Melco Crown’s City of Dreams Manila on schedule

The project is set to become the second of the four integrated resorts and casinos to open in the Philippines’ Entertainment City. Solaire Casino & Resort was the first to do so, opening its doors back in March and, at least until COD Manila opens, has enjoyed somewhat of a casino monopoly in the area for the past nine months all the way up to City of Dreams Manila’s launch date.

In addition to its prized project in the Philippines, Melco is also overseeing the development of Macau Studio City, the next fully integrated resort and casino to open in Macau sometime in the middle of 2015. Again, that project is on track to be completed in the scheduled time frame.

But the priority, it seems, for Melco Crown these days is to ensure that the timetable for City of Dreams Manila is met without a hitch. All resources are being thrown into ensuring that happens and it’s probably as good a sign as any for the Macau-based developer to see that hotel tower 5 at City of Dreams just broke ground with a target opening date of late 2016.

When these establishments are fully operational and running on maximum capacity in a few years’ time, only then can we see Melco Crown take it a little bit easier.