Okada Manila

Okada Manila
Location Entertainment City, Parañaque, Philippines
Opening date Soft Opening
December 30, 2016
No. of rooms 993
Total gaming space 26,410.77 m2 (284,283.2 sq ft)
Signature attractions
  • The Cove
  • The Fountain
Notable restaurants
  • K.O. Dining
  • The Sky Casino
  • Sports Book & Bar
  • Yu Lei
  • Catch Live Seafood
  • Fujishiro
  • Museum Café
  • Enbu
  • Goryo Korean Barbecue
  • Imamura
  • Ginza Nagaoka
Owner Tiger Resort Leisure and Entertainment
Operating license holder PAGCOR
Architect GF & Partners[1]
PRSP Architects[2]
Previous names Manila Bay Resorts (until June 2016)
Website http://www.okadamanila.com

Okada Manila (Japanese: オカダマニラ, translit. Okada Manira) is a casino resort and hotel complex located on the Entertainment City gaming strip in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines.

History

The complex under construction in 2015

Tiger Resort Leisure and Entertainment owned by Japanese businessman Kazuo Okada, was granted a license to operate a casino within the Entertainment City in 2008. In June 2016, the casino complex then named as Manila Bay Resorts was re-branded as Okada Manila.[3]

The facility is intended to be used by Okada to compete with casinos in Macau and to position Metro Manila as a regional and international destination.[4] The casino was set to open in November 2016 but the opening was later delayed due to worse-than-expected weather conditions.[5]

The casino complex was opened for "preview" on December 21, 2016[5] and later commenced operations as a casino in December 30, 2016.[6]

The Fountain, was officially opened on March 31, 2017 to invited guests. On the next day, the casino opened the attraction to the general public.[7]

Features

Okada Manila occupies an area of 45 hectares (110 acres) of the Entertainment City[3] 26,410.77 square metres (284,283.2 sq ft) allotted to gaming. The hotel building of Okada Manila is composed of the Pearl and Coral Wings with each wing having 15 floors to be connected by two sky bridges.[8][9] The glass facade of the building will have gold color representing the hue of Manila Bay's sunset. The color according to Tiger Resort president Steve Wolstenholme is one of the casino's key themes.[10] The US$2.4 billion phase one of the casino project includes 993 hotel rooms. More than 3,000 electronic gaming machines and 500 table games will be installed in the casino complex.[3]

A 8,409 square metres (90,510 sq ft) shopping area will also be present in Okada Manila.[8]

The Fountain

A large central fountain, dubbed as "The Fountain" is the centerpiece of the casino resort complex spanning 37,464 square metres (403,260 sq ft) and costs US$30 million.[8] The Fountain is dubbed as the largest multicolor dancing fountain in the world.[11]

The US$30 million fountain was designed by Los Angeles-based firm, WET Designs who also designed the fountains of the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The design was inspired from the "festive traditions of the Philippines", and the sampaguita (Jasminum sambac). The dancing fountain has 739 water nozzles which includes underwater robots which are proprietary of WET, 2,611 colored lights and 23 speakers.[11]

The Cove

An indoor night club and beach complex covering an area of 8,361 square metres (90,000 sq ft) called The Cove will be hosted within the casino development with a maximum guest capacity of 4,500 people. The entertainment venue will be covered by a glass dome and will comprise 33 cabanas and bungalows each with its own private jacuzzi, dining room, and media and karaoke room. The Cove is a white sand indoor beach.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Projects - Hospitality". GF & Partners. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Projects - Mixed Used Buildings". PRSP Architects. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Mercurio, Richmond (20 July 2016). "Okada rebrands Manila Bay Resorts". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Sayson, Ian (19 July 2016). "Tycoon Okada’s Universal Wages Biggest Bet in Manila Casino". Bloomberg. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  5. 1 2 Gonzales, Iris (21 December 2016). "Okada Manila holds ‘preview’ today". Philstar. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Okada Manila’s doors are now open for casino players starting December 30". InterAksyon. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  7. ↑ Santiano, Jeanyn (3 April 2017). "Want to see Okada Manila’s The Fountain? Here's what you should know". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 Oiga, Jacky Lynne (24 July 2016). "Introducing Okada Manila". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Okada Manila aims to turn PH as world’s gaming and entertainment destination". Adobo Magazine. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  10. 1 2 Vila, Alixandra Caole (20 July 2016). "Billion-dollar 'Las Vegas' hotel casino to rise in Manila". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  11. 1 2 Nisay, JT (5 April 2017). "Okada Manila’s now-open fountain is not only big in numbers". BusinessMirror. Retrieved 12 April 2017.

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