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IAG JUL 2021年7月 亞博匯 13 請於asgam.com註冊獲取《亞博匯早報》 Sign up to receive IAG Breakfast Briefing at asgam.com CLAIRVEST CONFIRMED AS WINNER OF WAKAYAMA RFP 和歌山確認CLAIRVEST勝出和歌山RFP WAKAYAMA GOVERNOR Yoshinobu Nisaka confirmed in June that Clairvest Neem Ventures, a subsidiary of Canadian investment firm Clairvest Group, has been selected to proceed with the prefecture’s IR bid. This makes Clairvest the first IR operator partner to be announced by one of the four regions (Wakayama, Osaka, Yokohama and Nagasaki) pursuing three IR licenses to be issued by Japan’s national government. The prefecture is hoping to open its facility in spring 2026, although Clairvest has proposed autumn 2027. According to information published by the prefecture, Clairvest’s IR concept is based on a theme of “a land of wood and a land of water” with nature at its core. The total floor area of the facility will be about 569,000 square meters, of which gaming will cover 38,000 square meters. It will also offer 2,700 rooms and an international exhibition center with a large conference hall that can accommodate 3,000 people. Notably, Clairvest has proposed an investment of JPY 470 billion (US$4.3 billion) versus the JPY 279.9 billion (US$2.6 billion) suggested by Wakayama under its fundamental concept. Both the scale of investment and target number of visitors put forward by Clairvest are therefore much larger than Wakayama’s own estimations. The selection of Clairvest comes after Suncity Group withdrew from the race in May. 和歌山縣知事仁坂吉伸 6月證實，已經選定加拿大 Clairvest集團子公司Clairvest Neem Ventures為 合作夥伴，將共同推進該縣綜合度假村的競標。 Clairvest成為四個有意競標IR的地方（和歌 山、大阪、橫濱和長崎）之中第一個獲宣佈的IR運營 商合作夥伴，這些地方皆尋求日本政府計劃頒發的 三個IR牌照之中的一個。和歌山希望該處設施可以 在2026年春季開放，但Clairvest的計劃書中則規劃 在2027年秋季開放。 根據該縣公佈的信息，Clairvest的IR概念基 於「林地和水域」的概念，以自然為核心。設施總建 築面積約569,000平方米，其中娛樂場設施面積約 38,000平方米。 它還將提供2,700間客房和一個國際展覽廳以 及一個可容納3,000人的大型會展中心。 值得注意的是，Clairvest提出了4,700億日 元（43億美元）的投資，而和歌山在其基本概念 下建議的投資為2,799億日元（26億美元）。因此 Clairvest提出的投資規模和目標遊客人數都遠大 於和歌山自己的預計。 今年5月，太陽城集團以全球商業環境不確定 為由退出賽道。