{"id":34515,"date":"2022-10-18T06:48:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T09:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34515"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:52:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:52:27","slug":"macau-casino-operators-to-sponsor-69th-macau-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-operators-to-sponsor-69th-macau-grand-prix","title":{"rendered":"Macau casino operators to sponsor 69th Macau Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Casino operators have naming rights for six of the seven races<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The <strong>69th&nbsp;Macau Grand Prix<\/strong>&nbsp;is just around the corner, and this year six out of seven races will be sponsored by Macau\u2019s six casino licensees. The event will be held from November 17 to 20 and tickets go <strong>on sale today<\/strong> (October 18). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The six titles will be the Sands China Formula 4 Macau Grand Prix; Galaxy Entertainment Macau GT Cup; Wynn Macau Guia Race; MGM Macau Touring Car Cup; Melco Greater Bay Area GT Cup; SJM Macau Roadsport Challenge. The remaining race is the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix \u2013 54th Edition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee said that &#8220;by broadcasting the Grand Prix races to other countries and regions in the Mainland and overseas, a positive image of Macao will be disseminated around the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macau Industrial Ltd. is the designated beverage sponsor of this year&#8217;s event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Macau eases Covid-19 measures for people arriving outside mainland China<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The government of Macau has <strong>relaxed Covid-19 measures<\/strong>&nbsp;for those arriving from outside mainland China. As reported by the city\u2019s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center, since October 15, arrivals from outside mainland China are no longer required to undergo a four-day period of so-called \u201cself-health monitoring\u201d after completing the \u201cself-management\u201d phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities have reduced the total number of Covid-19 nucleic acid tests&nbsp;that travellers from outside mainland China must undergo in the days after they are released from quarantine.&nbsp;People are now required to take four tests in the first four days after being released from quarantine. Currently, five nucleic acid tests are required within seven days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcements come amid statements by different experts about a possible extension of the&nbsp;<strong>zero-Covid policy<\/strong>&nbsp;of mainland China,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/chinas-zero-covid-policy-likely-to-continue-until-2023-analysts-say\" target=\"_blank\">at least until next year<\/a>, which means a continued drawn-out recovery for Macau\u2019s gaming industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Casino operators have naming rights for six of the seven races<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":29796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau's six casino licensees are sponsoring six of seven races at the upcoming Macau Grand Prix, leveraging the event for global brand dissemination. Concurrently, Macau has eased COVID-19 entry restrictions for international arrivals, reducing post-quarantine health monitoring and testing requirements. These developments occur amidst projections of a prolonged zero-COVID policy in mainland China, impacting the gaming industry's recovery trajectory.","focusai_entities":"Sands China, Galaxy Entertainment, Wynn Macau, MGM Macau, Melco, SJM, Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee, Macau Industrial Ltd., Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center","focusai_location":"Macau, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on VIP\/Mass NGR?","query":"How will the eased international travel restrictions specifically impact VIP and premium mass segment visitation and associated NGR for Macau's concessionaires in Q4 2022 and Q1 2023?"},{"label":"Grand Prix Sponsorship ROI?","query":"What is the projected ROI for the casino licensees' significant Grand Prix sponsorships, particularly in light of the ongoing zero-COVID policy in mainland China and its implications for overall GGR?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-34515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34515","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=34515"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34552,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34515\/revisions\/34552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}