Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JUL 2020年7月 亞博匯 88 JAPAN LIMITED TIME Whether or not Tokyo will show intent to pursue an IR bid after the gubernatorial election depends on Koike, who still has the small matter of a postponed Olympic Games, now scheduled to start late July 2021, to deal with as well. One thing that’s certain, however, is that if the national government’s application period, currently set for 4 January to 30 July 2021, doesn’t change, Tokyo will only have up to one year to play catch-up with the processes other regions have been establishing for years. It’s a particularly tight deadline. On the other hand, so attractive is Tokyo as a potential IR location that there would surely be no shortage of large IR operators racing to join the queue. It could even be enough to lure back Las Vegas Sands, which abandoned its Yokohama bid in May because “the framework around the development of an IR has made our goals there unreachable.” Rest assured at least a few companies are already working behind the scenes. For an investment set to exceed JPY1 trillion, it may well take a city the size of Tokyo to get the big guns firing. 無黨派的國際旅遊業促進聯盟，被稱為「IR核心小組」。但據她表 示，「我不是關鍵成員。我加入是為了對他們的想法有所了解。」她 強調這對她有關是否競標的決定沒有影響。 時間緊迫 在知事選舉之後東京是否會表現出進行IR競標的意願，將取 決於小池，她現在還面臨著處理推遲至2021年7月下旬舉辦的奧 運會的事宜。 然而，可以肯定的是，如果目前日本政府設定2021年1月4日 至7月30日的申請期限不變，東京將最多只有一年的時間來趕上 其他地區已經進行多年的程序。截止日期特別緊迫。 另一方面，東京作為潛在的IR候選地，吸引力巨大，肯定不會 缺少大型IR運營商爭相加入賽道。甚至足夠吸引拉斯維加斯金沙 集團的回歸，儘管後者已經在5月放棄了在橫濱的競標，理由是「 圍繞IR開發的諸多框架使我們難以實現在日本的目標」。可以肯 定的是，至少已有一些公司已經在幕後開展工作了。 對於一項超過一萬億日元的投資，很可能需要像東京這樣大 的城市才能取得巨大的成功 。