{"id":16160,"date":"2021-03-24T15:14:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T15:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16160"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:54:25","slug":"crown-melbourne-to-increase-capacity-as-covid-19-restrictions-ease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crown-melbourne-to-increase-capacity-as-covid-19-restrictions-ease","title":{"rendered":"Crown Melbourne to increase capacity as Covid-19 restrictions ease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Crown Melbourne has confirmed it has increased its capacity following a relaxation of Covid-19 countermeasures by the Victorian government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- Crown Melbourne <\/strong>casino has returned to a\u00a075 per cent capacity limit\u00a0<\/strong>following a period operating at 50 per cent, <\/strong>or one person per four square meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The change comes as the Victorian government eases restrictions since no new locally transmitted cases of Covid-19 have been detected<\/strong>. There are currently no active cases in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crown Melbourne has also turned on electronic gaming machines and table games <\/strong>which were previously switched off. It said physical distancing and hygiene protocols would remain in place<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It said: “We will continue to work closely with the Government and health authorities in Victoria and will respond to measures taken concerning the Covid-19 pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blackstone makes offer for Crown Resorts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the Blackstone Group\u00a0<\/strong>has made a non-binding offer to acquire all remaining shares in Crown Resorts<\/a><\/em> for AU$11.85 cash per share<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The global investment group already has a 10 per cent holding in the casino giant <\/strong>that it acquired from Melco Resorts & Entertainment in April 2020 at a price of AU$8.15 a share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crown Resorts is to be investigated by a royal commission<\/a><\/em> in Western Australia to examine its suitability to hold a gaming licence<\/strong> for Crown Perth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Crown Melbourne has confirmed it has increased its capacity following a relaxation of Covid-19 countermeasures by the Victorian government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Crown Melbourne has increased its operational capacity to 75% and reactivated gaming machines following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions by the Victorian government. Concurrently, Blackstone Group has submitted a non-binding offer to acquire the remaining shares of Crown Resorts, while the company faces a royal commission in Western Australia regarding its gaming license suitability for Crown Perth.","focusai_entities":"Crown Melbourne, Crown Resorts, Blackstone Group, Melco Resorts & Entertainment, Victorian government, Royal commission","focusai_location":"Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Western Australia, Perth","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Blackstone Offer Impact","query":"What are the potential implications of Blackstone's non-binding offer for Crown Resorts' shareholder value, particularly given the current regulatory uncertainties surrounding its gaming licenses?"},{"label":"Regulatory Risk Assessment","query":"How might the findings of the Western Australia royal commission impact Crown Resorts' B2C licensing status and broader governance frameworks across its Australian operations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,28],"tags":[23825,23907],"class_list":["post-16160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-casino-news","tag-crown-melbourne","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16160"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16190,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16160\/revisions\/16190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}