{"id":777014419,"date":"2024-04-03T09:42:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T12:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777014419"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:31:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:31:26","slug":"westside-city-casino-opening-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/westside-city-casino-opening-delayed","title":{"rendered":"Westside City casino opening delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SunTrust says the project\u2019s completion date has been pushed back to the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.-\u00a0<strong>Suntrust Resort Holdings<\/strong>\u00a0has announced that its Westside City Project in the Philippines will open its doors in the first quarter of 2025.\u00a0The company had originally planned a 2023 opening, but pushed that back to <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/westside-city-project-pushed-back-to-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the fourth quarter of 2024<\/a>. However, according to disclosures to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the company expects a new delay of at least three months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An annual report from December 31, 2023, highlights construction progress, with structural work and tower facade completion up to the roof level. However, mechanical, electrical and plumbing installation alongside architectural and civil works remained pending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US$1bn project is set to include\u00a0400 gaming tables and 1,200 slot machines, 450 five-star hotel rooms and 960 parking spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-remits-us81-5m-to-philippine-national-treasury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PAGCOR remits US$81.5m to Philippine National Treasury<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SunTrust says the project\u2019s completion date has been pushed back to the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17896,"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 Resort Holdings has announced a further delay for its US$1bn Westside City Project in the Philippines, pushing the opening to Q1 2025 from the previously revised Q4 2024. This postponement is attributed to pending mechanical, electrical, plumbing, architectural, and civil works, despite significant structural progress. The integrated resort is slated to include 400 gaming tables and 1,200 slot machines.","focusai_entities":"Suntrust Resort Holdings, PAGCOR, Philippine Stock Exchange","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"CAPEX Impact","query":"What is the revised capital expenditure forecast and funding strategy for the Westside City Project, considering the extended development timeline?"},{"label":"Market Share Projections","query":"How will this delay impact Suntrust Resort Holdings' projected market share and GGR contribution within the competitive Philippine integrated resort landscape?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[24042],"class_list":["post-777014419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-suntrust-resort"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014419","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=777014419"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014450,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014419\/revisions\/777014450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}