Inside Asian Gaming

October 2017 inside asian gaming 7 Steve Wynn names Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama as target Japanese cities Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama are the three Japanese cities in which Wynn Resorts is looking to build an integrated resort, according to Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn. In an interview with Nikkei Asian Review , Mr Wynn reiterated his company’s desire to win a Japan casino license should the IR Implementation Bill pass through parliament in the coming months, but added Wynn Resorts could only justify such an investment if the terms and size of the market were suitable. “We build destination resorts,” he said. “We employ thousands of [people]. To do what we do, we have to make very big investments. All of these factors together mean that the only place we can go with our program is to great cities with a great culture. “So the size and the richness of the Japanese market [make it] the perfect [place] in which we can plant our flower. Our flower is not suited to every place. We have a complete dedication to quality. “In order to recruit staff, train staff, have access to supplies that are associated with resorts of the highest quality, you must be in a city, in a country that can support such a place. “Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama are such places.”