Head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov officially announced the start of construction of the first gaming zone on the territory of the peninsula "Gold Coast" . The implementation of this project will start in the first quarter of 2021.

A complete list of investors has already been compiled, who are currently negotiating all the details of interaction. The first person of the Crimea confirmed the information that the gambling zone will be located near the village of Katsiveli.

Among other things, Sergei Aksyonov noted: "This industry will make it possible to finance budgets of absolutely different levels."

In December, it became known that the Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Investments, by a majority of votes, decided to approve the project for the construction of the first gambling zone in Crimea. The total amount of funds needed to implement the initiative should amount to 3 billion rubles.

The project provides for the opening of a land-based casino and a large 5-star hotel complex on an area of ​​15 hectares. Completion of all work is scheduled for 2024. According to preliminary estimates, as a result, the Crimean gambling business will create at least 250 new jobs.

According to the calculations of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the budgets of all levels of the peninsula will receive about 402.7 million rubles within five years after the launch of this investment project. rubles.

It is important to recall that the decision to create a gambling zone "Gold Coast" on the territory of the Crimean peninsula was made last fall by Dmitry Medvedev, who at that time served as Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.

Напомним, в России the creationof a single gambling regulator was approved.