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A VAST tract of land in Tuscan village, hun- cloud-filled sky ceiling, casino will see a quality ing a taste of the many Fourways is being dreds of years of weath- an 8 500m sq casino mix of retail shops and cultures of Asia. transformed into an an- ering has resulted in with some 2300 gaming restaurants that they do There will be cient Tuscan village paint deterioration and positions provides the not normally experi- numerous "night- which, when it opens in alteration, the design anchor of the develop- ence. With restaurant spots", such as a barf November, will restaurant to be bring a new di- operated by the mension to the owners of the leisure industry in News Cafe. Gauteng. The two an- This is the site chor tenants in of Montecasino. the retail compo- Tsogo Sun's lei- nent of Monte- sure and gaming casino are Nu development cost- Metro and The ing R1,4-bn . Magic Company; Sandton Con- Nu Metro will vention Centre is offer a I5-screen linked to the con- cinema complex. struction of Mon- with all the cine- tecasino. having mas having sur- formed part of round sound and Tsogo Sun's suc- four of them cessful bid to the being equipped Gauteng Gam- with DTS/Dolby bling Board for the digital. The licence, Magic Company, Montecasino with 3 lOOsqm of incorporates an retail space, will impressive lei- offer interactive INTENSIVE research was carried out to ensure sure, entertain- family entertain- that intricate detail was applied to the devel- ment, gaming and ment rooted in opment to achieve authentic Tuscan architec- retail project that hi-tech innova- ture. ranks it as ar- tions geared to guably the biggest the 21st Century, and most am- and the enter- bitious private- tainment doesn't sector leisure pro- stop there. A 320- ject constructed in seat theatre, Gauteng to date. operated by one The develop- of South Africa's ment is based on leading impre- traditional Italian sarios, Pieter architecture and Toerien, will features Tuscan complement the architecture wide variety of throughout the en- venues at Monte- tire complex. Monfecaslno leisure, entertainment and retail development scheduled to open late casino. '!'he process of in November this year at fourways. G a v i n constructing the Rimmer, general facades, which cre- team had to do inten- ment. And, as a perfect concepts developed by manager of ate the impression of sive colour studies, fol- accompaniment to the some of South Africa's Montecasino, concludes an ancient Tuscan vil- lowed by a series of lay- excitement of the casi- best-known restaura- by saying, "These excit- lage on top of a hill, has ering in the actual plas- no, visitors can enjoy teurs, such as Costa To- ing retail and entertain- been extensive. tering. an unparalleled retail mazos, who is famous ment facilities will add THE innovative facade building, which has Moulds were made Each of the stones is experience in the form for starting the Squires immeasurably to Mon- been constructed by Tsogo Sun on the from actual buildings in hand-carved by a sculp- of shopping which goes Loft chain, dining out tecasino's image as the Montecasino site, is a visual example of what Tuscany and colour tor and the size of the beyond purchasing of will become a unique leading leisure centre visitors can expect to see in the permanent drawings were then rockwork is worked out desired items - this is experience. in South Africa." Montecasino development. Pictured here are done as an overlay on precisely. shopping with enter- Another innovative two of the authentic Tuscan tocodes. created the photographs. Inside this incredi- tainment value. facility will be the Pan through a process of experimentation with Whereas, in a real ble village, under a ASian restaurant offer- Visitors to Monte- various paint and plaster techniques. Black chip's Thogo has entry to world-class expertise

THE TSOGO Sun partner- Council of Trade Unions developed and managed by ship of Southern Sun and and the SA Clothing and Southern Sun. Tsogo Investments was first Textile Workers' Union. Tsogo Sun, whose pro- constituted in 1994. Each of The balance of the jects are underwritten by the partners hold a 50% share-holding in the cons- the SA Breweries Group, interest in Tsogo Sun. ortium is divided among has access to world-class Tsogo Investments is a several organisations and gaming expertise through broad-based black empow- individuals, including Af- an exclusive development erment focused group rican Renaissance Hold- and management agree- whose shareholding will ings and Tangney Invest- ment with Las Vegas-based benefit organised black ments as well as the consor- MGMGrand. business and labour move- tium's founders. Tsogo Sun currently ments, together with wom- Southern Sun Gaming holds five casino licenses, en' groups and individual Investments, which owns the first being for Emno- black promoters. the remaining 50°0 interest tweni Ca ino in Nelspruit, Tsogo Investments com- in Tsogo Sun, is a wholly the second for Champions prises the National African