Quezon City gets on board with Bloomberry’s new casino plans

Quezon City mayoral candidate and current Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte wants to ensure there are no problems in building a future casino in her city. She told the Philippine Inquirer that she’s working on passing a gambling ordinance to allow the casino’s construction.

In February, Bloomberry Resorts, the operator of the Solaire casino in Manila, Philippines, had received a $767 million loan to build a second location in Quezon City, at the Vertis North Complex. Assuming construction goes swimmingly, it would be completed by 2022 latest.

Not everything is finale though, and thus the need for Quezon City to actually allow the casino to take up that location. So Bloomberry talked to Belmonte, daughter of the former nine-year mayor of Quezon City and a solid bet to win her election.

“I understand the benefits. It was presented to me by Solaire that there will be these many jobs. There will be a hotel. The casino will be very small, etc.,” Belmonte said in an interview with the Inquirer. “I understand the benefits economically.”