The Western Sydney areas set to become major night-life hubs
A new precinct in south west Sydney is set to become a major night-life hub from October, with businesses preparing to turn the main street into a thriving night-time entertainment hub.
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A new Little Asia precinct in southwest Sydney is set to become a major night-life hub from October, with businesses in Canley Vale and Canley Vale Heights preparing to turn the main street into a thriving night-time entertainment hub with all the energy of a buzzing Bangkok street.
Two zones in Canley Vale and Canley Vale Heights are close to becoming “special entertainment precincts” as the public exhibition of the plans ends on Friday.
This will allow businesses to open later, with relaxed rules around live music and noise complaints.
The result will be two night-life hubs emulating the midnight vibes of a bustling South-East Asian street, complete with tuktuk-style transport. One called Little Asia and the other to be named Canley Vale Nights.
For local businesses all along Canley Vale Road, the new precinct will be a game changer, bringing new people into the area to experience “the best Vietnamese food in Sydney”.
The area, which boasts one of Sydney’s largest Vietnamese population is already brimming with late night eateries selling pho and Vietnamese coffee.
Owner of Hai Au restaurant, Ben Nguyen is preparing to open his business for longer and organise regular live music for his patrons.
Mr Nguyen said he wants to bring more visitors to the area but also give the locals exciting places to visit late at night.
“We want to get people out, eating good food,” he said.
Across the road, owner of tequila bar, Bar 53, Ninos Shlaimon said the new Little Asia precinct had brought all the businesses along Canley Vale Road together.
“It’s given us a chance to get to know each other and think of ideas to bring people in from outside the area,” he said.
“Also I think a lot of people don’t want to travel to the city. Why should the city just have everything?”
The new Little Asia precinct will kick off with a big festival on October 17, complete with live music, market stalls and Asian cuisine offerings late into the evening. There will even be a tuktuk-style xich lo to ferry passengers along the street.
On the other end of Canley Vale Road, businesses are getting ready for the opening of Canley Vale Nights.
VIP Karaoke owner Seng Ly said the new precinct will see many of the businesses extend their opening hours.
“There aren’t many places you can get a pho at 2am, but you can here,” he said.
The new night-time precincts are some of many popping up in Western Sydney, with others opening in Burwood after the success of the trial Enmore precinct.
Fairfield mayor Frank Carbone said it was important to give locals places to go out at night.
“A night out shouldn’t cost a lot of money because people need to trave to other places and pay for tolls and parking we,” he said.
“Now they can come here.”
Arts Minister John Graham said the Fairfield entertainment precincts were “ part of our fight to bring back Sydney’s night-life block-by-block, neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood.” ““The days where it was all about piling into Kings Cross for a boozy night out are over, we are now backing dozens of very different night-life precincts right across the city and the state,” he said
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