{"id":777017476,"date":"2024-07-23T09:39:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T12:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777017476"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:55:58","slug":"melco-to-host-skateboarding-event-in-macau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/melco-to-host-skateboarding-event-in-macau","title":{"rendered":"Melco to host skateboarding event in Macau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event aims to boost tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- Melco Resorts &amp; Entertainment has that it will host a skateboarding event in Macau in March 2025. The International Festival of Extreme Sports (FISE): Battle of the Champions (BOTC) 2025 will be part of a collaborative effort with the government to boost tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clarence Chung, a board director of Melco, said that the event aims to blend sports and youth culture in a lively festival setting to attract both local residents and tourists. The casino operator also plans to establish a skateboard park at Studio City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau&#8217;s six casino operators pledged to hold events and make non-gaming investments <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-operators-to-sign-new-concession-contracts-on-friday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as part of their new concessions<\/a>, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-non-gaming-spending-up-35-9-in-q1\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macau non-gaming spending up 35.9% in Q1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The event aims to boost tourism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Melco Resorts & Entertainment is set to host the International Festival of Extreme Sports (FISE) in Macau in March 2025, including the development of a skateboard park at Studio City. This initiative aligns with Melco's non-gaming investment pledges under its new casino concessions, aiming to bolster tourism and diversify Macau's economic base.","focusai_entities":"Melco Resorts & Entertainment, Clarence Chung, International Festival of Extreme Sports (FISE): Battle of the Champions (BOTC)","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.92), investor_analyst (0.94), journalist_researcher (0.93)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Non-Gaming ROI Projections?","query":"What are Melco's projected return on investment (ROI) metrics for this non-gaming initiative, and how do they align with the capital allocation strategy for their broader portfolio?"},{"label":"Concession Compliance Monitoring?","query":"What specific governance frameworks and key performance indicators (KPIs) will the Macau government utilize to monitor the fulfillment of non-gaming investment pledges by all concessionaires?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777017476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017476","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=777017476"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017487,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017476\/revisions\/777017487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}