Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JAN 2021年1月 亞博匯 43 封面故事 a lack of competition will surely change the dynamic of the Osaka process for MGM Resorts and their Japanese consortium partner ORIX. Of the three Macau concessionaires without US properties – Galaxy, Melco and SJM – Galaxy and Melco have both made clear their preference for major metropolitan locations in Japan, as has Genting Singapore, one half of the highly successful Singapore IR duopoly, and local Japanese gaming manufacturer Sega Sammy, who also participates in an IR in Korea. Then we see a slew of companies which have made clear their intentions to pursue regional locations. These include Hard Rock, Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment and Rush Street. All three were initially known for pursuing the Hokkaido location at Tomakomai, but are open to other locations in Japan. In Wakayama, Suncity and Clairvest are the two companies in the race. Nagasaki is being pursued by Oshidori International Holdings, Casinos Austria, Pixel Companyz working with Groupe Partouche and a consortium consisting of Get Nice Holdings and local Japanese company Current Corp, but don’t be surprised to see a number of other companies join the RFP process, particularly those formerly pursuing Hokkaido. In part two of this article, to run in the February issue of IAG, we’ll be comparing and contrasting all the above candidate operators, as well as discussing likely investment levels and major outstanding issues in the IR process in Japan. 於核心市場的計劃。僅剩的一家美高梅國際酒店集團，同時也是大 阪RFP流程中唯一合資格的競標者。缺乏競爭必定會影響美高梅 國際酒店集團及其日本財團合作夥伴歐力士在大阪投標的動態。 至於三家沒有美資背景的澳門博企銀娛、新濠及澳博，前兩者 已經明確表明了他們對於日本大都會地區的偏愛。新加坡IR的兩 大寡頭之一雲頂新加坡，以及在韓國營運IR的日本本土博企世嘉 颯美亦對此感興趣。 我們看到許多公司已經明確表明屬意地方，其中就包括Hard Rock、Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment和Rush Street。這三者 最初都屬意北海道的苫小牧市，但亦會考慮其他地點。而和歌山的 賽道上則是太陽城和Clairvest兩家公司。 長崎的賽道上則擠著威華達控股、Casinos Austria Interna- tional、 Pixel Companyz 與Groupe Partouche合作，以及由Get Nice Holdings和Current Corp組成的財團。但是也不排除未來還 有更多的公司加入RFP流程，尤其是那些之前屬意過北海道的公 司。 本文的第二部分將刊登於《亞博匯》二月刊。屆時我們將對上 述所有候選營運商做出比較，並對日本IR可能需要的投資水平及 其他重大未決的事項進行探討 。