{"id":777006580,"date":"2023-06-23T10:12:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T13:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777006580"},"modified":"2026-04-22T20:42:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:42:24","slug":"mohegan-gaming-looks-to-hire-3000-people-for-inspire-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/mohegan-gaming-looks-to-hire-3000-people-for-inspire-resort","title":{"rendered":"Mohegan Gaming looks to hire 3,000 people for Inspire Resort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Around 1,000 people have participated in a recruitment event in Seoul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>South Korea.- <strong>Mohegan&#8217;s Inspire Korea<\/strong> is expected to open next September and the operator has begun seeking nearly 3,000 staff for the future IR. Close to 1,000 people participated in a recruitment event held in Seoul&#8217;s Gangnam district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event on Tuesday featured two gaming tables. Kelly Sullivan, the global director of human resources and development at Mohegan&#8217;s US headquarters, said technical skills were valued but emphasised the importance of&nbsp;finding people with &#8220;exceptional energy, a sense of fun, and kindness towards both guests and colleagues.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspire Entertainment Resort says it has already secured the services of around 200 staff members through partnerships with 30 universities across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US$1.6bn resort in Yeongjong Island\u2019s Free Economic Zone will feature a three-tower luxury hotel with 1,256 rooms, a 15,000-seat arena to host concerts and sporting events and a foreigner-only casino with 700 slot machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The entire complex, including the casino, is expected to open in the first quarter of 2024 after obtaining a hotel rating and casino licence. In February, the company announced it was going to&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/mohegan-agrees-to-invest-up-to-us142m-more-to-complete-incheon-ir\" target=\"_blank\">invest up to KRW 185bn (US$142m)<\/a>&nbsp;in additional funds to complete the development of the IR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around 1,000 people have participated in a recruitment event in Seoul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Mohegan's Inspire Korea integrated resort, a US$1.6bn development in South Korea, is actively recruiting nearly 3,000 staff ahead of its anticipated Q1 2024 opening. A recent recruitment event in Seoul attracted approximately 1,000 participants, underscoring the significant human capital requirements for this large-scale gaming and hospitality venture. The resort will feature a foreigner-only casino with 700 slot machines, a luxury hotel, and a 15,000-seat arena.","focusai_entities":"Mohegan, Inspire Korea, Inspire Entertainment Resort, Kelly Sullivan","focusai_location":"South Korea, Seoul, Gangnam, Yeongjong Island","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IR Staffing Challenges","query":"What are the projected operational expenditure implications of recruiting nearly 3,000 staff for a new integrated resort, and how does this impact Mohegan's Q1 2024 EBITDA forecasts?"},{"label":"Casino License Status","query":"Given the Q1 2024 opening target, what specific regulatory milestones, beyond the hotel rating, remain for Inspire Korea to secure its full foreigner-only casino operating license?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[24132],"class_list":["post-777006580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-mohegan-gaming-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006580","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=777006580"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777006608,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006580\/revisions\/777006608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777006580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777006580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777006580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}