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IAG JUN 2023年6月 亞博匯 13 請登錄asgam.com訂閱《亞博匯早報》 Sign up to receive IAG Breakfast Briefing at asgam.com MGM SAYS OSAKA IR NOW LIKELY TO OPEN IN 2030 美高梅表示大阪IR可能會在2030年開放 MGM RESORTS CEO and President Bill Hornbuckle has revealed he doesn’t expect the company’s integrated resort development in Osaka, Japan, to open until 2030, possibly sometime in the second quarter. The project had previously been flagged for a 2029 launch. Hornbuckle was speaking during the company’s 1Q23 earnings call, in which he described the quarter as arguably the finest in MGM history given the strong rebound in the Macau market, ongoing growth in Las Vegas and the recent news that MGM’s area development plan for Osaka had been certified by Japan’s central government. However, asked about the development timeline now that it had received the green light, Hornbuckle conceded a 2029 opening was unlikely. “Obviously the area development plan and the certification by the national government was the big outstanding item to get across the finish line, and that’s been accomplished,” he said. “We have a land lease and we have various agreements with the municipality that we have to get done, [and we are] presuming either this or next quarter those will get done. That being said, we are looking to break ground either late this year or first quarter next year and it’s between a four-and-a-half to five-year build. “It is probably going to open in the first or second quarter of 2030, so we’ve got some time to go. There is obviously a lot of work to be done and it is a man-made island in terms of borings, so that’s the general timing around it.” 美高梅國際酒店 集團總裁及營運總裁 B i l l Hornbuckle表示，預計公司的日本大阪綜合度假 村有望於2030年第二季度某個時候開業。該項目 此前預計2029年開放。 Hornbuckle在該公司2023年首季度財報電話 會議上表示，有鑒於澳門市場的強勁反彈、拉斯 維加斯持續增長，以及近期美高梅在大阪地區開 發計劃獲得日本中央政府的認證，該季度可謂是 美高梅歷史上最好的時期。 然而，在被問及已獲得批准項目的開發時間 表時，Hornbuckle承認，2029年開放的可能性不 大。 他表示：「區域發展計劃和國家政府的認證 是跨越終點線的重要節點，目前已經完成。」 「我們有土地租約，與市政當局達成了各種 協議，必須完成這些協議。假設這些協議將在本 季度或下個季度完成。我們希望可以在今年晚些 時候或明年第一季度開始動工，建設週期為四年 半至五年。」 「項目可能會在2030年第一季度或第二季度 開放，所以我們還有一些時間。顯然還有很多工 作要做，並且那是一個人工島，所以也需要相應 時間的配合。」