After human drain from Sihanoukville, casinos follow suit

[geovalin]

Sihanoukville is set to lose yet another casino as Century Entertainment International Holdings, formerly known as Amax International Holdings Limited, will relocate its gaming floor from Sihanoukville to the up and coming tourist spot of Dara Sakor in Koh Kong province.

 

Sihanoukville, a once backpacker-friendly coastal city transformed at a rapid rate when Prime Minister Hun Sen was eager to push forward with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a geopolitical trade route that would make use of Cambodia’s only deep-water port. Chinese investors flocked to the coastal city to build hotels and casinos aimed at accommodating Chinese customers. Many of those who arrived in the city were either construction workers or tourists who are not allowed to gamble back in their home country.

 

Then Cambodia’s government announced a ban on online gambling which was enforced as of January 1, this year. As a direct result of the ban, thousands of  Chinese who came to Cambodia and made their money in gambling left. Around 30 casinos in Sihanoukville have closed or suspended the employment of all of their staff and another 33 have temporarily suspended staff this year, a labour ministry official  said.

 

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[Deli]

The demons you called...

[Ombra]

More than 66 casinos in one small city?

[DefaultName]

Pre-Chinese, I liked the place.  Now, you'd have to pay me to go.

[natway09]

Take note everybody.

Taken the Chinese less than 10 years to totally  destroy what was a beautiful place.

Now it's ruined they move on to ruin the next place & leave their concrete jungles behind them.

They should make them leave the site the way they found it

[phantomfiddler]

7 minutes ago, natway09 said:

Take note everybody.

Taken the Chinese less than 10 years to totally  destroy what was a beautiful place.

Now it's ruined they move on to ruin the next place & leave their concrete jungles behind them.

They should make them leave the site the way they found it

And the "next place" could very well be Pattaya ????

[J Town]

I went there right before the casinos came in. It was a sad, dirty, broken place. I imagine it's only gonna get worse now.

[GreasyFingers]

1 hour ago, DefaultName said:

Pre-Chinese, I liked the place.  Now, you'd have to pay me to go.

You preferred the Russians?

[RichCor]

1 hour ago, natway09 said:

Take note everybody.

Taken the Chinese less than 10 years to totally  destroy what was a beautiful place.

Now it's ruined they move on to ruin the next place & leave their concrete jungles behind them.

They should make them leave the site the way they found it

 

Found on YouTube:

SIHANOUKVILLE 西港 Before and after - MIND BLOWING OCT 2019

Drone footage of different areas in Sihanoukville from 2016 and 2019.

 

...sorry about the soundtrack.

 

 

[Ketyo]

Locusts. They have no idea about what they destroy at home or abroad. Their education system does not teach critical thinking. They are not capable of independent thought. 

 

It's true that Sihanoukville was pretty poor before the Chinese. But now it is the <deleted>hole of the universe. 

 

[trucking]

The Casinos gambled and lost. They of all businesses should understand the concept so they have cut and run. Perfectly understandable

[ratcatcher]

2 hours ago, phantomfiddler said:

And the "next place" could very well be Pattaya ????

Some would say that Pattaya has already had the Sihanoukville experience.

[biggles45]

So sad to see those recent photos. Mates and I went there many times 2012-14 and loved it. Really nice people, clean beaches. Quite an experience after years in Thailand. 

[Onrai]

14 hours ago, natway09 said:

Take note everybody.

Taken the Chinese less than 10 years to totally  destroy what was a beautiful place.

Now it's ruined they move on to ruin the next place & leave their concrete jungles behind them.

They should make them leave the site the way they found it

Seems to me nobody benefitted-the Cambodian government didn’t get the economic boost, the Chinese developers lost tons of money and the beaches and towns got ruined in the process. Sometimes you have to wonder-is this really progress?

[JeffersLos]

15 hours ago, Ombra said:

one small city

I would use a different term.

 

4 letters, followed by 'hole'. 

[Don Mega]

14 hours ago, phantomfiddler said:

And the "next place" could very well be Pattaya ????

Hopefully, love me game of Texas Holdem.

[DefaultName]

17 hours ago, GreasyFingers said:

You preferred the Russians?

Last time I was there was 2009, can't say that I noticed Russians at all.  So, if they were there, they were behaving.

[Deli]

20 hours ago, GreasyFingers said:

You preferred the Russians?

Yes, I did. No probs with 'em in Snooky

[Ks45672]

On 10/8/2020 at 5:40 PM, natway09 said:

Take note everybody.

Taken the Chinese less than 10 years to totally  destroy what was a beautiful place.

Now it's ruined they move on to ruin the next place & leave their concrete jungles behind them.

They should make them leave the site the way they found it

They should ban the animals from leaving China.North Korea style, no passports

[Ventenio]

On 10/8/2020 at 8:10 AM, geovalin said:

Around 30 casinos in Sihanoukville have closed or suspended the employment of all of their staff and another 33 have temporarily suspended staff this year, a labour ministry official  said.

very sad.  casinos are the BEST for the world.  they are built to help humans get rich, enjoy life, entertainment, and make their city beautiful.  hire people at good wages, bring in great people, and really help the world!!!!

 

63 casinos might not have been enough.  there should be a casino in every room in the universe.   

[techietraveller84]

Do you think the Cambodian leadership will be savvy enough to turn this into an opportunity? As long as it's foreign investors losing their cash but leaving physical assets behind, perhaps there are opportunities?

Really hope this becomes a blessing in disguise, for Cambodians at least.

[Nout]

On 10/8/2020 at 4:48 PM, phantomfiddler said:

And the "next place" could very well be Pattaya ????

Nope. No Casinos yet. And the Thai mafia here are stronger especially when the Pattaya BIB are backed up by the Bangkok Big Boys.

[Airalee]

On 10/8/2020 at 3:22 PM, Ombra said:

More than 66 casinos in one small city?

Almost half of what Las Vegas has (136) and More than seven times Atlantic City (9)

 

Crazy