Pagcor's Entertainment City or most popularly known as PAGCOR CITY is a 120 Hectares Las Vegas-like Entertainment complex that will house Hotels, restaurants, casino's and other amenities that will rise in the Manila Bay Reclamation area at Paranaque City, Philippines.
Pagcor have chosen 4 company to operate inside the Entairtainment City and require a minimum $1-billion investment each. Each licensee is also required to build a minimum of 250,000 square meters of floor area and complete 800 hotel rooms with an average room area of 40 sq m. Everything must be in order before the casino inside the complex opens.
The four companies granted licenses to build, Bloomberry Resorts Corp., Belle-Leisure and Resorts World-Melco consortium, Malaysian gaming firm Genting, in partnership with Alliance Global and Okada Azure's Universal Entertainment.
Current project in Pagcor City
Solaire Manila is the first development to break ground in the state-owned Pagcor Entertainment City,
former site of Nayong Pilipino, a once-famous tourist destination in Manila.
Bloomberry Resorts Corp.’s Solaire Manila project costs over $1 billion and will have a 700-room hotel, bayside villas, 1,200 slot machines and 300 gaming tables. It will also have a 1,000 seat grand ballroom, spa and fitness center, and a bay view promenade. Other features include a multilevel parking building with 3,000 parking slot.
Pagcor guidelines require a minimum $1-billion investment in each
integrated resort. Each licensee is also required to build a minimum of
250,000 square meters of floor area and complete 800 hotel rooms with an
average room area of 40 sq m. Everything must be in order before the
casino inside the complex opens.
Solaire Manila is set to open in First quarter 2013.