{"id":23273,"date":"2021-10-05T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=23273"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:04:27","slug":"nagasaki-casinos-austria-unveils-ir-development-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-casinos-austria-unveils-ir-development-plans","title":{"rendered":"Nagasaki: Casinos Austria unveils IR development plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Casinos Austria International Japan Inc has said it hopes to create 30,000 jobs and to generate US$2.9bn for the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- New details have emerged regarding\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-and-casinos-austria-sign-master-agreement-for-ir\">Casinos Austria International Japan Inc<\/a>\u00a0plans for the development of an integrated resort in Nagasaki. The company says the resort would feature <strong>220 gaming tables and 2,200 slot machines<\/strong>. It would create nearly 30,000 jobs and attract up to 8.4 million visitors a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The planned total investment for the IR development is JPY350bn (US$3.2bn). The <strong>group plans to build eight hotels,<\/strong>\u00a0conference and exhibition facilities and a variety of dining and retail options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said: &#8220;We will construct an IR appealing to all with Casinos Austria International\u2019s full support and safety and security as the top priorities.\u00a0We will come together with Nagasaki prefecture and Kyushu\u2019s corporations to create an area development plan in order to gain approval for Kyushu\/Nagasaki as an IR area.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nagasaki Prefectural Government has previously said it expects\u00a0<strong>the IR to open in 2027\u00a0<\/strong>and to generate\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagasaki-expects-annual-ggr-of-us1-37bn-from-its-ir\">annual gross gaming revenue<\/a>\u00a0(GGR) of JPY150bn (US$1.37bn).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Japan opens an application period for IR Submissions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japan-opens-application-period-for-ir-submissions-until-april-2022\">Japan\u2019s bicameral legislature<\/a>\u00a0has opened the application window for applications for a planned three integrated resort licences. Those cities and prefectures interested in developing an Integrated Resort will have until April 28 2022 to submit their final project proposals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japans-ir-implementation-act-to-take-effect-on-july-19\">Authorities will allow up to three licences<\/a>, and there are currently only\u00a0<strong>three cities expected to bid for them:\u00a0<\/strong>Nagasaki, Osaka and Wakayama. All three could be chosen; however, it is possible that the public authority picks only one or two, or even none.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Casinos Austria International Japan Inc has said it hopes to create 30,000 jobs and to generate US$2.9bn for the economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Casinos Austria International Japan Inc has detailed its JPY350bn (US$3.2bn) integrated resort proposal for Nagasaki, projecting 30,000 jobs and US$1.37bn in annual GGR. This comes as Japan's bicameral legislature opens the application period for up to three IR licenses, with Nagasaki, Osaka, and Wakayama expected to bid.","focusai_entities":"Casinos Austria International Japan Inc, Nagasaki Prefectural Government, Japan's bicameral legislature, Kyushu\u2019s corporations","focusai_location":"Japan, Nagasaki, Osaka, Wakayama, Kyushu","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IR License Outlook","query":"What is the probability of all three bidding prefectures (Nagasaki, Osaka, Wakayama) securing an IR license, or is a more selective outcome anticipated by the authorities?"},{"label":"Nagasaki IR Viability","query":"Given the projected JPY150bn GGR, how does Nagasaki's proposed IR financial model compare to other global integrated resorts of similar scale, and what are the key revenue drivers beyond gaming?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[24010,23632,23907],"class_list":["post-23273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casinos-austria-international","tag-integrated-resorts","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23273","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=23273"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23285,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23273\/revisions\/23285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}