AUSTRALIAN $345 MILLION CASINO BEGINS CONSTRUCTION

The new tower at the Jupiters Hotel and Casino on the Gold Coast, Australia, has officially began construction when the first shovel hit the dirt on August 17th, 2015. Upon its completion in 2018 (in time for the Commonwealth Games for the year), the tower will stand at 17 storeys tall and contain 80 suites with individual balconies, complete with a personal butler for each one. Some of the accommodations have been referred to by Echo Entertainment Chairman John O’Neill as “super-suites”, with a massive balcony and an outlook across Gold Coast’s iconic beach strip. O’Neill added that he and his company are “committed to positioning Jupiter as a world-class integrated resort”, with the final goal being to make the new tower, and the hotel and casino surrounding it, one of Australia’s landmarks. Upon its completion, the tower is expected to receive six stars due to its sheer size, as well as the quality of service, food and accommodations. O’Neill explains that it will offer “a new level of luxury” for the gamblers who decide to visit it. The construction is handled by Probuild, one of Australia’s biggest developers, who managed to secure the contract after a prolonged dispute. The massive project was hotly demanded by construction companies, as it’s the first six-star hotel built on the Gold Coast in the last 15 years. Upon its completion, the tower is expected to provide more than 1000 jobs for the local population. This made the ceremony where the symbolic first shovel was made a rather high-profile one, attended by various public figures of the region, including the Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.