Casino ferry intend to launch St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad

The idea of a casino ferry was put forward by the St. Petersburg authorities. The project is also being discussed by the Kaliningrad administration. Shuttle flights of the cruise and gambling ship promise additional tourist traffic to cities.

Petersburg offered to start the project by purchasing an operated icebreaker class vessel. The liner will be modernized for a floating casino. The parameters of the ship are dictated by the economy - the object that carries the 100 thousandth tourist flow annually has the optimal financial return. The capacity of the casino cruise ferry will exceed 2,000 people. The convenience of passengers will be provided by the transport transportation service. Additional value is guaranteed by the transport of commercial goods.

The initial route of the casino ferry will be limited to the foreign ports of the Baltic. The launch of the gambling and ferry zone will take place next year. Kaliningrad will be able to start hosting a marine casino in 2020 by completing the construction of the Pionersky port. The benefits of Kaliningrad are obvious: the region is endowed with the right to organize a gambling zone. The logistics of the project is tailored to the aforementioned fact - tourists leaving St. Petersburg will be able to use a casino in neutral waters. Kaliningrad casinos will receive visitors on land-based sites.

The casino ferry project will require $ 13 billion in investments. The investment load of St. Petersburg is 600 million. The main burden will be taken by the business, the project developers explain. Kaliningrad is considering its contribution. The feasibility study of the project is being studied by Sberbank with VTB24. The payback period of the casino ferry, experts promise, will be limited to a 10-year period. The cost of the cabin will be € 120. The rate is daily.