Belle cries foul over Bloomberry’s plans to expand casino business in Manila

The group behind City of Dreams Manila, is up in arms after learning that one of its rivals is planning on opening a casino outside the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation’s (Pagcor) Entertainment City complex.

Belle Corporation vice chair Willy Ocier told reporters on Monday that state regulator Pagcor should dissuade owners of gaming licenses from putting up casinos in areas other than Entertainment City, where massive sums of money have already been invested into.

“In the license that we all have, it guarantees a level playing field. There is [a] clause in our license [that it should be a] level playing field,” Ocier said, according to Business World.

The Belle executive was reacting to news that Enrique Razon Jr., owner of Bloomberry Resorts Corp., will start building his second casino project in Quezon City next year. Razon owns Solaire Resort and Casino, which is located near Belle’s City of Dreams Manila in Entertainment City.