According to local newspaper El Mercurio, both gaming venues will be neighbors and will be located in a strategic area, in the north access of the commercial center and services, next to the international railway station that links Arica and Tacna; residential complexes, Army facilities and the building where works the regional intendancy.
The Regional Council called the new casino, in addition to the shopping mall and other commercial stores that comprise the Arica City Center project, as the largest investments of the last 50 years in the city, which will bring enormous economic benefits related to the tourism.
According to the latest Socioeconomic Characterization Report developed by Cordap (Productive Development Corporation of Arica and Parinacota), of the 72 thousand jobs occupied in Arica,
Due to its condition of an extreme region, Arica is favored by Law 19,669, which allows public and private development projects, including the operation of more than one casino in its area.
