Australia's Crown Resorts sues government over bridge, Opera House views

 

A seagull flies over tourists sitting on a concrete bench in front of the Sydney Opera House in central Sydney, Australia July 30, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd said on Thursday it had filed a lawsuit to stop the government approving developments that obstruct views from its new Sydney resort of the landmark Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge.

 

Crown has been counting on a A$2.2 billion ($1.6 billion) Sydney waterfront resort, now under construction, to appeal to rich Chinese gamblers after abandoning operations in the Asian gambling hub Macau and Las Vegas.

 

As part of an earnings announcement on Thursday, the company 46 percent owned by billionaire James Packer said it had filed a lawsuit against the government's Barangaroo Delivery Authority seeking an order that it comply with its contract with Crown.

 

The contract obligations call for negotiations to "ensure that sight lines from the Harbour Bridge to the Sydney Opera House are retained for the Crown Sydney Hotel Resort".

 

The Crown statement did not give details on any specific development application threatening to obstruct its views.

Packer, who quit the Crown board earlier this year citing mental illness, bought two residential floors of Crown's under-construction Sydney building for A$60 million, an apartment record for the city.

 

Representatives for Crown and the Barangaroo Delivery Authority were not immediately available for comment.

 

($1 = 1.3461 Australian dollars)

 

(Reporting by Byron Kaye; Editing by Stephen Coates)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-08-09

Build it on stilts?????

49 minutes ago, car720 said:

Every time I hear about the rich suffering I always think to myself.

"Boo Hoo".

A man's gotta have a view...what's wrong with you?  You broke bastard!

And people are complaining about Chinese tourist in Thailand?  They have been coming to Oz for close to twenty years. Casinos love them as do the illegal real estate sales people ( mostly Chinese themselves). 

 

11 hours ago, webfact said:

Packer, who quit the Crown board earlier this year citing mental illness, bought two residential floors of Crown's under-construction Sydney building for A$60 million, an apartment record for the city.

The latter being clear evidence of the former.

6 hours ago, FitnessHealthTravel said:

A man's gotta have a view...what's wrong with you?  You broke bastard!

They certainly think that Australians are far less important than the greedy land grabbing Chinese. The Chinese are flat out buying up most of south east asia at the moment and causing poverty among the ethnic population to increase dramatically.