{"id":777028358,"date":"2025-06-27T08:14:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T11:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777028358"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:31:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:31:02","slug":"suntrust-delays-again-manila-hotel-casino-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/suntrust-delays-again-manila-hotel-casino-opening","title":{"rendered":"Suntrust delays Manila hotel-casino opening again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The company had previously targeted an opening for late 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- Suntrust Resort Holdings has announced that it expects to start operations at its casino hotel in Manila in the third quarter of 2026. The company had previously targeted late 2024 and then the fourth quarter of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developed by Philippine conglomerate Alliance Global Group, the project has an estimated cost of around US$1bn<\/a> for the construction of a casino hotel complex with 400 gaming tables, 1,200 slot machines, 450 five-star hotel rooms and 960 parking spaces covering 44,000 square metres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a regulatory filing on Thursda, the company said it was in the process of reviewing plans and actual construction status which may impact its previous launch estimate of December 2025. As of March 31, construction of structural works and major facade systems up to roof level had been completed, the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing and fire protection systems in major plantrooms had been substantially completed and part of the system had commenced testing and commissioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When complete,\u00a0the project will be the fifth integrated resort in and around Manila\u2019s Entertainment City\u00a0precinct, which is home to resorts such as City of Dreams Manila, Newport World Resorts, Okada Manila, and Solaire Resort & Casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Potential buyers emerge for Melco’s stake in City of Dreams Manila<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The company had previously targeted an opening for late 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777027990,"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 revised operational commencement for its Manila casino hotel to Q3 2026, a delay from previous targets. The US$1bn integrated resort, developed by Alliance Global Group, will feature extensive gaming and hospitality facilities, becoming the fifth such complex in Manila's Entertainment City. The company cited ongoing review of plans and construction status as factors impacting the revised timeline.","focusai_entities":"Suntrust Resort Holdings, Alliance Global Group, City of Dreams Manila, Newport World Resorts, Okada Manila, Solaire Resort & Casino","focusai_location":"Philippines, Manila, Entertainment City","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Capital Expenditure Impact","query":"What is the revised capital expenditure schedule for Suntrust Resort Holdings and Alliance Global Group, and how will this delay impact their overall debt servicing and equity financing strategies?"},{"label":"Competitive Landscape Shift","query":"How might the delayed market entry of Suntrust's integrated resort alter the competitive dynamics and market share distribution among existing operators within Manila's Entertainment City in the interim period?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16333],"tags":[29,128],"class_list":["post-777028358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777028358","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777028358"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777028358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777028405,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777028358\/revisions\/777028405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777027990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777028358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777028358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777028358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}