{"id":7827,"date":"2020-07-05T15:39:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T15:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=7827"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:55:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:55:03","slug":"kangwon-land-adjusts-reopening-date-once-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/kangwon-land-adjusts-reopening-date-once-more","title":{"rendered":"Kangwon Land adjusts reopening date once more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As Covid-19 cases continue to occur in South Korea, the date to reopen the main floor of the casino has been pushed back once more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>South Korea.- At an emergency meeting, Kangwon Land executives have decided once again to push back the reopening of the casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The continued spread of Covid-19 in South Korea is worrying executives at  the only casino in which locals can legally gamble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After many extensions, the new date for the potential reopening of the main floor has been set for July 13, Asia Gaming Brief reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The casino entered lockdown on February 23 and has since only reopened the VIP floor with social distancing measures and safety regulations in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main gaming floor was set to open at the end of May and was initially put back to<strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/kangwon-land-reopening\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> June 15<\/a><\/em><\/strong> due to the rise in Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Covid-19 cases continue to occur in South Korea, the date to reopen the main floor of the casino has been pushed back once more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7829,"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, South Korea's sole casino permitting local patrons, has again postponed the reopening of its main gaming floor until July 13 due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns. This marks multiple extensions since its initial closure on February 23, with only the VIP floor currently operational under strict safety protocols.","focusai_entities":"Kangwon Land, Asia Gaming Brief","focusai_location":"South Korea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR?","query":"What is the estimated daily GGR loss for Kangwon Land due to this extended main floor closure, and how does this impact its annual financial projections and market share within the domestic gaming vertical?"},{"label":"Regulatory compliance implications?","query":"Beyond public health directives, what specific regulatory compliance and governance frameworks are being invoked or adapted by South Korean authorities to manage the operational status of licensed gaming facilities during the pandemic?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[29,16471,152],"class_list":["post-7827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-kangwon-land","tag-south-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7827","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7827"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7853,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7827\/revisions\/7853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}