{"id":19518,"date":"2021-06-28T14:24:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=19518"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:08:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:08:55","slug":"the-star-sydney-closes-until-july-2-amid-rise-in-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-star-sydney-closes-until-july-2-amid-rise-in-covid-19-cases","title":{"rendered":"The Star Sydney closes until July 2 amid rise in Covid-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities have imposed a new lockdown due to a rise in Covid-19 cases. The Star Sydney casino venue will remain closed until at least July 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-&nbsp;<strong>The New South Wales Government&nbsp;<\/strong>has announced new restrictions amid a rise in Covid-19 cases. <strong>The Star Sydney <\/strong>has ceased operations apart from limited hotel facilities until at least Friday July 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In some locations, lockdown rules will remain until July 9. People can only leave their homes for essential purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Star Sydney will continue to&nbsp;<strong>pay staff during the seven-day closure<\/strong>. The company said it will remain committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of its team members and guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, local media reported that <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/authorities-to-check-if-sydney-venues-are-complying-with-covid-rules\">authorities will check hospitality venues<\/a>&nbsp;in Sydney are complying with Covid-19 rules. <strong>Liquor and Gaming NSW<\/strong>&nbsp;will be in charge of inspections with around 40 inspectors dedicated to the task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Darren Duke<\/strong>, acting director of compliance at Liquor &amp; Gaming NSW, said: \u201cVenues not complying with the Public Health Orders pose a clear and significant risk to public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAny venues found breaching the rules may be subject to a fine or in&nbsp;<strong>serious cases could face a closure of their venue.<\/strong>\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities have imposed a new lockdown due to a rise in Covid-19 cases. The Star Sydney casino venue will remain closed until at least July 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Star Sydney casino has ceased operations until at least July 2 due to new COVID-19 lockdown restrictions imposed by the New South Wales Government. Liquor & Gaming NSW will conduct inspections to ensure compliance with public health orders, with potential fines or closures for non-compliant venues. The Star Sydney has committed to paying its staff during this seven-day closure.","focusai_entities":"The Star Sydney, New South Wales Government, Liquor and Gaming NSW, Darren Duke","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales, Sydney","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.99), investor_analyst (0.9), gambler_consumer (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis?","query":"What is the projected daily GGR impact of this operational cessation on The Star Sydney's Q3\/Q4 financial performance, and how does it affect their capital markets outlook?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Shift?","query":"How will Liquor & Gaming NSW's enhanced compliance inspections influence the broader regulatory landscape for hospitality and gaming operators in the jurisdiction, particularly concerning public health orders?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,28],"tags":[1295],"class_list":["post-19518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-casino-news","tag-star-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19518","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=19518"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19563,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19518\/revisions\/19563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}