Inside Asian Gaming

IAG AUG 2021年8月 亞博匯 22 RWLV shines a blinding light on just what the best operators in Asia can bring to the Las Vegas Strip. RWLV很好地展示了亞洲最優秀的 運營商能夠為拉斯維加斯大道帶 來甚麼。 COVER STORY I t’s absolutely vital,” fires Bo Bernhard, Vice President of Economic Development and Executive Director of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Gaming Institute, when asked about the significance of Resorts World Las Vegas to the city’s recovery. “Las Vegas is very much like an amusement park in that if you don’t continue to build new roller coasters, the product gets stagnant and folks stop coming. In many ways, each of the resorts on the Las Vegas Strip are like individual rides of the amusement park. They offer a different kind of thrill. Some are newer and faster and more technologically advanced, while others are old, rickety roller coasters offering a sense of nostalgia. “That’s the Las Vegas Strip. It’s the adult amusement park where grown-ups go to play, and the moment Las Vegas stops innovating is the moment customers stop coming.” At a cost of US$4.3 billion, Resorts World Las Vegas (RWLV) is the first integrated resort built from ground up to open on the Las Vegas Strip in a decade, and it is the only significant addition to the North Strip since Wynn’s Encore Las Vegas opened in 2008. It also represents a major milestone for the owner and operator, Malaysian gaming giant Genting Berhad, which has long held US ambitions but whose exposure has until now been mostly limited to the state of New York. Needless to say, “ 絕 對至關重要。」當被問及拉斯維加斯名勝 世界（RWLV）對於拉城經濟復甦的重要性 時，美國內華達州立大學拉斯維加斯分校 國際博彩研究所經濟發展副主席兼執行 所長Bo Bernhard如是答道。 「拉斯維加斯就像一個遊樂園，如果你不持續建造新的過山 車，不隨時更新換代產品，人們就不會來。某種程度而言，拉斯 維加斯大道上的各個度假村都好像是遊樂園的娛樂設施。各自 提供不同的刺激。有些是更新、更快、更先進的技術，另一些則 是古舊而搖搖晃晃的過山車，充滿懷舊之感。」 「那就是拉斯維加斯大道，成年人的遊樂園。當拉斯維加 斯停止創新的那一刻，就是顧客不再前來的那一刻。」 投資額達43億美元的拉斯維加斯名勝世界是拉斯維加斯 金光大道上過去十年來首個從零開始新建的綜合度假村，亦是 自2008年永利的Encore Las Vegas開業以來金光大道北段上 唯一重大的項目。 「