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The Star Sydney Casino & Hotel (formerly Star City Casino and prior to that, Sydney Harbour Casino) in Pyrmont, Sydney, is the second largest casino in Australia after Melbourne's Crown Casino. Overlooking Darling Harbour, The Star features two gaming floors, eight bars, seven restaurants, 351 hotel rooms and 130 serviced and privately owned apartments. It also includes the 2,000 seat Sydney Lyric theatre. Its gaming operations are overseen and controlled by the New South Wales Casino Control Authority and is licensed to be the only legal casino in New South Wales, in late 2007, it was granted a 12-year extension of its exclusivity and licence. In December 1994, a consortium of Leighton Properties and Showboat was announced by the NSW Casino Control Authority as the successful applicant for New South Wales’ first casino licence.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Us, Our Projects )〕 A temporary casino was opened by Acting Prime Minister Kim Beazley on 13 September 1995 on the site of former wharves 12/13. The permanent casino, opened in November 1997, was one of the largest building projects ever carried out in Australia.〔(Star City Casino ) Leighton Contractors〕 In 2009, Tabcorp, the owners of The Star, announced a $475 million refurbishment and expansion program called ''Project Star'' which involved the re-orientation of the casino towards Sydney Harbour, including a new "iconic" entrance as well as a drop-off zone on the harbour side of the casino site. Work began in late 2009 and was completed late 2012. The program - originally quoted as A$475 million - is just short of $1 billion. According to ECHO Entertainment Group CEO, Larry Mullin costs are estimated to be around A$961 million. On 16 September 2011, the casino reopened under the name "The Star". In June 2011, Tabcorp split into two separate divisions, Tabcorp and Echo Entertainment. Echo Entertainment is in charge of Tabcorp's casino and hotel division to allow for better infrastructure for both companies to flourish.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Strong debut for Tabcorp's Echo spin-off )〕 ==Gaming== The casino features two gaming floors — the main gaming floor on level one for general entry and the ''Sovereign Room'' on level three. The ''Sovereign Room'' table bet ranges from $25 to $75,000 and also contains the ''Inner Sanctum'', with table bet ranges of $100 to $500,000. The two areas are only available to high rollers and international guests following an application for membership and review by The Star's management. The ''Inner Sanctum'' pits are frequently used for junket players. Star City returned to junket play in 2005 after taking a number of large losses in 2002. Recent rebuilding works have added extra gaming areas for the main gaming floor with the addition of the Oasis Lounge and the 36 Degrees Bar although these new areas have not increased the amount of tables or machines available in total. The main gaming floor is divided into three major parts — Table Games, Electronic Gaming, and Poker. The amount of poker tables has been steadily increased and now stands at 30 tables. The Sovereign Room has been upgraded and now includes four additional private gaming rooms and extra dining and lounge amenities. These extensions have an estimated cost of $7,000,000. Another recent upgrade is the addition of a new "ultra exclusive" area directly above the Sovereign Room called the Vermilion Room. This is accessed by invitation only, and there are currently fewer than 100 Vermilion Card Members that are entitled to use the Vermilion Room. Star City has recently opened the sports bar as well. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Star (casino)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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