The Tigre de Cristal in Russia needs more room. In speaking with GGRAsia, the company’s Chief Operating Officer, Stylianos Tsifetakis, said that the casino resort plans on adding more villas and apartments next summer in order to handle an increase in hotel guests. The expansion will take place prior to the launch of the resort’s second phase.

In an interview with GGRAsia held at the resort, which is located in the Primorye Integrated Entertainment Zone (PRIE), Tsifetakis asserted, “By next summer, we plan to build new rooms and a small restaurant, right next to the existing property.” He added, “We plan to build about eight villas, and approximately 20 to 22 serviced apartments [by next summer]. This expansion would allow us to accommodate about 90 people.”

Tigre Cristal is being developed, in part, by Summit Ascent Holdings Ltd., a Hong Kong-listed firm. It is the only casino resort currently open in the PRIE, which was created to be a casino development zone. It is located around 31 miles from Vladivostok, a Russian seaport city located on the Pacific Ocean.

Despite a lack of greater infrastructure, the PRIE has received a lot of attention from travelers. Tsifetakis said that the additional rooms would help overcome a current shortage of room capacity in the area, an issue that will be also addressed with the completion of the second phase of the resort.