Melco Crown Entertainment held the soft opening of its $1.4bn City of Dreams integrated resort in the Philippines last Sunday.
It is the second casino to open in Manila’s Entertainment City hub and the largest property by far. The company has said the grand opening will be held before Chinese New Year in 2015. The resort will have more than 365 gaming tables, 1,700 slot machines and 1,700 electronic table games.
Melco Crown says its latest integrated resort will have a strategic mix of hotel brands, ensuring a "celebrity-inspired and fun-luxury experience." It will have six hotel towers, including the 260-room Crown Towers hotel, which will cater to the high-end VIP and premium mass market segments, and the 321-room Nobu Hotel Manila, a project spearheaded by celebrity chef Nobu Matsuhisa and championed by Hollywood actor Robert De Niro and Hollywood producer Meir Teper.
