Primorye Entertainment Zone (Vladivostok Casinos)
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So there has been very little to find about this area over the last couple of years but I was looking at Google Earth today and noticed that half of the construction area was updated in June 2026 and you can see some small movements in the prior 6 months.

The darker green area has been updated, the lighter green is 2023 but you can see changes to the areas circled in red. The building is new and the construction area has had soil moved. It would be great to see if there's been any other changes on that plot but it looks unlikely to have much construction work having taken place.



Source: Google Earth Pro

Asia Invest Group is poised to begin construction of a new casino resort in September 2023, according to the Primorye gambling zone's official website.
This eight-story complex, expected to be completed by late August 2025, will be the third casino in the zone, located near Vladivostok in the Russian Far East.
This new development joins two existing casinos in the Primorye zone: Tigre de Cristal and Shambala. Interestingly, Hong Kong-listed NagaCorp Ltd previously planned a resort here but suspended the project in March 2022, citing uncertainties.

Source: https://www.ggrasia.com/asia-invest-group-to-start-on-russia-casino-in-sept-says-govt/

Any updates?

Vladivostok lost all its direct flight connections to Japan and South Korea when the war started, but China and North Korea remain connected. Not sure if that would fill the casinos!

What about current construction activity in this casino zone? Russia has lost the Japanese and Korean markets, for now, but China should still be going strong.

Primorye gambling zone in Russia is getting a new hotel and casino complex. Primorsky Krai Development Corporation (KRPK) announced that work on the new complex construction will begin in September this year. Asia-Invest Group LLC, a renowned construction and project management company, is overlooking the construction. In October 2021, the company revealed its plans to invest up to $US 34 million into the complex.

However, the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the construction for a bit, but the plans remained on board all this time, and KRPK decided that now was the time to finally move forward and do something about the long-expected casino and hotel. One more reason that lies behind the delay is that Asia-Invest Group got the building permit which is necessary for the construction, just now, and without that, the companies couldn’t do anything to move forward.

The completion of the first stage of the construction is scheduled for August 20, 2025.

Source: https://news.worldcasinodirectory.com/casino-hotel-complex-in-primorye-about-to-be-built-construction-begins-in-september-109485

The US$70m Aquaparadise waterpark development has been indefinitely suspended following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

Most recently, NagaCorp, owner and operator of Cambodia’s NagaWorld in Phnom Penh, has announced the indefinite suspension of a gaming and resort project, which was under development in the Russian port city of Vladivostok and was set to feature a US$70m (€64.5m, £53.4m) waterpark.

Eastern Aqua Paradise and VEB Engineering signed a cooperation agreement for the waterpark in June 2021, with the Aquaparadise development set to feature a year-round indoor waterpark, shopping and entertainment areas, a sports and recreation complex and a four-star hotel. The Novotel-branded development would also have featured a spa and fitness areas, business centres and restaurants.

In an update to shareholders, the group said overnight that it faces “various uncertainties” leading to its decision to invoke the force majeure clause set out in the investment agreement and suspend its performance thereunder.

Source: https://www.planetattractions.com/news/US$70m-waterpark-development-halted-as-companies-continue-to-pull-out-of-Russian-projects/1079

LLC "Asia-Invest Group" (Vladivostok) received a sublease of a land plot with a total area of 2.7 hectares on the territory of the integrated entertainment resort (IRK) "Primorye" for the creation of a hotel and entertainment complex.

Construction of the facilities will begin in 2022. Investments in the project will amount to 1.7 billion rubles

Alexander Kim, director of Asia-Invest Group LLC:

In July 2022, as soon as the project documentation is prepared and a building permit is received, we plan to start construction and installation work and complete it within a year and a half. Next year we will start building another 5-storey hotel for 60 rooms, which we will put into operation in the second quarter of 2025. We expect that the hotel and entertainment complex that our company will build will be able to receive 25% of the total number of guests of the entire resort.

The total volume of investments under the concluded agreements in the gambling zone "Primorye" is 75.3 billion rubles, 7 hotel complexes with a casino are at the implementation stage. Construction and design work is carried out by private investors from Hong Kong, Cambodia, Russia, the Republic of Korea and Japan.

Link: https://www.interfax-russia.ru/far-east/news/kompaniya-iz-vladivostoka-poluchila-uchastok-pod-proekt-v-igornoy-zone-primore-planiruet-vlozhit-1-7-mlrd-rub

Asian casino operator Summit Ascent Holdings Limited has announced that the planned $200 million expansion of its Tigre De Cristal development is being postponed to ‘no earlier than 2025’ due to a raft of ‘economic uncertainties’.
According to a report from GGRAsia, the Hong Kong-listed firm declared that these insecurities regarding the 121-room property in the Primorye Integrated Entertainment Resort zone include ‘the continual negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic, particularly restrictions on international travel’ as well as the ‘aggressively escalating economic sanctions’ against Russia.

Summit Ascent Holdings Limited reportedly moreover asserted that its Tigre De Cristal venue is continuing to operate despite the ever-tightening sanctions.

Source: https://news.worldcasinodirectory.com/summit-ascent-holdings-limited-delays-planned-tigre-de-cristal-expansion-100549

The government of Primorsky Krai has passed legislation to extend a range of tax relief measure for local casino operators by a further six months. It has now prolonged this mitigation as the region struggles to attract investment and visitors.

Source: https://news.worldcasinodirectory.com/primorsky-krai-extends-casino-tax-relief-measures-as-sanctions-begin-to-bite-101281

Primorsky Krai Development Corporation has revealed that it has signed an agreement with a South Korean group called Plgen Holdings for the development of a casino resort complex.

This sees the company become the first from the Republic of Korea to enter the Primorye gambling zone, which could eventually house up to 12 casino hotels; shopping, exhibition and entertainment centres; water park; yacht club; ski slope; beaches and recreational areas; restaurants; cafes; and other entertainment facilities.

It is said that the initial investment will amount to RUB 2.5bn ($23.94m), with the first phase of a “master plan” to include and casino and hotel with more than 100 rooms that will open by the close of 2025. It is estimated that gambling activities will add RUB 100m per annum to the Primorye budget.

“After the launch of the casino and the hotel as part of the first stage, we plan to continue investing,” stated Shin Il Suk, CEO of Plgen Holdings. “There is already a preliminary plan for the implementation of an integrated casino resort with a hotel and a theme park on the second site.”

Source: https://casinobeats.com/2022/03/22/south-korean-group-to-develop-primorye-casino/

That's a good excuse. The Naga casino in Vladivostok has been sitting abandoned for 2-3 years already!