to Hokkaido, Japan<\/a> before that prefecture’s withdrawal from the gaming property competition there.<\/p>\nMore Court Battles<\/h2>\n
The HGC hasn’t set a firm date for a formal announcement on the winning bidder for the Hellenikon Airport gaming project. But it is expected to happen in the middle of this year.<\/p>\n
However, there will be a 10-day window open following that decision in which the losing party can file an appeal, and Hard Rock has already threatened legal action should it not emerge victorious. That would further postpone a now multi-year process that has been fraught with delays and chased several interested parties that grew tired of the Greek government’s slow-moving approach.<\/strong><\/p>\nHard Rock’s and MGE’s interest in Greece is understandable: the winning bidder gets 30 years worth of monopoly protection, Athens is a tourist-rich area and no other Mediterranean countries are home to US-style gaming properties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hard Rock International and Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment (MGE) are patiently waiting on a decision from the Hellenic Gaming Commission (HGC), one that will determine which company will operate an integrated resort at the site of the shuttered Hellenikon International Airport. HGC’s ruling was to have been revealed last November. But reports circulated that one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":124150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,33810],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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