在拉斯维加斯的赌城大道上,一英亩土地的价格在4米~17米之间不等。八年前的三月也就是2013年3月,有一家来自亚洲的公司以3.5亿美元买了87(Acres)英亩土地,计划建造一个具有东南亚风情的渡假村赌场,现如今八年过去了还没有正式开业,因为一颗八卦的心我就去狗了一下,The Resorts World Casino艾玛,太炸了!活脱脱的一个电影剧本啊,怎么也能拍出另一部超长板的“赌场风云”,3.5个亿开了个头,40个亿扔进去才是第一期的预算,宏伟壮观的细节我就不啰嗦了,但是烂尾楼这样的坑,全世界哪儿都是,谁碰都不会有好果子吃。
按理说以超低价买入旺地,给整个项目的成本控制,打下了良好的基础。不是猛龙不过江,亚洲公司的团队,应该是一群精英,在烂尾楼接着往下盖的过程中,如果是前方案,为何不做出及时的修改?连我和领导都看出来的问题,他们为何视而不见?直到还差十层楼封顶之际,被对面的Wynn告上了法庭,引用一段我以为最关键的证词。
“In December 2018, Wynn Resorts filed a federal trademark infringement lawsuit against Genting, alleging similarities between Resorts World and Wynn's Las Vegas and Macau resorts. Alleged similarities included a curved facade and horizontal lines in between panels of bronze glass. Wynn Resorts alleged that Genting planned to profit by misleading visitors of Resorts World into believing that it was affiliated with Wynn's nearby Las Vegas resort. Wynn Resorts also alleged that someone involved in Resorts World Las Vegas had requested a local architect to produce a design for the project that would be identical or similar to Wynn's resorts.In January 2019, attorneys for Resorts World Las Vegas responded to the lawsuit, stating that the project had nearly two years to go before its opening and that it currently consisted of "a bare, skeletal structure covered by a few floors of window paneling," stating that once the resort was completed, it would look "dramatically different from Wynn's properties, dispelling any suggestion that a reasonable consumer could confuse the two resorts for each other."(来自网络)
这就是思维方式的差异,为什么要山寨别人呢?赌城是个什么城?就是一个不差钱的城呗。法庭法官根本就不会偏帮谁,那是跟钱赌气还是赌运气呢?什么叫一手好牌打个稀巴烂?当然了,等到快封顶了才发出诉讼是有点儿缺德,谁还沒有过犯错的时候呢?只不过有些错误的代价显然过高,有些损失却永远无法弥补,只须记住一点商场就是战场,所有的过失都将变成对手的机会。
上面提到的第一期预算40个亿,是主楼56层的架构和主要设施,另外三幢副楼已由希尔顿集团接手,股东结构的调整在所难免,整个大环境的变化也越来越难以预测,真就是今时不同往日,任何一次人生的抉择,与任何一个商业抉择,似乎都离不开人们常提到的:一命二运三风水!
这是修改后的主楼图片,早期的外形实在太神似,我当时就想如果打官司,他们非输不可,可戏剧化的是差不多封顶才发生。“阶级斗争要年年讲月月讲天天讲”轻敌是真误事儿!