owned subsidiary of The Casino in Witbank, Monte- Federated Chamber of Southern Sun Group, casino in Fourways, and Commerce and Industry, which in turn is owned by the fourth in Durban. The SA Breweries. most recent is in East the Foundation for African AN artist's impression of the R1.4 b'I'on Montecasino developrnen to be opened lafe Busines and Consumer The hotel component of London. ovember this year. Services. the ational Tsogo Sun's inos will be SOME facts on Montecasino • A one-stop travel agent • There are two main steakhouse,• A oper- and cultural tourism centre entrances. ated by Costa • A sweet and confec- • The entrance from the Tomazzos of tionary store parkade leads to the Grand Origins and • A 320-seat theatre, operat- Staircase, which is about five Wagamamas in ed by Pieter Therien, will complete metres above the gaming floor and Sandton City its entertainment facilities. The provides a viewing platform over theatre is accessible through the the vast expanse of the casino. Greek• and Aseafood casino or from the eastern Two escalators in the middle of the restaurant, operat- entrance next to the open air park- platform lead visitors straight ed by Costa ingarea. down into the complex. Tomazzos • Retail carts selling spe- ciality items will be placed strate- • A stream separates the casi- • The no from the rest of the complex, casino restaurant, gically throughout the retail allowing effective control of entry operated by component. into the casino and is in keeping Southern Sun • 35 life-size artificial trees, with the Tuscan theme of the .A wine cellar some 8 metres high, will add to the development. bar, operated by Tuscan theme of the development. • The retail component of the Michael • There are five different casino consists of an entertain- Lazanakis types of trees - Weeping Willows, ment area, restaurants, live enter- .A family Pinoaks, Ginkos, Birches and tainment venues, speciality retail pizzeria, two cof- Maples. stores and a food court. fee shops Four bars will serve the FROM left to right: Costa Iornozzos. owner of the Japanese restaurant, Kuchikomo, • At the west side of the devel- • Several casino area, with mobile drinks opment, two anchor tenants will with Gavin Rimmer, general manager of Montecasino, displaying wonderful of the restaurants trolleys providing refreshments. provide complementary entertain- Japanese cuisine to be experienced once the development is opened. will have double The casino area will ment. They are: volume facilities, consist of: • A I5-screen Nu Metro cine- and three will • 1 700 slot machines ma complex, offering exciting new electronic and video games, KFC offer large balcony seating for • 70 gaming tables features never seen in South Africa bumper cars, carousels, a soft play • An Indian food outlet guests. • An exclusive Salon Prive, before, including a "Platinum area and other innovative activi- • Pancake King -The retail component will offering higher limit gaming in Class" cinema, which offers VIP ties. There will be supervised • Spur comprise: secluded luxury. service and the ability to pre-book child care for younger visitors. • Yogenfruz • Several fashion and There will be a VIP dining area seats, superior seating, an execu- The foodcourt will con- • There will be 15 restau- accessory stores, such as Amici, in the Prive and a special parking tive lounge, and a complimentary sist of eleven operators, includ- rants and coffee shops, includ- DLI, and Busby Retail area of about 500 bays for VIP coffee in the Theatre Care, which ing: ing: • Curio stores guests, with direct access into will be located on a mezzanine • Steers • Keystone Care, based on • Jewellers either the Prive or, for those level inside the cinema foyer. • McDonald's the News Care concept • A fine leather boutique with children, into the retail area. There will also be a Sky Lounge • Ocean Basket • An Italian restaurant, • A fine art dealer The parking will comprise: for exclusive use by Cinema Prive • A gelateria (operated by operated by Gianni Mariano of • A tobacconist and cigar • Seven levels of covered members. Baglios of Sandton Square) Mastrantonio bar parking, offering about 5 000 bays. eThe Magic Company, which • StElmos • A Pan Asian dining expe- • A cellular phone store • A central speed ramp sys- is being designed to provide enter- • A middle eastern food rience, which will offer Thai food, • A Lego Lab - a virtual tem with counters on each ramp tainment seekers from four to 25 outlet (operated by Anat Felafel of noodle bars, sushi, Japanese and reality store where children will be and electronic signage directing years of age with state-of-the-art Sandton City) Chinese cuisine able to build Lego on computer guests to empty bays. 9

