼓地準備競投。位於日本關西地區本州島的心 臟地帶，大阪不時受吹捧為最有可能成為日本首個IR項目開業 的地方。