{"id":11913,"date":"2020-11-18T20:03:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T20:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=11913"},"modified":"2026-04-23T23:58:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T02:58:53","slug":"casinos-in-seoul-cut-capacity-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/casinos-in-seoul-cut-capacity-limits","title":{"rendered":"Casinos in Seoul cut capacity limits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Venues in the metropolitan area, including Incheon, will be able to continue operating at 20 per cent capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Korea.- As the South Korean government raises the level of alert due to Covid-19, casinos in the country\u2019s capital have been forced to cut capacity limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There been a recent spike in Covid-19 cases recorded in Seoul leading to restrictions being tightened again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country had just eased restrictions in Octobe but has now reported over 300 new cases a day, the highest level since August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gatherings of over 100 people will be banned, religious services and audiences at sporting events will be shortened to 30 per cent capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to GGRAsia, casinos in Seoul\u2019s metropolitan area, including Incheon, will be able to continue functioning but with a 20 per cent capacity limit. This includes venues belonging to Grand Korea Leisure and Paradise Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same capacity limit will apply to horse racing, boat racing and bike racing events, which are allowed to take bets from locals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kangwon Land, the only casino in which locals are allowed to gamble, partially reopened<\/a><\/em><\/strong> its doors in mid-October with capacity limits of up to 750 people on the mass gaming floor and 68 people in the VIP facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The casino was the first to shut in February. It restarted VIP operations in May then had to shut down for a second time due to a spike in Covid-19 cases.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Venues in the metropolitan area, including Incheon, will be able to continue operating at 20 per cent capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"South Korean integrated resorts and casinos, notably those operated by Grand Korea Leisure and Paradise Co. within the Seoul metropolitan area, are reinstating stringent 20% capacity limitations. This regulatory response to a surge in Covid-19 cases directly impacts operational GGR potential across both foreigner-only venues and Kangwon Land, the sole domestic-patron casino, following a brief period of eased restrictions.","focusai_entities":"Grand Korea Leisure, Paradise Co., Kangwon Land, GGRAsia","focusai_location":"South Korea, Seoul, Incheon","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.95), marketing_crm (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected quarterly GGR and NGR impact for Grand Korea Leisure and Paradise Co. resulting from the reinstated 20% capacity restrictions?"},{"label":"Kangwon Land Strategy","query":"How will Kangwon Land's unique domestic-patron business model adapt to these renewed capacity constraints, particularly given its prior operational disruptions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[12436,152],"class_list":["post-11913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casinos","tag-south-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11913","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=11913"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11925,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11913\/revisions\/11925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}