The Nagasaki Assembly has voted in favour of developing a Casinos Austria International (CAI)-operated integrated resort.
The Nagasaki government selected CAI as its preferred bidder in September of last year, but the proposal still needed to be approved by the prefectural legislature in order to be sent to the Japanese national government.
Of the 45 members of the Assembly that voted, 42 approved the plans for a CAI resort at the Huis Ten Bosch theme park and 3 opposed it. The three that opposed the proposition were Sakamoto Hiroshi, Tsutsumi Noriko and Hori Kōhitomi.
When the resort plan was first announced, there were concerns from the public about CAI’s ability to finance the project. However, a “draft development plan” was announced in March, which detailed the operator’s proposal to finance, build and operate the integrated resort.
The proposal also faced opposition from competitors, as rival bidder Oshidori International withdrew from bidding, saying that the RFP process was..