USJ Touts Harry Potter Wizardry to Win Japan Casino Partners
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USJ Co. is counting on its cachet turning around a failing Universal Studios theme park in Japan to win a partnership with a foreign casino operator, as the country edges nearer to legalizing gambling resorts.
The operator of Osaka city’s 13-year-old Universal Studios Japan is in talks with MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment Corp. and Genting Bhd. for a possible partnership to run a casino resort in the Asian nation, Chief Executive Officer Glenn Gumpel said in an interview.