Inside Asian Gaming

IAG AUG 2021年8月 亞博匯 84 JAPAN function space at City of Dreams Manila. Additional space is planned for both Studio City Phase II and City of Dreams Mediterranean, the latter to include 10,000 square meters of MICE facilities. However, IAG understands Melco has tapped at least one highly respected and very senior executive from Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo, and possibly other leading names in Asia’s MICE world, to lead the development of their MICE offering in Japan. In terms of global scale events, it’s rumored Melco is working with one of the world’s largest sports and entertainment management companies, which would have the potential to bring genuine tier-one events to a Melco Japan IR. Add to that the partnership Melco announced with Japanese tennis legend Naomi Osaka in 2019, naming her their Director of Sports, and you have some potential offerings that should be very tantalising to the powers that be in Yokohama. PROBITY Melco is licensed in three jurisdictions, having operated in Macau since 2007, in the Philippines since 2015 and Cyprus since 2019. The company’s Cyprus operations currently include four satellite casinos plus a temporary facility near the site of its € 550 million City of Dreams Mediterranean development. PARTNERS Melco Resorts has announced only one partner for its Yokohama IR bid so far, in the form of Japanese construction, civil engineering and real estate firm Taisei Corporation. Although Melco has remained tight-lipped in this regard since announcing its “Yokohama First” policy in 2019, IAG understands there is at least one more significant partner yet to be publicly announced as involved in the consortium. Melco is developing the €550 million City of Dreams Mediterranean in Cyprus. 新濠正在塞浦路斯開發價投資約5.5億歐元的City of Dreams Mediterranean。