{"id":89,"date":"2008-07-03T01:34:49","date_gmt":"2008-07-02T15:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=89"},"modified":"2008-07-03T01:34:49","modified_gmt":"2008-07-02T15:34:49","slug":"us15-billion-casino-in-rp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=89","title":{"rendered":"US$1.5 billion Casino in RP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He scrapped plans to build what would have been the world\u2019s tallest casino in Las Vegas. Now <strong>James Packer<\/strong> is about to sign a deal to build a US$1.5 billion (AUD1.6 B) hotel and casino complex in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>According to the South China Morning Post, the announcement was made by <strong>Rafael Butch Francisco<\/strong>, President and CEO of Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Known to be the wealthiest man in Australia, Mr. Packer owns Bloombury Investments, a company based in the British Virgin Islands. The company has been confirmed as one of four local and international developers seeking to secure gaming licences and join the mega-project to build a Las Vegas-style casino and entertainment hub.<\/p>\n<p>Bloombury is planning to build three luxury hotels, upmarket shops, restaurants and an entertainment and sports centre on a reclaimed area facing Manila Bay.<\/p>\n<p>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He scrapped plans to build what would have been the world\u2019s tallest casino in Las Vegas. Now James Packer is about to sign a deal to build a US$1.5 billion (AUD1.6 B) hotel and casino complex in the Philippines. According to the South China Morning Post, the announcement was made by Rafael Butch Francisco, President [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}