Okada Manila

Okada Manila

The complex under construction in 2015
Location Entertainment City, Parañaque, Philippines
Opening date December 21, 2016 (2016-12-21)
Number of rooms 993
Total gaming space 26,410.77 m2 (284,283.2 sq ft)
Signature attractions
  • The Cove
  • The Fountain
Notable restaurants
  • K.O. Dining
  • The Sky Casino
  • Sports Book & Bar
  • Yu Lei
  • Catch Live Seafood
  • Fujishiro
  • Museum Café
  • Enbu
  • Goryo Korean Barbecue
  • Imamura
  • Ginza Nagaoka
Owner Tiger Resort Leisure and Entertainment
Operating license holder PAGCOR
Architect GF & Partners[1]
PRSP Architects[2]
Previous names Manila Bay Resorts (until June 2016)

Okada Manila (Japanese: オカダマニラ) is a casino resort and hotel complex under construction at the Entertainment City in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines.

History

Tiger Resort Leisure and Entertainment owned by Japanese businessman Kazuo Okada, was granted a license to operate a casino within the Entertainment City in 2008. In June 2016, the casino complex then named as Manila Bay Resorts was re-branded as Okada Manila. [3]

The facility is intended to be used by Okada to compete with casinos in Macau and to position Metro Manila as a regional and international destination.[4]

The casino complex is set to have its soft opening by the end of 2016 in December.[5]

Features

Okada Manila occupies an area of 45 hectares (110 acres) of the Entertainment City[3] 26,410.77 square metres (284,283.2 sq ft) allotted to gaming.[5] The hotel building of Okada Manila will be composed of the Pearl and Coral Wings with each wing having 15 floors to be connected by two sky bridges.[6][7] The glass facade of the building will have gold color representing the hue of Manila Bay's sunset. The color according to Tiger Resort president Steve Wolstenholme is one of the casino's key themes.[8] The US$2.4 billion phase one of the casino project includes 993 hotel room. More than 3,000 electronic gaming machines and 500 table games will be installed in the casino complex.[3]

An indoor night club and beach complex covering an area of 8,361 square metres (90,000 sq ft) called The Cove will be hosted within the casino development with a maximum guest capacity of 4,500 people. The entertainment venue will be covered by a glass dome and will comprise 33 cabanas and bungalows each with its own private jacuzzi, dining room, and media and karaoke room.[5] The Cove is a white sand indoor beach.[8]

A 8,409 square metres (90,510 sq ft) shopping area will also be present in Okada Manila.[5] A large central fountain, dubbed as "The Fountain" is the centerpiece of the casino resort complex spanning 37,464 square metres (403,260 sq ft) and costs US$30 million.[6] The Fountain will be the largest dancing fountain in the Philippines, and the second in the world next to the Dubai Fountain in Burj Khalifa lake.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Projects - Hospitality". GF & Partners. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Projects - Mixed Used Buildings". PRSP Architects. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Mercurio, Richmond (20 July 2016). "Okada rebrands Manila Bay Resorts". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Sayson, Ian (19 July 2016). "Tycoon Okada's Universal Wages Biggest Bet in Manila Casino". Bloomberg. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Dumlao-Abadilla, Doris (20 July 2016). "$2.4-B Okada casino to open in November". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  6. 1 2 Oiga, Jacky Lynne (24 July 2016). "Introducing Okada Manila". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Okada Manila aims to turn PH as world's gaming and entertainment destination". Adobo Magazine. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  8. 1 2 Vila, Alixandra Caole (20 July 2016). "Billion-dollar 'Las Vegas' hotel casino to rise in Manila". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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