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Sentosa casino set

December 8th, 2006 by Dave

I don’t have much time today–I’m off to Mandalay Bay for the LV Marathon expo–but this is newsworthy:

Singapore awarded its second casino resort contract Friday to Genting International, whose proposal of a venture worth 5.2 billion Singapore dollars is intended to lure thousands of visitors with a Universal Studios theme park and a huge outdoor marine park.

Genting, which runs two casinos in Malaysia, had joined with Star Cruises in its bid against the Las Vegas-based Eighth Wonder and Kerzner International to build and operate the resort. The project is scheduled to open in 2010 on a site of 49 hectares, or 121 acres, on Sentosa Island.

Singapore’s deputy prime minister, S. Jayakumar, said at a news conference that Genting had provided “the most compelling proposal over all that best meets our economic and tourism objectives.”

He added, “We wanted a large-scale family-oriented resort that would draw a large number of new visitors to Singapore.”

Genting wins Singapore casino license - Business - International Herald Tribune

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