{"id":24864,"date":"2021-11-25T11:22:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T14:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=24864"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:31:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:31:05","slug":"westside-city-project-pushed-back-to-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/westside-city-project-pushed-back-to-2024","title":{"rendered":"Westside City Project pushed back to 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SunTrust, Suncity Group\u2019s subsidiary in the Philippines, has announced that the Westside City Project&#8217;s completion date will be no later than March 31, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- SunTrust has again pushed back the completion date of its&nbsp;<strong>new Manila casino.<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/suncitys-westside-city-project-remains-on-track-for-opening-in-2023\">The company<\/a>&nbsp;previously said it hoped to open the resort by 2023, but has now said the resort will open by March 31, 2024. The reason for the new delay was not explained, but the company has previously blamed the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-manila-casino-hotel-will-cost-us1bn\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Suntrust<\/a>&nbsp;signed a joint development agreement with Westside City Resorts World in October 2019, under which it agreed to fund the development and construction costs of the resort and will be appointed as the sole operator and manager of the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US$1bn project will include&nbsp;<strong>400 gaming tables and 1,200 slot machines<\/strong>, 400 five-star hotel rooms and 960 parking spaces covering 44,000 square metres. Last year, the operator designated&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/suncity-inks-deal-for-manila-casino-construction\">local construction giant Megawide<\/a>&nbsp;as the<strong>&nbsp;main contractor<\/strong>&nbsp;for the basement, podium and tower of the main casino hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SunTrust, Suncity Group\u2019s subsidiary in the Philippines, has announced that the Westside City Project&#8217;s completion date will be no later than March 31, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"SunTrust, a subsidiary of Suncity Group, has announced a further delay for its Westside City Project in Manila, with completion now slated for no later than March 31, 2024. This US$1 billion integrated resort, featuring extensive gaming and hospitality facilities, was initially targeted for a 2023 opening, with previous delays attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic.","focusai_entities":"SunTrust, Suncity Group, Westside City Resorts World, Megawide","focusai_location":"Philippines, Manila","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Capital Structure","query":"How will the extended delay of the Westside City Project impact SunTrust's capital expenditure phasing and its overall debt-to-equity structure, particularly given the US$1 billion investment?"},{"label":"Competitive Market Shift","query":"What are the projected implications of this delay for the competitive landscape of the Manila integrated resort market, and how might existing operators capitalize on SunTrust's deferred entry?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,158,16333],"tags":[23907,23702],"class_list":["post-24864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino","tag-suncity-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24864","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=24864"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24890,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24864\/revisions\/24890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}