Inside Asian Gaming

IAG AUG 2021年8月 亞博匯 90 JAPAN Neither company should ultimately have any probity issues. Both companies would undoubtedly pick up Japanese partners along the way in their respective consortia. Genting both gains and loses in having a Japanese company in Sega Sammy on board. They gain because Sega Sammy is the junior partner in the Paradise City IR; they lose because of that company’s historical pachinko background. So that’s yet another coin flip. Genting may be perceived as the “bigger” and more global company, especially having just launched Resorts World Las Vegas. But the contrary argument is they may be spread too thin and won’t have the laser-focus on Japan that Melco would. Ultimately, it may come down to a kind of “hare and tortoise” or “quality versus quantity” choice. The former, Melco, will offer an exciting and modern IR, likely to be trendy and exhilarating, even exotic and sophisticated, but in striving for the world’s best may take design and operational risks, which may or may not pay off. They will be focused on offering the crème de la crème. The latter, Genting Singapore, will be more steady-as-she-goes, taking an approach it would likely see as tried and tested to create a serviceable IR, but one that might occasionally be accused of focusing on getting a huge number of heads through the door and being not so special: yet another Resorts World (insert city name here). Only time will tell which of the two Yokohama will choose. 財務上來看，雙方都因新冠疫情而受到影響，但都有能力、 往績記錄和財務資源來籌集所需的資金，雙方再次勢均力敵。 兩間公司都有著扎實的會展能力，儘管不是金沙那般擁有 的1A級會展能力，但已經完全足夠為日本提供所需的會展服 務。 兩家公司應該都不會有任何誠信問題，也無疑都將在各自 的財團中選擇來自日本的合作夥伴。選擇世嘉颯美合作令雲頂 有得有失，得的是世嘉颯美是百樂達斯城的少數合夥人，失的 則是該公司的彈珠機業務的背景。 雲頂可能被視為一家「更大」、更全球化的公司，尤其是在 剛推出拉斯維加斯名勝世界剛剛開業之後。但有相反的意見則 認為，其可能過於分散，反而像新濠那樣可以專注於日本。 最終，其可能被歸結為一種「魚和熊掌」或「質量與數 量」的選擇。新濠選擇提供一個令人興奮的現代化綜合度 假村，可能是時尚與驚艷並存，甚至可能是高雅的異國情 調，但追逐全球最佳的過程中可能會承擔設計和營運風 險，這可能或令其得不到回報。而雲頂新加坡則採取更為 穩妥的方式，按照以往的經驗及被證明可行的方式來打 造IR，但也可能因為旨在吸引大量遊客而沒有那麼特別， 似乎只是又開了一家某某地的名勝世界。 橫濱結果究竟花落誰家，讓我們靜候時間的揭曉。