RWS casino attracts 128,000 visitors

RWS casino attracts 128,000 visitors since opening

SINGAPORE: It has been a week since the casino at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) opened. As of Friday evening, it has attracted more than 128,000 visitors as well as its fair share of bouquets and brickbats.

There were long queues on the first two days of its opening and the wait could stretch for as long as two hours. The queues could still come back as RWS was expecting a surge in visitors after dinner on Saturday night, but they won't be as long.

Robin Goh, assistant director for communications, RWS, said: "The queues have kind of tapered off - for now. These queue lines are still here. This being the first non-Chinese New Year weekend, we are expecting large queues to come in as well.

"So we are going to put them (queue lines) here....just in case we need to activate them. This is to make sure that the queues are smooth and to make sure that people don't get all over the place."

Currently, with at least three quarters of the casino opened, RWS insists it is operationally ready.

But the 15,000-square-metre casino will not be able to cater to 20,000 people at any one time even when fully opened.

There have been calls to add more gaming tables but RWS said this has to be approved by the Casino Regulatory Authority.

RWS is also grappling with unhappiness and confusion over the dress code.

Some visitors were turned away for showing up in slippers, singlets and shorts while others in the same attire were allowed in.

-News courtesy of Channel Newsasia-