Crown Resorts will officially open the gaming floor of its Sydney casino on 8 August 2022, as reported by The Sydney Morning Herald.
The Barangaroo casino will open with a gaming floor called Crystal Room, one month after the operator was given the green light to operate by the New South Wales Liquor & Gaming Authority. Another floor is scheduled to open at a later date, with the floors to host 160 gaming tables and 70 electronic table games.
Crown was due to open the floors of its AU$2.2bn (US$1.52bn) resort in December 2020, but was prevented from doing so by the NSW gambling watchdog after an enquiry found that the operator had facilitated money laundering. An independent inquiry last year found Crown was unfit to hold a casino licence in NSW and required a management overhaul.
But following a takeover by US private equity firm Blackstone, and a clearout of the board, Crown was last month provided a conditional licence by the regulator to operate its Barangaroo licence.