Crown Sydney has proven it can clean up its act. But across the city,its arch rival The Star is facing a very different outlook.
The consortium behind Queen’s Wharf is looking for “new and exciting retailers” amid signs of late changes to the $4 billion mega complex.
The NSW casino regulator has given Barangaroo’s Crown Sydney a gold star just as the second public inquiry into Star Entertainment’s culture enters the pointy end of proceedings.
Chair David Foster also says it was the company’s decision to sack Robbie Cooke and not his choice to leave,contradicting an email Cooke sent to 8000 employees last month.
Ciaran Carruthers has not ruled out further redundancies or changes to Crown’s operations as the cost-of-living crisis continues to hurt earnings at its casinos.
The casino operator’s shares are at their lowest level in company history as executive chair David Foster and former boss Robbie Cooke prepare to give evidence.
Pubs billionaire Bruce Mathieson has increased his hold in The Star as an executive revealed Star Sydney’s safer-gambling teams were trained by reading a 15-page booklet.
A clear pattern is emerging from the Bell inquiry into Star Entertainment – that of a financially and culturally embattled company being managed by a chief executive desperately juggling too many problems.
When four machines malfunctioned on the gaming room floor at The Star casino and started spitting out free money,word travelled quickly.
The casino giant stares down licence suspensions in Queensland amid a second grilling in NSW,tied to tightly held reforms partially obtained by Brisbane Times.
The Star Entertainment Group released a swath of documents beyond deadline and after the former chief financial officer had alleged the business had tried to cook the books.