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'Ibp award jackpots won with a cards and smart-card technology tion in fraud as the temptation Till November 26 Sundome Sundome Club Card win 100% believes that the gaming environ- that is associated with physical Casino at Northgate will be dou- extra and non-carded wins pay woo plenty bling patrons' winnings in this 50% extra. ment is changing, and the smart cash is now reduced. card is just one of the devices that "Not only is this system of promotion. Sundome Casino offers 24- THE world-class convention cen- will revolutionise the industry. benefit to the resorts, but advan- Patrons can double their win- hour entertainment, with a choice tre, also included in the Tsogo Sun "The very nature of the smart tages are also passed on to patrons. nings by simply playing "maxi- of 1 700 slot machines of varying bid, is located in the Sandton CBD. card makes it the ideal gaming There is the convenience of not mum bet" with a Sundome Club denominations, ranging from SOc The R400-m convention centre solution," says Stephen Stewart, having to carry around coins and card on any of the Double Take right up to Rloo. Sundome Casino is _~etto become a famous interna- product manager; ICT. "The card the personal safety of the patrons slot machines, any day of the 42- will serve as Tsogo Sun's tempo- tional-convention landmark. The is easily transportable, the securi- is increased, as there is no longer day Double Take promotion rary facility until December 2000, 22 000m sq complex will house ty of data is of the highest degree, the risk associated with carrying between Spm and lOpm. when the new permanent Mon- large international conferences incidence of fraud is greatly large quantities of cash around. "With over 1 000 jackpots won tecasino opens its doors in Four- and exhibitions, with two large reduced and there is a signifIcant Over and above the security and daily at the casino, the chance for ways. exhibition levels offering over reduction in cash handling. convenience benefits, loyalty pro- 10 Ooom sq of floor space and Furthermore the smart card is a grammes that may be associated accommodation for 500 stands. multi-application device, making with cards can offer rewards in At full capacity, it will host it a versatile solution for payment, the form of cash discounts or 10000 visitors at a time. The con- access and even loyalty ... other benefits to the patrons," vention level will accommodate a "For example a multi-applica- explains Stewart. total of 3 500 delegates, and the tion smart card could contain a 'Another important issue with 2940m sq ballroom will offer unin- payment application within the regards to smart cards is security. terrupted space and adaptability gaming climate. Applications such Security in the gaming industry is for a variety of seating configura- as the use of the card to gamble on generally of the highest priority, . tions and events. the gaming machines/tables, pur- and the use of smart cards in gam- The centre will have a large chasing from the resort's vending ing resorts will only serve to multipurpose pavilion, offering machines or in the resort's bars increase security levels. Through seating for up to 4000 people, and restaurants can be loaded the use of encryption codes and which will be used for special onto the card. An access compo- security keys, access to informa- events, large conference sessions, nent could also be added - for tion stored on the smart card is c certs, theatre productions and access to the hotel rooms or VIP limited to authorised personnel sports events. The centre will pro- areas, and a loyalty application only, and the inherent security TSOGO Sun has access to world- the State of Nevada. vide additional business for hotels could reward loyal card users at built into the smart-card chip and class gaming expertise through an in the Sandton and Rosebank area. the resort or in the resort group. the chip-operating system ensures MGM Grand is currently in- There are 14 hotels within "The smart-card system for ga- that the security keys stored in the exclusive development and man- volved in the development of a walking distance, offering a total ming provides numerous advan- chip are not read or altered, from agement agreement with Las R3,6-bn casino in Atlantic City. of 3100 rooms, and 14more within tages to both the resort and the outside the chip," says Stewart. . Vegas-based MGM Grand. Listed on the New York Stock a five-kilometre radius; 10 600 card holder, the most obvious The smart card is the solution MGM Grand is recognised as Exchange, MGM Grand operates parking bays; over 50 restaurants; being the fact that the gaming area to a range of applications, and ICT one of the world's leading casino the highest profit margins and a myriad of business support is turned into a cashless environ- maintains a highly-trained skills- and entertainment resort opera- achieved by a gaming group in the services. including the Sandton ment making it a more secure, base in all its product application tors with interests in the USA and US. City and Sandton Square more convenient way to play." environments, which has been Australia and with representation MGM Grand SA is the South Shopping Centres. For the gaming resorts, the extended to cover cashless envi- throughout the world. African-based casino