NewsBite

Night-time economy

Advertisement

As I leave beautiful but maddening Sydney, I’ve realised all its problems boil down to one thing

Sydney would be unstoppable if it could fix the cost of housing, the tyranny of distance and its obsession with rules and restrictions. We are let down by leaders who say the right things but act timidly.

  • Michael Koziol

Latest

General manager Joel Ridzuan of 7th Day Brewery in Brookvale on Saturday.

Al fresco venues set for capacity boost under new reforms

At Joel Ridzuan’s Brookvale brewery, he is “at capacity” when the space looks barely half-full.

  • Max Maddison
Gasoline Pony in Marrickville.

Saturday night fever: Sydney’s changing party habits revealed

The Opal and credit card data is in: Saturday night is back, baby. And so are weekend trips to the gym after dark. 

  • Alexandra Smith
Widely seen as Clover Moore’s successor, Jess Miller has returned to City of Sydney Council.

End ‘lazy spaces’ and embrace grit: The woman tipped to succeed Clover wants a cooler Sydney

Back on the city council, environmentalist Jess Miller says Sydney needs to make better use of what it already has - and drop its obsession with “shiny” things.

  • Michael Koziol
“Things are heading in the right direction”: The Presets’ Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes with Club 77 owner Dane Gorrel.

Sydney nightclub cancels weekly party citing ‘constant harassment’ by police

Club 77 has been ordered to hand over sales records and CCTV footage as police investigate whether people have been standing more than two abreast while waiting in the queue.

  • Michael Koziol
City Extra at Circular Quay is one of Sydney’s late-night diners.

Coffee at 3am? The plan to make NSW more convenient for shift workers

Sydney’s “night mayor” has been focused on reviving the city’s nightlife. Now he is shifting his attention to the state’s growing 24-hour workforce.

  • Megan Gorrey
Advertisement
Spot On Festival

Suburbs v CBD: Can the state government revitalise both?

The Minns government is spending millions of dollars on street festivals to boost ailing suburban retail precincts, while also encouraging people back into the office.

  • Andrew Taylor
The popular outdoor area of the Old Fitz will have to close at 8pm following an intervention by the City of Sydney council.

‘Unbelievable’: Clover’s council slashes outdoor dining hours at hotspot pub

The discovery of stray kegs on the footpath has led the City of Sydney to order a Woolloomooloo venue to shut its popular outdoor area at 8pm.

  • Michael Koziol
The two pub properties on Taylor Square were going to be amalgamated and developed into a hospitality mega-complex.

Collapse of $61m pub deal casts fresh gloom over Oxford Street

The two pubs were sold last year with grand plans to create an Ivy-style mega-complex on Taylor Square. Those prospects appear to be dashed.

  • Michael Koziol, Carolyn Cummins and Ben Grubb
The sticker placed on patrons’ phones when entering the relaunched Chinese Laundry.

‘No phone rule’: The Sydney nightclub covering up cameras

A Sydney nightclub is asking clubbers to put away their smartphones and enjoy the atmosphere. Will it catch on?

  • Andrew Taylor and Mary Ward

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/night-time-economy-1ng1