$4.2 billion casino resort proposed

摘要

The Queensland state government has given the go-ahead for the first stage of a multi-billion dollar casino, resort and leisure development in Yorkey s Knob, just outside of the north Queensland city of Cairns. Funded by Chinese billionaire Tony Fung and known as the Aquis Great Barrier Reef Resort, the $4.2 billion project is set to include a casino, golf course, aquarium, shopping complex, 25,000 seat sports stadium, a 45,000m~2 convention and exhibition centre and a 20ha reef lagoon.