Montero emphasised the creation of 200 direct jobs. The project “will be a magnet for tourism and will allow the creation of employment,” he said.
In February 2017, The Regional Government of Andalusia first announced that it would issue an order authorising a new casino in the city of Granada taking the number of casinos in the region to six. Licences are valid for fifteen years and are renewable.
The operator will also be responsible for offering complementary services such as a bar, restaurant, and other entertainment facilities. The main game room must have a minimum capacity for 500 people, with a minimum area of 750 square meters.
In January 2018 Spanish operator Cirsa Gaming Corporation announced that it had put forward a bid for the new casino licence. If the company is granted the license, then it will make an initial investment of €9m.
According to government estimates, the casino could welcome as many as around 50,000 visits in the first year of operation. The casino may not be more than 30 kilometres from the capital meaning that the casino must “fall into the capital’s zone of influence” and applicants had until the end of August last year to submit their proposals.
Source: GMB / G3 Newswire
