Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2021年11月 亞博匯 89 11-25 CEO and PRESIDENT MGM Resorts CHAIRPERSON and EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MGM China 首席執行官及總裁 美高梅國際酒店 董事長兼執行董事 美高梅中國 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 POWER SCORE 權能指數: 952 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名: 21 On the opening team of The Mirage alongside Steve Wynn Has continued “asset light” strategy started by predecessor Jim Murren • • • • 曾於史蒂芬·永利一起出現在The Mirage的開幕團隊 延續前任Jim Murren發起的「輕資產」戰略 BILL HORNBUCKLE 24 IT’S BEEN just over a year since Bill Hornbuckle replaced Jim Murren as MGM Resorts CEO and President and he has certainly wasted no time making the position his own. Landing in the hotseat in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, his first priority was to shore up MGM’s liquidity position, which he achieved via the sale of the company’s stake in MGM Growth Properties for around US$7 billion and its 50% share in CityCenter, Las Vegas. Those extra funds will likely come in handy in Japan, where the company was recently confirmed as Osaka’s preferred partner to develop an integrated resort, pending approval from the central government in 2022. MGM and its local consortium partner ORIX are estimating a total development cost of US$10 billion in Osaka, although Hornbuckle said during a recent earnings call that he expects MGM’s initial contribution to total no more than US$2.5 billion. Assuming Osaka is given the green light to proceed, as expected, MGM Resorts will become the only casino operator with an IR in any of Japan’s major metropolitan cities – cementing its presence as a major player in Asia given its existing assets in Macau. That completes quite the journey for Hornbuckle, who has risen from an 18-year-old bartender and busboy at Las Vegas’ Jockey Club to the very top of the global gaming tree. 儘管自Bill Hornbuckle 接任Jim Murren擔任美高梅國際酒店的首席執行官 及總裁剛剛一年，但他無疑已證明自己位當其職。 新冠疫情期間，Hornbuckle的首要任務就是支撐美高梅的流動性 資金。他通過以約70億美元的價格出售該公司所持有的MGM Growth Properties的股份及所持有的CityCenter, Las Vegas50%的股份， 實現了這一目標。 這些額外資金可能會在日本派上用場。美高梅最近被確認為大阪開發 綜合度假村的首選合作夥伴，正待日本中央政府於2022年批准。 美高梅及其日本財團合作夥伴歐力士估計，大阪的開發成本約在100 億美元。不過Hornbuckle在近期的財報電話會議上曾表示，他預計美高梅 的初始投資額不會超過25億美元。 如若大阪如預期的那樣獲准運營，美高梅就將成為唯一一家在日本主 要都市擁有綜合度假村的娛樂場營運商，如果再算上其目前在澳門所持有 的資產，無疑將鞏固該公司逐鹿亞洲的重要地位。 而這也亦將為Hornbuckle的旅程添上濃厚的一筆，18歲曾在拉斯維加 斯賽馬俱樂部做過酒保和服務員的他，一舉登頂全球博彩之巔。