Yeah for sure, I'd expect the minimum spend requirement to be somewhere around $200 million on each of the main SNWs under the contract terms. Of course, all 3 of them will come in well above that, so it's basically a moot point. Just basically requiring that there's no "cheap reskins" under the contract terms.But...I would guess that labor & material costs are quite higher in Japan, plus the substantial earthquake/environmental codes present. Construction is costly in Japan. That also needs to be factored in.
Pokemon and Zelda are probably not included in those terms so their spending ranges will be different since their lands are technically expansions (even if they're built first).
That makes sense, but then it'd require Zelda in LC to be ready around 2021, is that feasible? They'd probably have to start that this year...The best order in terms of drawing people multiple times, would be Zelda, Pokemon, Mario. You do the least popular first, to get the pent up demand money. Then the 2nd most pop will get all the fans of that IP. Some of which will be ones who came the first time. Save the biggest for last, and you get everyone, some of which will be the 2nd and 3rd visit. You do them any other order and the last to open will not get the crowds that they would by doing them before Mario.