\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe exhibits, however, are light on specifics. The models are vague at best, and the developers concede that nothing is set in stone.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nMelco’s model features three wavy, curving structures, plus a more traditional hotel tower. Genting’s display is more blocked and rectangular, not too unlike RW Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
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Yokohama city officials, along with prefecture leaders in Kanagawa, will ultimately decide which scheme to proceed with. Once selected, which is expected to occur sometime over the next eight weeks, the prefecture and city will petition Japan’s central government for one of the three casino concessions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nGaming analysts have deemed Genting the odds-on favorite to win in Yokohama. With more than 3.5 million people, Yokohama is Japan’s second-most populated city.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yokohama officials have unveiled the city’s two qualifying integrated resort (IR) bids from Genting Group and Melco Resorts. Now through August 7, an exhibit at the Yokohama City Hall displays models of the two large-scale casino design pitches. Each would be expected to cost several billion dollars, but only one will be selected by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":181288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069,33810],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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