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Casino commissioners to fly to Vegas anew for training
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Posted on Mar 25 2015
Members of the Commonwealth Casino Commission are set to fly to Las Vegas next month to continue training for the impending opening of a casino on Saipan.
The commissioners early this month flew to Las Vegas for a three-day training, according to commission chair Juan Sablan.
He said the April training will be longer, and will take one week. He described the previous training as “intensive,” combining both on-campus and gaming floor training.
The five-man commission underwent training at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. They will be back in April to continue training, Sablan said.
According to its website, the University of Nevada in Las Vegas offers casino auditing and casino management to improve “casino controls, policies, and procedures.”
The commission last month completed the roster of commissioners, following an intense scrutiny of candidates.
Early this year, the commission bared plans to undergo the training off-island.
Casino in Garapan
The Inos administration on March 6 signed an amended casino agreement with Best Sunshine International, Ltd. allowing Best Sunshine to set up a “live” training facility on Saipan.
The establishment of the “live” training facility, which essentially mimics what will happen on an actual casino gaming floor, was not included in the original agreement between the government and Best Sunshine, as detailed in Public Law 18-56 or the Saipan casino law.
The training facility will be located on the first floor of the T-Galleria in Garapan and will occupy 15,000 square meters of real estate.
Like any casino, the facility will be subject to regulations by the casino commission.
According to Mark Brown, CEO of Best Sunshine, the T-Galleria is ideal for the training facility, considering the number of tourists billeted in hotels around Garapan. He said Best Sunshine will invite tourists and promote the facility.
Brown said the facility will open “hopefully” by June or July.
