Manila Vegas Casino Deal Collapses

Category: Tourism, Posted:09 Oct 2013 | 06:00 am

As the Philippines continue to focus their tourism market on gaming, one high profile project has encountered some serious turbulence.
The recently opened Solaire casino, entertainment and hotel complex is making news over the termination by the project developers of the operator GGAM.
The later is headed up by Las Vegas face Bill Weidner and executives from the Sand's organization.
Reports are citing the reason for the split as a dispute over operations.
GGAM is in the process of opening the much vaunted Baha Mar mega mixed use gaming operation in the Bahamas.
Another Asian casino dispute making waves recently is the split between MGM and the owner of the Ho Tram located project in Vietnam.

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