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IAG MAY 2021年5月 亞博匯 15 MGM RESORTS STILL OSAKA’S SOLE IR CANDIDATE 美高梅集團仍是大阪唯一的IR候選營運商 請於asgam.com註冊獲取《亞博匯早報》 Sign up to receive IAG Breakfast Briefing at asgam.com OSAKA has confirmed it received no new responses from IR operator candidates after declaring inMarch it would open the door for additional submissions. As a result, participation in Osaka’s RFP remains a one-horse race with only US casino giant MGM Resorts and its partner ORIX taking part. The recent call for new candidates formed part of revisions that were made to the city and prefecture’s IR Implementation Policy draft in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The draft also included a provision for Osaka’s chosen operator to open its IR in stages. TheOsaka IRPromotionCouncil said, “Regarding the additional open call for participants, we originally started the application before the [revised] Basic Policy of the central government came out. We started the additional application based on the law and to maintain fairness to entities who see the Basic Policy of [the] central government and the revised implementation policy (draft) and may consider applying.” 大阪在三月宣佈將接受新競標申請、為其 他提案打開大門後，尚未收到來自候選IR營運 商的任何新回覆。 因此，大阪的候選營運商公開招標（RFP） 目前仍只有一間候選營運商，美國娛樂場巨頭 美高梅國際酒店集團及其合作夥伴Orix投標。 因應新冠疫情，就候選營運商新增公開招 標為該市和地區的IR實施政策草案修訂的部份 內容。該草案還包括了一份臨時協議，供大阪選 定的營運商分階段開放其IR。 大阪IR促進委員會表示：「關於新增的營運 商公開招標，我們原先是在中央政府出台（修訂 後）《基本政策》前便開始接受申請。我們基於法 律啟動了新的公開招標，以對那些參考了中央 政府《基本政策》和修訂後的實施政策（草案）並 考慮申請的營運商保持公平。」