The property will include a 295-room hotel and a casino with no less than 500 slot machines and 100 gaming tables. The whole project involves the construction of more hotels, including seven-star accommodation options, a spa, retail space, and multiple food and beverage facilities.
Selena World Resort is planned to occupy around 174,000 square meters of land upon completion. Phase Two of the project is expected to be completed at some point in 2022.
Due to its location, Selena World Resort is hoped to attract VIP casino players from all around Asia, particularly from Mainland China. Thus, the casino complex and the Primorye Zone, as a whole, will try to compete directly with Macau.
Founded in 2010, Diamond Fortune was one of several companies to have pursued a license for the construction of a casino resort in Primorye. Authorities have granted four such licenses so far, with the privately held company being among them.
In 2009, gambling was banned everywhere around Russia with the exception of four specially designated gambling zones, Primorye being one of those zones. Located 70 kilometers from the city of Vladivostok, the gambling zone is the largest of all four. Currently, it is home to one operational casino resor: Tigre de Cristal.
Source: GMB / Casino News Daily
