March 5, 2021
Asian casino operator Melco Resorts and Entertainment Limited has reportedly announced that the provisional opening date for its under-construction City of Dreams Mediterranean venue has been brought forward to the summer of next year.
According to a report from Inside Asian Gaming, the €550 million ($668 million) development for southeastern Cyprus was set to open its doors by the end of the year but had this initial timeline pushed back owing to delays caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The source detailed that the Hong Kong-headquartered firm later forecast that the five-star property would not begin welcoming guests before the autumn of 2022 as building work had only resumed in early-May following a seven-week stoppage.
February 11, 2021
The provisional opening date for the €550 million ($668 million) integrated casino resort being built in Cyprus by Melco International Development Limited has reportedly been pushed back by over nine months to the autumn of next year.
According to a Wednesday report from the Financial Mirror newspaper, construction on the giant City of Dreams Mediterranean development began in June of 2018 in hopes that the five-star facility would be able to start welcoming guests to its 500 rooms by the end of this year. The source detailed that the finished Las Vegas-style development is destined to be the largest of its type in Europe and come complete with a spa, a gym and meeting and conferencing facilities alongside a 1,500-seat theater and an 80,720 sq ft casino offering a selection of over 80 gaming tables and approximately 1,000 slots.
C2 properties via the
ICR Cyprus Holdings Limited joint venture it established with local conglomerate
Cyprus Phassouri (Zakaki) Limited in 2017. These enterprises purportedly offer a combined selection of over 255 slots and 33 gaming tables via an exclusive 30-year license and were previously shuttered for a 13-week period from
March 16 owing to the coronavirus pandemic with the C2 Limassol and C2 Paphos establishments also enduring
a related 19-day lockdown last month.
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The C2 venues were reportedly ordered to close as part of a government program initiated last Friday that moreover
brought in a curfew on all non-essential trips for the eight hours from nine o’clock every evening. This official course has furthermore purportedly