Akihabara News (Tokyo) — Casinos Austria International, selected this week by Nagasaki Prefecture as its preferred partner to build an Integrated Resort (IR) at the Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Sasebo, gave a brief outline of its plans.
Casinos Austria has been notably tight-lipped throughout the bidding process, not having made any substantial statements since late 2018, shortly after it entered the Japan IR race.
This time, too, it seems to be media shy, issuing a press release on its website and then apparently taking it down some hours later.
At any rate, while it was available, the statement celebrated the fact that the state-owned firm “was able to hold its own against reputable casino operators including the French Partouche Group or the US operator Mohegan Sun.” (It should be that neither of those two firms led IR bids in Nagasaki, but they were members of consortiums led by lesser-known enterprises.)
Giving the first details of their plans, the statement continued, “This casino project is to be developed alongside the currently existing Huis Ten Bosch theme park. Around 2,200 slot machines and 220 gaming tables are to be operated on around 9,000 square meters, offering a gaming experience of the highest international standards. An Integrated Casino Resort with eight hotels as well as conference and exhibition centers and entertainment complexes are planned in cooperation with reputable international partners, such as the Hyatt Hotel Group, as well as Japanese partners.”
This was the first mention at any point in the Japan IR race of the Hyatt Hotel Group’s involvement.
Casinos Austria’s CEO Bettina Glatz-Kremsner stated, “By passing this milestone in the award process in Japan, Casinos Austria International has once again demonstrated the kind of excellent reputation that the company enjoys abroad… I wish Casinos Austria International, under Christoph Zurucker-Burda’s management, all the best and that they will be awarded one of the three licenses next year, together with the Nagasaki Prefecture.”
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