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Star’s Queen’s Wharf comes to life – unless you want to shop or eat
It’s been dubbed a “multistaged opening” or, in other words, a work in progress. But the sight of hi-vis and faint smell of sawdust haven’t deterred visitors.
Tess BennettTechnology reporterSome good news for Star’s long-suffering shareholders: it’s easy to part with money at its new Brisbane complex. One of the 1585 poker machines at Queen’s Wharf Casino has relieved me of $5 in just 72 seconds.
Off the gaming floor, I need to work a little harder to spend my cash. Almost four weeks after the $3.8 billion development opened, none of the promised luxury retail stores are trading yet. Just one restaurant and a coffee cart are operating on the main pedestrian thoroughfare called the Terrace.
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