Studio City in Macau gets 250 gaming tables

The soon-to-open Studio City in Macau has finally received its gaming table allocation from the Macau government, only the number is lesser than what Melco Crown Entertainment is hoping for.

Studio City International Holdings Ltd. announced on Tuesday the Cotai casino will operate new-to-market gaming tables, about 200 of which can be operated during the casino’s launch on Oct. 27.

“The Macau government has authorized Studio City’s gaming operator… to operate 250 new gaming tables and 1,233 new gaming machines at the Studio City gaming areas, of which 200 gaming tables and 1,233 gaming machines may be in operation upon the opening of Studio City with the remaining 50 tables authorized to be in operation beginning in January 2016,” Studio City International Holdings said in a statement.

The gaming operator is a member of Melco Crown Entertainment, which, in turn, is partly owned by James Packer’s Crown Resorts.