{"id":3457,"date":"2020-02-13T10:44:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T10:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=3457"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:55:59","slug":"russia-to-offer-land-for-casino-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/russia-to-offer-land-for-casino-investors","title":{"rendered":"Russia to offer land for casino investors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities in Kaliningrad have parcelled up land in the city&#8217;s gambling zone in a bid to attract more investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Russia.- The City of Kaliningrad Government is offering up land in the Yantarnaya gambling zone in a bid to attract more investment into the region and its gambling industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a state news agency, Regional Governor, Anton Alikhanov, said: &#8220;Now we are at the final stage of delimitation, we [will] parcel it [the land] out to lease it in parts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The asset is very large so it might be difficult for a single investor to implement it alone. Therefore, we decided to play it safe, delimit into many parts to allow several legal entities to divide these plots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I think that we will finish this process in the coming months, and by the summer it will come if not to signing [an agreement] then to serious negotiations.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alikhanov noted that there is interest in the zone from investors representing gambling businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision to parcel up the land comes after the current contract with a major investor in the zone has ended. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first gambling property in the zone \u2013 Magic Crystal  \u2013 opened in April 2016. A year later the Sobranie Casino started operating. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Kaliningrad have parcelled up land in the city&#8217;s gambling zone in a bid to attract more investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Kaliningrad authorities are subdividing land within the Yantarnaya gambling zone to attract multiple investors, following the conclusion of a prior major investment contract. 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