Inside Asian Gaming

IAG AUG 2021年8月 亞博匯 30 COVER STORY announced plans to open in 2023 as the JWMarriott Las Vegas Blvd. The convention center itself is key to the area’s resurgence, having recently completed a US$890 million expansion that includes a revolutionary underground transportation system, built by Tesla founder Elon Musk, connecting the center with both RWLV and Wynn Las Vegas. The complex tunnel system sees passengers transported from one destination to the next in one of 62 Tesla 3s and Xs. “This means the north end of the Strip is now the spot for innovation,” says Bernhard. “You’ve got this convention center that people will actually visit as a tourist attraction and to try those underground tunnels, which is then connected to RWLV. “Las Vegas is somewhere that has always struggled desperately with transportation and has never quite figured it out. Suddenly we’re about to get the coolest subway in the world connecting 礙，尤其在該項目接近完工時，新冠肺炎疫情卻令整個城市陷 入封鎖。 然而復甦的跡象是令人鼓舞的。自今年早些時候防疫限制 開始解除以來，內華達州已連續4個月錄得收入超過10億美元。 其中5月的收入更是創紀錄的12.3億美元，超過此前2007年10月 創下的11.7億美元成為歷史新高。5月的數字亦比2019年同期高 出25%，由於並無國際遊客，這一數字尤其令人印象深刻。正是 為了呼應這種被壓抑的需求，RWLV於6月24日正式開業。 新冠肺炎大流行還帶來意外的收穫。 Sibella解釋道，「作為十多年來第一個在金光大道上興建 的度假村，我們身具一個天然的優勢，即在充滿新體驗的拉斯 維加斯打造最純淨、最安全的度假體驗，皆因今時今日的技術 進步10年之前尚不存在。」