Wynn Resorts' new casino development planned in Massachusetts will be an international standard asset to attract Chinese and other Asian customers, the company's chairman Steve Wynn told GGRAsia on Tuesday.
Analysts said plans for the city of Everett, north of Boston, will include a 500-room hotel, a 3,000-slot, 150-table casino, 94,000 square feet (8,733 square meters) of retail space, eight restaurants, nightclubs and a spa after state regulators confirmed the permit for Wynn Resort on Sept. 17.
"[The regulator's] announcement strengthened significantly last month when Hainan [air] and Cathay Pacific announced direct flights to Boston," Wynn said at a side event at the Global Game Expo (G2E) 2014 in Las Vegas.
"There has never been a casino offering direct [air] service in China [in the United States]," he added
Wynn previously said in a packed hall for the G2E keynote that the two airlines would soon operate direct flights from Beijing and Hong Kong to Boston, but did not say it was a strength of the casino project.
"I don't know anyone in Cathay Pacific," he said. "The Hainan people I know. I think the Chinese are capitalizing on their desire to see the world and go to places like their children's school.
He said, "Boston is a destination in terms of medical research and technical research, both educational and research. Boston is a bit like Silicon Valley and a major financial hub worldwide. Boston has museums. It's a serious place."
Asked if he could create a marketing program to supply Chinese athletes to the planned Win Resort site in Everett, Win replied: "Any Chinese interested in the resort knows about us, and they've known about us for years through Bellagio and Mirage [the casino site in Las Ve gas]. So our brand is well-established. If we have Win in Boston, Asians and Latinos will react. I'm sure."바카라사이트 추천
He added: "Regulators are realizing that's the case, and I think it's one of our picks as a result."
Asked if he was concerned that a law allowing casinos in Massachusetts could be voted down in the recall vote of the state's electorate in November, Wynn replied: "Polls show [the repeal attempt] is likely to be voted down. And I think maybe at the end of October, there will be a lot of negative comments from Indian [game] operators in Rhode Island and Connecticut... but the whole idea is to keep Massachusetts tax revenues and jobs.