Casino GM: “A significant drawcard” for Adelaide
SkyCity Entertainment Group’s US$330 million expansion of its casino in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, will begin this month, the company has announced. The project, which will create a reported 1,000 temporary jobs and 800 new permanent jobs when it’s complete, was approved by the state government in July 2017.
“Most importantly, it’s going to give us better infrastructure and better facilities to attract interstate and overseas visitors to South Australia,” Premier Steven Marshall said of the expansion. “The new hotel will equal the best in Australia, if not be above it for this type of facility.”
Hansen Yuncken has been announced as the builder of the project, ABC reported. Hansen Yuncken was part of a consortium that built the new Royal Adelaide Hospital. It also undertook the first Adelaide Casino development in 1985.
Adelaide Casino General Manager Luke Walker said he believed the expansion would create a “significant drawcard” for South Australia.
“The South Australian tourism industry has so much to offer interstate and international visitors, and the introduction of this new facility, complete with luxury hotel accommodation, outstanding food and beverage offerings and world-class entertainment spaces will help to attract high-end visitors to the vibrant Riverbank Precinct and to the state,” Walker said.
The project was originally slated to begin in mid-2016. On its current timetable, it should be complete in 2020.
