According to the Marianas Variety newspaper, senior vice president for operations Donnie Browne said the property – called Imperial Pacific Resort – would have a "soft opening” on March 31.
The firm said in January it planned to launch the property "in the first quarter of 2017”. In previous statements it said the Imperial Pacific Resort was due to open "by 2017 Chinese New Year”, which started on January 28.
The opening date of the venue was discussed this week during a meeting between the Commonwealth Casino Commission – the regulator on Saipan – and representatives from Imperial Pacific, reported the Marianas Variety.
The report stated commission vice chairman Joseph Reyes had expressed concerns on the feasibility of a March 31 opening. He reportedly suggested Imperial Pacific consider extending the lease of its temporary casino venue as a precautionary measure. The current lease reportedly expires in April.
Imperial Pacific has the right to an exclusive casino licence on the Pacific island of Saipan. The firm is currently operating a temporary casino – which opened in July 2015 – on Saipan, the main island of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. jurisdiction.
Imperial
Pacific has stated in previous filings that the casino at Imperial Pacific
Resort would feature around "200 to 300 gaming tables” and "300 to 400 slot
machines”.
Source: GMB / GGR Asia
