a second casino<\/a>\u00a0as part of its wider development plan worth KRW2.5tn (US$1.78bn). This initiative aims to address the issue of overcrowding in the existing casino. The new casino space will be housed within the B1, B2 and ground floors of the High1 Grand Hotel Main Tower. The construction phase began last December, with completion targeted for December 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe expansion will increase the casino area from 14,512 square metres to 20,260 square metres. The number of gaming tables<\/strong> will rise from 200 to 250, while slot machines and other gaming units<\/strong> will increase from 1,360 to 1,610.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sales were up 5.9 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":10682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Kangwon Land reported mixed Q4 2024 financial results, with year-on-year sales and GGR growth offset by sequential declines, while full-year 2024 demonstrated robust net income growth. Concurrently, the operator initiated a significant KRW2.5tn capital expenditure program to develop a second casino, aiming to alleviate overcrowding and expand gaming capacity by December 2027.","focusai_entities":"Kangwon Land, High1 Grand Hotel Main Tower","focusai_location":"South Korea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.75), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Expansion ROI Analysis","query":"What is the projected return on investment and payback period for Kangwon Land's KRW2.5tn expansion, considering the increased gaming capacity and potential market saturation?"},{"label":"Market Share Impact","query":"How will the expanded gaming capacity at Kangwon Land impact its competitive positioning and market share within the South Korean casino landscape, particularly concerning domestic visitation?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163],"tags":[16471,23907],"class_list":["post-777022318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","tag-kangwon-land","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022318","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=777022318"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777022332,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022318\/revisions\/777022332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777022318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777022318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777022318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}