{"id":20632,"date":"2021-07-23T16:40:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T16:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=20632"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:17:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:17:58","slug":"singapore-rws-to-operate-at-reduced-capacity-until-august-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-rws-to-operate-at-reduced-capacity-until-august-18","title":{"rendered":"Singapore: RWS to operate at reduced capacity until August 18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) has confirmed its gaming venue will continue operating at reduced capacity until August 18 following new countermeasures announced by the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore.- In line with <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/casinos-in-singapore-to-operate-at-revised-capacities\">new countermeasures<\/a> announced by the Singaporean government,<strong>\u00a0Resorts World Sentosa\u00a0<\/strong>has confirmed it will work at a<strong>\u00a0reduced capacity until August 18<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The casino operator said it has a \u201ctwo players per table\u201d limit at gaming tables. Bets from standing players will not be accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts predict\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-singapore-ebitda-to-remain-below-2019-levels-for-two-years\">Genting Singapore\u2019s revenue<\/a>\u00a0will be SGD1.74bn (US$1.30bn) in 2021 and almost SGD2.11bn in 2022. In 2020, the company reported\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?s=genting+singapore\">revenue of SGD69.2m (US$52.1m)<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>down 89.9 per cent year-on-year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Marina Bay Sands closes until August 5<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The other casino venue in Singapore,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/marina-bay-sands-closes-until-august-5\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marina Bay Sands<\/a>, has announced it will&nbsp;<strong>close until August 5&nbsp;<\/strong>after detecting a case of the Covid-19 delta strain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said&nbsp;<strong>it had taken the decision to protect the safety of customers&nbsp;<\/strong>and employees while a full cleaning is carried out. All staff members will be tested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last time Marina Bay Sands was closed was in May, when&nbsp;<strong>two casino dealers tested positive for Covid-19<\/strong>. The company reopened its doors 24 hours later after carrying out<strong>&nbsp;deep cleaning.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) has confirmed its gaming venue will continue operating at reduced capacity until August 18 following new countermeasures announced by the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Resorts World Sentosa will operate at reduced capacity until August 18, implementing a \"two players per table\" limit in response to new Singaporean government countermeasures. Concurrently, Marina Bay Sands has temporarily ceased operations until August 5 following a detected COVID-19 Delta strain case, significantly impacting projected revenues for integrated resort operators like Genting Singapore.","focusai_entities":"Resorts World Sentosa, Marina Bay Sands, Genting Singapore","focusai_location":"Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"NGR Impact Assessment","query":"What is the projected Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) impact for Genting Singapore and Marina Bay Sands given these extended operational restrictions and capacity limitations?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"How might these recurring public health-driven operational curtailments influence future B2C licensing terms or governance frameworks for integrated resorts in Singapore?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16333],"tags":[23907,21162],"class_list":["post-20632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino","tag-resorts-world-sentosa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20632","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20632"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20653,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20632\/revisions\/20653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}