PBL to Develop the Las Vegas of Moscow

Filed in archive Casinos on May 2, 2006

Australian media and gaming giant, PBL, have become the first foreign group to run a casino in Russia.

In a deal with the privately run Crocus group, PBL will develop a casino, hotel and shopping complex in Moscow and will be marketed as the 'Las Vegas in Moscow'

Industry sources in Moscow said PBL's involvement was focused on the entertainment and hospitality part of the project, which will also include expanding an exhibition centre and developing office buildings on the site next to the Moscow river. Crocus City is due to receive a direct metro link from central Moscow within the next three years as part of a project to extend an existing line

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