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IAG AUG 2021年8月 亞博匯 17 FORMER CAESARS KOREA IR PROJECT LIKELY DELAYED UNTIL 2025 原凱撒娛樂韓國IR項目或推遲到2025年完成 請登錄asgam.com訂閱《亞博匯早報》 Sign up to receive IAG Breakfast Briefing at asgam.com MIDAN CITY RESORT COMPLEX , the South Korean integrated resort and casino project previously overseen by US gaming giant Caesars Entertainment, is unlikely to open before 2025 according to a report by local news outlet Korea News . Three months after the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism shot down the three-year deadline extension sought by the project’s new owners, Chinese construction firm Guangzhou R&F Properties Co – offering them a 12-month extension until late 2022 instead – building work is yet to resume, having stalled in early 2020 due to COVID-19. And there is no sign that construction will begin anytime soon, with Guangzhou R&F said to be on the lookout for more financing as well as a new operator partner in the wake of Caesars’ withdrawal. According to the Korea News report, only 25% of the casino complex has been completed, leaving little time to meet the current December 2022 deadline. It also notes that 60% of the land comprising the broader Midan City complex remains unsold, stalling development planned in the region by the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority. 據韓國 當地媒體《Korea News》報道，先前由美國 博彩巨頭凱撒娛樂公司監管的韓國綜合度假村及 賭場項目Midan City Resort Complex，或未能在 2025年之前建成。 數月之前，韓國文化體育觀光部拒絕了該項目 的新業主中國建築公司廣州富力地產所提出的、將 項目的建設期限延長3年的要求，但給予延長12個 月的決定。但目前由於2020年初起新冠疫情的影 響，項目的建設已於2020年2月停止。 並且並無跡象表明廣州富力將很快開始建設。 據悉其正在尋求多方融資以及新的運營商合作夥 伴。 據韓國媒體報道，該綜合體目前僅完成了 25% ，幾乎不可能趕在2022年12月截止日期前完工。報 道還指出，仍有六成Midan City綜合體的土地未能 出售，延誤了仁川自由經濟區管理局對該地區的發 展計劃。