Crown Sydney will now close the casino between 2am and 10am from Monday to Thursday. On Fridays it will operate between 10am and 4am.
The casino will open at 2pm on weekend days and will close at 4am on Saturdays and 2am on Sundays.
The latest decision means 275 jobs have been cut from Crown’s Barangaroo premises just one year after it opened its doors in August 2022. Crown Sydney and rival NSW casino operator Star Entertainment have grappled with expensive remediation costs following historic anti-money laundering failings and tax changes in NSW.
A spokesperson from the Blackstone-owned casino operator confirmed the bulk of the affected roles are in frontline gaming operations,with some jobs in casino support and hospitality also likely to be affected.
Crown Sydney’s chief Mark McWhinnie said the business would redeploy “as many people as possible” to its other casinos in Perth and Melbourne and would look to reopen when demand resumes.
“Our priority is to support the 180 impacted team members alongside their union as they determine their next steps,” McWhinnie said.