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\"Echo
An artist\u2019s rendering of Echo Entertainment\u2019s winning Brisbane casino proposal, which will stretch across ten blocks and include \u201c12 football fields\u201d of public space.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Echo Entertainment has won the bid to build a casino resort in Brisbane, Australia\u2019s third biggest city; a resort that the Queensland state government hopes will \u201cput Queensland on the map\u201d and, in scale, rival the casinos of Macau.<\/p>\n

The AU $2 billion (US $91.4 billion) Echo proposal, which trumped a bid from James Packer\u2019s<\/a> Crown Resorts, would create Australia\u2019s biggest casino development, stretching 10 blocks across the north bank of the Brisbane River, in the Queens Wharf area of the city.<\/p>\n

The resort will boast five new hotels, three of which will be rated six stars, with the equivalent of \u201c12 football fields\u201d of public space, and will also include an underground shopping mall, a \u201criverfront moonlight cinema,\u201d a theatre, three residential towers, a \u201cskydeck\u201d filled with 50 restaurants and bars, and a sweeping bridge offering access to the city\u2019s South Bank.<\/p>\n

“This project will be transformational for Brisbane,” said State Development Minister Anthony Lynham.<\/p>\n

Public Space<\/b><\/h2>\n

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk highlighted the economic benefits of the project.<\/p>\n

This development will change Brisbane’s CBD,” said Palaszczuk, whose own government buildings will be knocked down to make way for the resort. “But the construction means thousands of jobs; some 3,000 jobs during construction, and 8,000 ongoing jobs.”<\/p>\n

Crown\u2019s competing proposal was no slack effort; a AU $4 billion resort that promised a rooftop the size of the nearby Gabba football stadium, plus public gardens and pools, as well as its own version of the bridge to South Brisbane, complete with waterfall feature.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But ultimately, Palaszczuk said the Echo proposal stood out due to the large amount of public space it would create, as well as the financial commitment Echo had made to the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe consortium was able to demonstrate to government that they are ready to proceed,\u201d she said. \u201cWe needed to have that financial security, but also we want to minimize any risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

More to Lose<\/b><\/h2>\n

Echo had more to lose had the bidding process had not gone its way, having pledged to relocate its financial headquarters from Sydney to Brisbane.<\/p>\n

The company already operates Brisbane\u2019s Treasury Casino, the city\u2019s sole casino and a property that will now be torn down to make way for the new resort.<\/p>\n

Queensland\u2019s decision to award the license to Echo is essentially an extension of its 10-year casino monopoly in the city.<\/p>\n

Crown<\/a>, meanwhile, has even bigger fish to fry, as Packer remains focused on the Asian markets and is prepared to make huge bets on the region being the future of his casino empire.<\/p>\n

Construction on the Echo is due to begin in 2017 and is expected to take between six and 10 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Echo Entertainment has won the bid to build a casino resort in Brisbane, Australia\u2019s third biggest city; a resort that the Queensland state government hopes will \u201cput Queensland on the map\u201d and, in scale, rival the casinos of Macau. 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