said he didn’t understand Suzuki’s call<\/a> and called it \u201ca bit of a waste.\u201d<\/p>\nMoving Forward<\/h2>\n
Hard Rock said it’s planning to continue promoting its effort to bring a gaming venue to Hokkaido. The operator previously said it could spend up to $5 billion to build an integrated resort in the prefecture, making it one of the pricier projects the company has taken on.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe candidate site, Tomakomai City, has announced that it had not given up hope of developing an IR, aiming to attract foreign visitors by utilizing the area\u2019s natural tourist resources,\u201d according to IAG<\/i>. \u201cThe city has also promised to conduct its own independent environmental survey.\u201d<\/p>\n
Suzuki said last year that such an assessment could take three years, and then another four to five years to build the gaming property, potentially detracting from Hokkaido\u2019s position in the competition because federal regulators are hoping to have the integrated resorts open by 2025 or 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final nail in the coffin of Hokkaido prefecture’s designs on hosting an integrated resort hasn’t yet been hammered. Lawmakers there are expected to set aside funds for a bid down the road in its upcoming general budget. Last November, Hokkaido\u2019s governor, Naomichi Suzuki, pulled the prefecture from Japan’s integrated resort competition, citing environmental concerns. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":124930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069,62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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