Crown Resorts Limited is one of Australia's largest gaming and entertainment groups which had, in June 2015, a market capitalisation of just over A$7.5 billion.
Crown wholly owns and operates two of Australia's leading gaming and entertainment complexes, Crown Melbourne and Crown Perth.
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History
The company was established in 2007 when Publishing & Broadcasting Limited (PBL) divested its gaming assets to Crown Limited. PBL was renamed Consolidated Media Holdings, retaining all of the remaining assets.
In December 2007, Australian gaming company Crown Limited agreed to buy CCR for $1.75 billion. The agreement was ended in March 2009, however, with Crown instead buying a 24.5 percent stake in the company for $370 million, and paying a $50 million termination fee.
In 2008, Crown attempted to enter the Las Vegas gambling market by acquiring a 19.6 per cent stake in Fontainebleau Resorts for US$250 million, which resulted in a total loss the following year when other investors withdrew US$800 million financing, resulting in bankruptcy applications. This was one of a succession of similar major losses in Gateway Casinos, Harrah's Entertainment and Station Casinos from which a total of $547.5 million was written off.
In September 2013, the Sri Lankan government gave approval to Crown's chairman and largest shareholder, James Packer, to invest in Crown Sri Lanka in the heart of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo. The project was to be completed by 2015. However, when a new government took office, President Maithripala Sirisena canceled all three casino licenses awarded by the previous administration; including the Crown Resorts project. Ground broke in 2015 and will open in 2017.
In August 2014 Betfair completed the sale of their 50% stake in Betfair Australia to venture partner Crown Resorts, one of Australia's largest gaming and entertainment groups.
In August 2014, Crown bought the site of the New Frontier Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip with the intent to build a new hotel beginning in 2015.
In December 2014, James Packer signed a deal with Matthew Tripp, which gained Packer control over Tripp's online betting platform BetEasy.
On 26 June 2015, Crown officially announced that the new hotel, called Alon Las Vegas, will be located in the former New Frontier site. Crown announced in December 2016 that it was halting the project and seeking to sell its investment.
In 2016, ground broke on Crown Sydney and will open in 2020.
In Feb 2017,Barry Felstead replaced Rowen Craigie as CEO Crown Resorts Melbourne.
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Holdings
- Crown Melbourne Entertainment Complex (100%)
- Crown Perth (100%)
- Crown Sydney
- CrownBet: A joint venture with Matthew Tripp (67%)
- Aspinalls United Kingdom casinos (50%)
- Betfair Australasia Pty Ltd: An online betting exchange (50%)
- Melco Crown Entertainment: A joint venture with Melco International Development developing casino/hotel properties on the Cotai Strip in Macau, including City of Dreams and Altira Macau (34%)
Former
- Alon Las Vegas: Resort and casino opening in 2018.
- Cannery Casino Resorts: Operates casinos and hotels in Nevada and Western Pennsylvania, USA (24.5%)
- Crown Sri Lanka (45%): A proposed joint venture property in Colombo, Sri Lanka to be reportedly built through the Lake Leisure Holdings consortium in 2017.
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