大阪ＩＲ、３０年開業へ前進　事業者が「解除権」放棄

　大阪市の統合型リゾート（ＩＲ）構想が大きく前進した。カジノ施設などを整備・運営する事業会社「大阪ＩＲ株式会社」は１０日、違約金なしで撤退できる「解除権」を放棄したと発表。同日付で大阪府・市と確認書を交わした。予定通り、人工島「夢洲」で２０３０年秋ごろの開業を目指す。
　米ＭＧＭリゾーツ・インターナショナル日本法人とオリックスを中核とする大阪ＩＲが昨秋に大阪府と締結した協定には、２６年９月末までは違約金なしで事業から撤退できる「解除権」が盛り込まれていた。「観光需要がコロナ禍前の水準まで回復していること」などの条件を満たさない場合、行使できるようになっていた。（2024/09/10-20:16）

The operator of the project to open a casino-featuring integrated resort, or IR, in the western Japan city of Osaka around autumn 2030 has waived its right to withdraw without penalty, moving the project significantly forward.
   Osaka IR K.K. and the Osaka prefectural and city governments on Tuesday signed a document confirming the company's waiver of the right to withdraw.
   The right to withdraw from the IR project without penalty until the end of September 2026 was included in an agreement signed last autumn by Osaka IR and the Osaka prefectural government.
   The operator, mainly owned by the Japanese arm of U.S. casino giant MGM Resorts International and Japanese financial services firm Orix Corp., was allowed to exercise the right under certain conditions, including if tourism demand had not recovered to levels before the COVID-19 pandemic.
   Now that the operator has relinquished the right, preparations to build the IR facility are expected to swing into full gear, including the transfer of the land plot for the facility from the city of Osaka.