The Star, Sydney
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The Star, Sydney, during Vivid Sydney, 2015.
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| Location | Pyrmont, Sydney, Australia |
| Opening date | 13 September 1995 |
| Owner | Star Entertainment Group |
| Architect | Philip Cox |
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| Renovated in | 2009-2011 A$961 million |
| Coordinates | 33°52.1′S 151°11.7′E / 33.8683°S 151.1950°ECoordinates: 33°52.1′S 151°11.7′E / 33.8683°S 151.1950°E |
| Website | www |
The Star Sydney (formerly Star City Casino and prior to that, Sydney Harbour Casino) in Pyrmont, Sydney, is the second largest casino in Australia after Melbourne's Crown Casino. Overlooking Darling Harbour, The Star features two gaming floors, eight bars, seven restaurants, 351 hotel rooms and 130 serviced and privately owned apartments. It also includes the 2,000 seat Sydney Lyric theatre and Event Centre. Its gaming operations are overseen and controlled by the New South Wales Casino Control Authority and is licensed to be the only legal casino in New South Wales, in late 2007, it was granted a 12-year extension of its exclusivity and licence.
In December 1994, a consortium of Leighton Properties and Showboat was announced by the NSW Casino Control Authority as the successful applicant for New South Wales’ first casino licence. A temporary casino was opened by Acting Prime Minister Kim Beazley on 13 September 1995 on the site of former wharves 12/13. The permanent casino, designed by Sydney architect, Philip Cox, opened in November 1997, was one of the largest building projects ever carried out in Australia.
In 2009, Tabcorp, the owners of The Star, announced an A$475 million refurbishment and expansion program called Project Star which involved the re-orientation of the casino towards Sydney Harbour, including a new "iconic" entrance as well as a drop-off zone on the harbour side of the casino site. Work began in late 2009 and was completed late 2012. Despite initial cost estimates, according to Echo Entertainment Group CEO, Larry Mullin the final cost was estimated to be around A$961 million. On 16 September 2011, the casino reopened under the name "The Star". In June 2011, Tabcorp split into two separate divisions, Tabcorp and Echo Entertainment. Echo Entertainment is in charge of Tabcorp's casino and hotel division to allow for better infrastructure for both companies to flourish. In 2015, Echo Entertainment Group was renamed to The Star Entertainment Group.
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