Star City Hotel and Casino (formerly Sydney Harbour Casino) in Pyrmont, Sydney, is the second largest Casino in Australia after rival Melbourne's Crown Casino. Overlooking Darling Harbour, Star City features two gaming floors, eight bars, seven restaurants, three hundred and fifty one hotel rooms and one hundred and thirty serviced and privately owned apartments.It has Sydney's premier theatre, the 2000 seat Lyric Theatre. Its Chief Executive is Sasanka Liyanage.
Star City is the only legal casino in Sydney. The gaming operations are overseen and controlled by the New South Wales Casino Control Authority and is licenced to be the only legal casino in New South Wales. The casino in late 2008 was granted a 12 year extension of its exclusivity and licence. Tabcorp, the owners of Star City, then announced a $475 million refurbishment program called Project Star which involves the re-orientation of the casino towards Sydney Harbour, including a new "iconic" entrance and drop-off zone on the harbour side of the casino site.
This major refurbishment project began in late 2009 and is expected to be completed in 2012.
The casino features two gaming floors - the main gaming floor on level one for general entry and the Endeavour Room (which is now called the Sovereign Room as of August 2008) on level three. The Endeavour Room table bet ranges from $25 to $75,000 and the Endeavour Room also contains the Inner Sanctum, with table bet ranges of $100 to $300,000.[citation needed] The two areas are only available to high rollers and international guests following an application for membership and review by Star City management.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
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 by Star City management and now stands at 30 tables.[citation needed]
The Sovereign Room has been upgraded and now includes four additional private gaming rooms and extra dining and lounge[clarification needed] amenities. These extensions have an estimated cost of $7,000,000.[citation needed].
Another recent upgrade is the addition of a new "ultra exclusive" area directly above the Sovereign Room called the Vermillion Room.[citation needed] This is accessed by invitation only[citation needed], and there are currently less than 100 Vermillion Card Members that are entitled to use the Vermillion Room.[citation needed] Star City has recently opened the sports bar as well.
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