Solaire Resort North holds ribbon-cutting ceremony led by President Marcos

President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. led the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Solaire Resort North, the Daily Tribune reported. The event took place in Pag-asa, Quezon City¹.

The report names those who accompanied the President, listed from left to right:

• Executive Secretary Lucas P. Bersamin¹
• Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation Chairman Alejandro H. Tengco¹
• First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos¹
• Bloomberry Resorts Corporation President and CEO Enrique K. Razon Jr.¹
• Ms. Lizzy Razon¹
• Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte¹

The property is operated by Bloomberry Resorts Corporation, the company led by Mr. Razon¹. Solaire Resort North sits in Quezon City, north of the Manila Bay area where the company's first Philippine property, Solaire Resort, operates in Entertainment City¹.

The Tribune account is a photo-led item published on 25 May 2024, the day after the ceremony, credited to photographer Yummie Dingding¹. It does not state the size of the investment, the number of gaming tables or machines, the opening date for the public, or the licensing terms. Those details have not been reported in the account reviewed.

What it means for players

Solaire Resort North is a new integrated resort in Quezon City, which puts a large casino floor in the northern part of Metro Manila rather than in the Entertainment City cluster on Manila Bay¹. For residents of Quezon City and nearby areas, that changes the travel involved in reaching a Solaire property, though the report does not say when the casino opens to the public or what it will offer¹.

Entry rules, the games available and the identification requirements for Philippine casinos are set out in our guide to gambling in the Philippines and in our overview of casinos and integrated resorts in Asia. The Tribune item does not describe the gaming floor at Solaire Resort North, so the mix of tables, machines and any poker room there has not been reported¹. Rules for the company's existing Manila property are covered in our page on Solaire Resort Entertainment City.

The presence of the President, the First Lady, the Executive Secretary, the head of the gaming regulator and the Quezon City mayor at the ceremony indicates the project carries national and local government attention¹. Nothing in the report indicates any change to the rules that apply to players at Philippine casinos¹.

What happens next

The report gives no opening date for the public, no schedule of further announcements and no statement from Bloomberry or the regulator about what comes after the ceremony¹.