management There will be an enclosed sky- reduction in cash usage means ronments such as the gaming and MGM Grand operates the company formed specifically to walk linking the Convention Cen- that there is no need to remove amusement industry. ICT can of- world's largest hotel! casino, the operate casino facilities in South t& to the Sandton City Complex, large volumes of coins out of the fer off-the-shelf applications or 5005-room MGM Grand Ho- Africa on behalf of Tsogo Sun. the Sandton Sun & Towers Inter- system, no need for storage of design and implement individu- tel/Casino in Las Vegas and the The company provides exten- continental and the Sandton City coins in the slots and in the vaults alised applications to suit the cus- 2033-room New York-New York sive centralised management ser- and the elimination of all coin- tomer's needs. p - g~e. casino/hotel also in Las Vegas in vices to the individu.d P~ I • 7 Feature to The Citizen 19 October 2000 Toerien to open theatre _ 'that will last a 100 years' ARGUABLY South Africa's leading lenge of creating a new theatre at impresario, Pieter Toerien,_ is to what is destined to become one of open a 320-seat theatre at the South Africa's foremost leisure Montecasino complex in Fourways, developments, he is as enthusiastic Sandton. as when he made his first foray into Tsogo Sun announced this latest show business as a teenager. attraction for its RL4 billion gam- "Opening a new theatre any- ing, entertainment and shopping where is just one of those special development and said the theatre times in life," he says, "but this one would complement a host of enter- at Montecasino is just so exciting, tainment venues at Montecasino, given the huge demand for theatre including the flagship cinema com- in what is surely the fastest grow- plex of anchor tenant, Nu Metro, ing part of the country and because and the futuristic family entertain- of the magical ambience that is ment of the other anchor, The being created at Montecasino." Magic Company. Toerien says that all the The facade of the theatre will elements needed for a top class blend with the Tuscan theme of the entertainment centre are present at complex, but inside. modern tech- Montecasino. which he views not as nological equipment will be a casino with an entertainment installed to enable the staging of component but as a major enter- any conceivable production. tainment complex in which a For nearly four decades, casino is just one of the attractions. Toerien has provided enjoyment to Toerien has no doubts about the thousands of theatregoers, not only viability of his new venture: in the many local and internation- "Theatre has always been regareed ally renowned productions he has as an invalid. But it has always sur- staged - up to 12 different produc- vived. And there is nothing to sur- tions a year - but in his entrepre- pass the magic of live entertain- neurial passion for ment." theatres themselves. So confIdent is he of the success In the 1970's, he helped create of his new venture that he describes The Intimate, Barnato and Andre it as a theatre that will last for a Huguenot theatres in hundred years. Johannesburg. In 1980 he bought "In a hundred years, people will the- old Alhambra, also in still be going there for live enter- Johannesburg, restored and rebuilt tainment. I don't know what they it and came up with three theatres will be watching. but I do know that - the Alhambra, the Rex Garner the audiences will be there, sitting and the Richard Haines. in that theatre," says Toerien. In 1988, he purchased the Scheduled to be the opersag derelict Alvin Cinema in Camps show for Toerien's newest theatre, Bay and rebuilt it in a unique post- Defending the Caveman has been modernistic style to become The sold out for over 600 performances Theatre on the Bay. since it opened at the Alhambra Now, as he faces his latest chal- Theatre on September 27 1997.

CARNIVAL City's extraordinary amenities include a private swim- menu of entertainment is equalled ming pool and a lounge. by its superior choice of gourmet A second hotel with 92 rooms is fare. also linked to Carnival City from A fast -food court serves the the northern side of the complex. hungry with a tempting variety of The building of Carnival City dishes available from no fewer than was a massive undertaking relying eight popular brand names. There on the skills of more than 400previ- are Chinese and Italian restau- ously unemployed workers. This rants offering a diversity of exotic casino, currently enjoying its first items. Add a seafood and a steak birthday. still looks as glamourous establishment to the list as well as a and new as the first day it opesed buffet restaurant seating 400 pe0- ple. its doors to the public. The Carnival Club is linked to Providing jobs for some 2 000 the four-star Carnival Hotel The people, previously from disadvan- hotel, with its 48 rooms, includes taged sections of the community. facilities for paraplegics. Buffet Carnival City is an entertainment breakfasts are available here, and delight.