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 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 is making less money from Queensland gamblers and faces increased costs for its joint-venture mega project in the Brisbane CBD.
The report commissioned by the state government,but never released,also predicted Queen’s Wharf would create an extra 300 problem gamblers in Brisbane.
Several major projects will finally open in the city this year,while other proposals (and people) could be on the way out.
The Star Entertainment Group has been given another six months to demonstrate it is fit to operate its casinos in Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
The four-hour meeting heard one shareholder exclaim “shame,shame,shame”,as investors bemoaned Star Entertainment’s dwindling share price.
The Queensland government is undermining the Queen’s Wharf project through its own secrecy and wilful ignorance of the casino’s impact on the community.
In what one expert says is an attempt to “avoid unpleasant news”,the Qld government has failed to carry out a full community impact study on the Brisbane casino.
The Queensland government’s handling of the study prompted QUT researchers to warn of an “unjustified climate of suspicion”.
Builder Multiplex is seeking more than $400 million over scores of alterations,many ordered years after the specific work had begun,court documents show.