{"id":777038621,"date":"2026-03-03T07:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777038621"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:55:10","slug":"the-star-sydney-appoints-john-koster-as-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-star-sydney-appoints-john-koster-as-new-ceo","title":{"rendered":"The Star Sydney appoints John Koster as new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Koster brings more than 40 years of industry experience, including nearly three decades in senior leadership roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- The Star Entertainment Group<\/strong> has announced the appointment of John Koster<\/strong> as chief executive officer of The Star Sydney<\/strong>, pending regulatory approvals. Koster has more than four decades of industry experience<\/strong> and has held senior leadership roles<\/strong> across multiple jurisdictions in the United States at integrated resorts and hotel brands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Koster has worked at operators<\/strong> including Caesars Entertainment, Eldorado Resorts and Harrah’s. Most recently, he served as Regional President \u2013 Caesars East, overseeing three flagship casino and hotel properties in Atlantic City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company said in a LinkedIn post: \u201cWe look forward to John\u2019s leadership as we continue to strengthen our operations, uplift our guest experience, and shape the next chapter for The Star Sydney.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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John Koster. Photo: LinkedIn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Star Entertainment Group<\/strong>\u00a0reported a return to positive EBITDA<\/a> in its second quarter following losses in previous periods. For the period ended December 31, 2025, the group posted revenue of AU$301m (US$212.17m), up 6 per cent quarter-on-quarter. EBITDA reached AU$6m (US$4.23m) before significant items. This compares with an EBITDA loss of AU$13m (US$9.16m) in the September quarter and a loss of AU$8m (US$5.64m) in the prior period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The improvement was driven by stabilised trading at\u00a0The Star Sydney<\/strong>, seasonally stronger volumes at\u00a0The Star Gold Coast<\/strong>, and an increase in operator fee revenue from The Star Brisbane to AU$26m. The Star Sydney generated revenue of AU$163m, up slightly from the previous quarter, although EBITDA remained negative at AU$8m amid the impact of mandatory carded play and cash limits in New South Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Crown Perth celebrated its 40th anniversary<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Koster brings more than 40 years of industry experience, including nearly three decades in senior leadership roles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":25559,"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 Entertainment Group has appointed John Koster as CEO of The Star Sydney, pending regulatory approvals. Koster brings over 40 years of integrated resort experience, including senior leadership roles at Caesars Entertainment and Eldorado Resorts. Concurrently, The Star Entertainment Group reported a return to positive EBITDA in Q2 2025, driven by stabilized trading and increased operator fee revenue, despite negative EBITDA at The Star Sydney due to mandatory carded play and cash limits in New South Wales.","focusai_entities":"John Koster, The Star Entertainment Group, The Star Sydney, Caesars Entertainment, Eldorado Resorts, Harrah\u2019s, The Star Gold Coast, The Star Brisbane","focusai_location":"Australia, Sydney, United States, Atlantic City, New South Wales, Gold Coast, Brisbane","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Koster's Strategic Mandate?","query":"Given Koster's extensive experience in US integrated resorts, what specific strategic initiatives is he expected to implement at The Star Sydney to navigate the current regulatory environment and drive NGR growth?"},{"label":"NSW Regulatory Impact?","query":"How do the mandatory carded play and cash limits in New South Wales specifically impact The Star Sydney's GGR and NGR projections, and what mitigation strategies are being considered to improve EBITDA?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,28],"tags":[289,29,24619,23871,25143],"class_list":["post-777038621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-casino-news","tag-australia","tag-casino","tag-finance","tag-the-star-entertainment-group","tag-the-star-sydney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038621","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777038621"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777038643,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777038621\/revisions\/777038643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777038621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777038621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777038621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}