Packerâs crown of thorns
The casino businessâ âask-no-hard-questionsâ culture found itself caught up in a dramatic swing of regulatory direction in NSW.
Sometimes, Crownâs 75-floor Barangaroo casino tower has seemed just a personal property holding for James Packer, and nothing more.Â
Jessica Hromas
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Over the years, Crown Sydney has represented far more than a new second casino in the harbour-front suburb of Barangaroo.
For James Packer, the casino groupâs endlessly scrutinised and unpredictable billionaire majority owner who bought two floors for $60 million back in 2017, itâs fairly consistently been âa gift to the cityâ and âthe thing that will draw me backâ.