{"id":10979,"date":"2020-10-18T16:23:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T16:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=10979"},"modified":"2026-04-24T00:53:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:53:42","slug":"widus-group-pushes-casino-opening-to-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/widus-group-pushes-casino-opening-to-2021","title":{"rendered":"Widus Group pushes casino opening to 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The US$247m project in\u00a0the Philippines&#8217; Clark Freeport Zone has been delayed by the pandemic.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- The Widus Group has confirmed Phase I of its new hotel and casino complex in the Clark Freeport Zone will now not be finished until late 2021 due delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project, with an estimated cost of PHP12.0 billion (US$247.1 million), had been due to complete for the end of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the expansion, the existing Widus Hotel and Casino is to be <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/widus-brand-hann-resorts\" target=\"_blank\">rebranded as Hann Casino Resort<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Widus Group said it was moving ahead with a second luxury resort in New Clark City. The sources said this project, which is due to be finished in 2024, is still at the planning and design stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US$247m project in\u00a0the Philippines&#8217; Clark Freeport Zone has been delayed by the pandemic.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Widus Group has announced that Phase I of its Hann Casino Resort project in the Philippines' Clark Freeport Zone, valued at US$247.1 million, will be delayed until late 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This postponement impacts the rebranding of the existing Widus Hotel and Casino, while a second luxury resort in New Clark City remains in the planning stages for a 2024 completion.","focusai_entities":"Widus Group, Hann Casino Resort, Widus Hotel and Casino","focusai_location":"Philippines, Clark Freeport Zone, New Clark City","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Financial Impact Analysis","query":"What is the estimated financial impact of the Hann Casino Resort Phase I delay on the Widus Group's projected GGR, NGR, and EBITDA for FY2021-2022, considering potential cost overruns and deferred revenue?"},{"label":"Regional Market Strategy","query":"How does the delayed launch of Hann Casino Resort in Clark Freeport Zone alter the competitive landscape and market entry strategies for other prospective integrated resort operators in the Philippines, particularly concerning B2C player acquisition and regional tourism recovery?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16333],"tags":[29,128],"class_list":["post-10979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10979"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11001,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10979\/revisions\/11001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}