Casino Crocs opens in the Central Pacific of Costa Rica

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The Central Pacific is one of the areas receiving more tourists in Costa Rica, due to its proximity to the Central Valley.

The entertainment center will be named Croc Casino Resort, is expected to start operation in December 2014. The building will be built on the north side of the community of Jaco.

Owners are Dag and Jennifer Hascall. He is the owner of a Michigan steel company and other businesses, her cousin, Rory Hascall, identified as an Executive in Las Vegas since long time ago, will operate and manage the business.

A press release said that Dag Hascall owned property but did not have a solid development plan, is then when Rory Hascall came into the picture.

Crocs Casino Resort represents an investment of at least $30 million, according to official sources, and the plan is to hire 300 employees. The statement said that this would make the casino the largest employer in the region.

The firm plans a center of 152 rooms and 44 residences condominio. The project aims to be a style casino Las Vegas with a pool facing the sea, restaurants, a nightclub, a spa, shopping and other attractions.

In relation to the name, the Central Pacific is also intended to be a habitat for crocodiles. A spokesman said that casino operators are well aware of the health of the reptiles and that they will maintain close veterinary services.

Jaco area is known for its crocodiles. A great attraction is the lookout on the bridge of the highway the waterfront on the Río Grande de Tárcoles where crocodiles are always resting in the waters of the river. With the habitat of the crocodile in Crocs, tourists can take a much closer look.

Dag Hascall chairs Hascall Steel Co., in Grandville, Michigan. But he is no stranger to overseas projects. A biography provided by the company said that you moved to Katmandu, Nepal, where it operated a company that manufactures handicrafts and jewelry exported and imported.

In Costa Rica signature PM architects designed the structure. Versions show a building of three tones with bridges that connect some of the upper floors to encompass an area open to the sea breeze. The company has established a Web site pre-sales of apartments.

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Costa Rica businesses prepare for Black Friday

Hotels, shops and the state-run lottery all plan on cashing in on Costa Rica’s growing shopping tradition.

Local businesses are preparing for the celebration of Black Friday this week, which like in the United States means deep discounts and promotional pricing for shoppers.

A year ago, the Finance Ministry said online shopping would be taxed, despite exemptions being applied in previous years. Those exemptions had helped Tico consumers develop “Black Friday fever,” a result of U.S. shoppers who have made the day after Thanksgiving holiday the biggest shopping day of the year. Now, with taxes being applied to online purchases, many Costa Rican stores are running discounts of their own.

Several stores also announced special hours for Nov. 23. Grupo Roble – which owns Multiplaza malls – announced that mall hours will be from 8 a.m. until midnight on Friday. Last year during Black Friday, more than 186,000 shoppers perused Multiplaza malls in Escazú, southwest of the capital, and in Zapote, in eastern San José.

Hotels owners in the southern Pacific port city of Golfito, where a Duty-Free Shopping Zone is located, reported having nearly all rooms booked for the weekend, thanks to a promotional “Black Friday Weekend” of 72 hours of discounts, starting Friday.

The Social Protection Council of San José (JPS) also announced a special Black Friday lottery drawing to be held for the second year.

First prize is ₡115 million ($230,000) for a full winning ticket. Second prize is ₡45 million ($90,000), and third prize is ₡20 million ($40,000).

JPS sells full sets of tickets for ₡7,000 ($14) and individual tickets at ₡700 ($1.50).

Black Friday began as a tradition in the U.S. to mark the day that shoppers usually begin buying for the Christmas season.

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