{"id":23798,"date":"2021-10-22T07:47:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T10:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=23798"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:32:46","slug":"victoria-eases-restrictions-but-crown-melbourne-casino-remains-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/victoria-eases-restrictions-but-crown-melbourne-casino-remains-closed","title":{"rendered":"Victoria eases restrictions but Crown Melbourne casino remains closed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities in Victoria have relaxed Covid-19 restrictions and Crown Melbourne has announced the reopening of its hotels and restaurants, but the casino will remain closed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- The state of\u00a0<strong>Victoria has eased Covid-19 restrictions<\/strong> after the state reached a 70 per cent full vaccination rate. The 10km travel limit in Melbourne has been removed but travel to regional areas remains prohibited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crown Melbourne has announced it has been allowed to welcome back guests to\u00a0<strong>its hotels and selected restaurants from Friday October<\/strong> <strong>22<\/strong>. However, <strong>the casino venue will remain closed<\/strong>\u00a0until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crown Melbourne will request official proof of vaccination<\/strong>\u00a0or a medical contraindication certificate from visitors upon arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the state of Queensland, the government has announced that once a 70 per cent vaccination rate is achieved, people travelling from a domestic hotspot will be required to show a negative Covid-19 test and undergo a 14-day quarantine.\u00a0The government expects to reach an 80 per cent vaccination rate by December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Victoria have relaxed Covid-19 restrictions and Crown Melbourne has announced the reopening of its hotels and restaurants, but the casino will remain closed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Victoria has eased COVID-19 restrictions, enabling Crown Melbourne to reopen its hotels and selected restaurants from October 22, though its casino operations remain suspended. Visitors must provide proof of vaccination for entry. Concurrently, Queensland outlined future domestic travel protocols tied to vaccination rates, impacting broader regional mobility.","focusai_entities":"Crown Melbourne, Crown","focusai_location":"Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, Queensland","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), gambler_consumer (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Casino Revenue Impact","query":"What is the projected financial impact on Crown Melbourne's GGR and NGR from the continued casino closure, and how does this affect its capital structure and debt covenants?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Evolution","query":"How will the phased reopening and vaccination mandates influence future B2C licensing conditions and regulatory compliance frameworks for integrated resorts in Australia, particularly concerning governance frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,28],"tags":[23825],"class_list":["post-23798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-casino-news","tag-crown-melbourne"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23798","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=23798"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23828,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23798\/revisions\/23828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}