The complex will have 152 rooms and 44 luxury condominium residences as well as a beachfront pool, restaurants, a nightclub, a spa, the "Croc Habitat" retail shops and facilities for meetings and conventions.

The Croc Casino Resort is expected to generate more than 300 jobs at its opening.

The owners of this hotel are the Americans Dag and Jennifer Hascall, who said that in the years taken planning for the construction and obtaining permits for the resort, they have been able to get to know the culture and people of the country.

Source: News.co.cr

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