GAMING EXPO FUN FACTS: AGE
The 2016 Australasian Gaming Expo is around the corner, and operators the Gaming Technologies Association offers ‘Eight Things You Should Know’ before the Expo. #1. The Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE) was first held in 1990, and has been held every
LONE TOP GAMING PUB READY FOR MARKET
After another year of consolidation, Feros Group is testing the market by offering up its top-gaming pub the Lone Pine Tavern. The Lone Pine occupies a whopping 10,000 m adjacent to Rooty Hill train station and was briefly put to market
HOT HOTEL DIRT HITS MARKET IN PARRAMATTA
The vacant plot that once held the Argyle Street Hotel has come to market, complete with 24-hour hotel licence and gaming. Situated at 111-127 Argyle St, Parramatta, the 2,812 m² site is directly opposite Parramatta train station and next door
NSW PREMIER GRANT OPENS DOOR TO LOCKOUT LAW CHANGE
Holding the NSW top job for a week, acting Premier Troy Grant has opened the door for reform to Sydney’s lockout and the State’s “unjustified” 10pm bottle shop closure laws. The review by former High Court judge Ian Callinan into
RECEIVERS ANNOUNCE BIG ‘STRATEGIC’ CAMPAIGN ON KEYSTONE PORTFOLIO
After executing diligence, receivers and managers Ferrier Hodgson has today announced the beginning of a block-buster sales campaign for the Keystone portfolio. Expressing a desire to see all The Keystone Group’s venues safely in new hands in time for the
OXFORD STREET ICON SALE FAREWELLS PUB FAMILY
Oxford Street landmark The Colombian Hotel has come to market for the first time, as the McHughs exit the pub game. The three-level former Westpac Bank building on the corner of Oxford and Crown Streets in Darlinghurst is both an
MELBOURNE PUB TEAM SET TO REVIVE GEELONG LOCAL
Melbourne pub operator APD Group is ‘trading up’ to undertake a big refurbishment and revival of Geelong’s Valley Inn. Currently operating the Barwon Heads Hotel (BHH), where they have been for ten years and will soon complete their lease, APD
VALE ALBURY HOTEL FATHER LEIGH JENNINGS
Wednesday saw a farewell to another legend of Oxford Street, as friends and celebrities mourned the passing of the Albury Hotel backbone, Leigh Jennings. The Albury Hotel reached its peak popularity during the most dramatic period in the gay community,
SPEED AND WALKER TO GET ‘HANDS-ON’ WITH OSCARS’ CAMPERDOWN HOTEL
Steven Speed and Peter Walker have snapped up Oscars Hotels’ Camperdown pub as the market spurs “opportunities” for leaseholds and specialist operators. Speed and Walker’s WDS Group already operates the Bellevue Hotel, where it has just completed an upstairs refurb,
PUB SET TO SHUT OVER FEAR OF COUNCIL WRATH
Battlers Peter and Jayne Fitzpatrick have become entangled in Council red tape around their community pub, in Rappville, near Casino. Just 16 months after purchasing the heritage-listed Rappville pub, the Fitzpatricks are on the verge of closing under weight of
