Nearly 100 staff at Sydney's new Crown Casino will lose their jobs as it shuts one of its gaming floors amid falling visitor numbers.
The company announced yesterday it was closing one of its two VIP gaming floors, just a year after the casino opened.
"Crown has made a decision to consolidate its two VIP casino floors in Sydney in response to the current macro-economic challenges facing our industry alongside other Australian businesses," a Crown Resorts spokesperson said.
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"Unfortunately, this decision will impact some of our team members and we are working with them and their union to consult on their options in the hopes of placing as many as people as possible in other roles.
"Our priority is to support our people through this process, and manage these changes with care and respect."
It is understood about 95 roles will be affected.
Some staff will be offered a voluntary redundancy or jobs at Crown's other casinos in Perth and Melbourne.
The $2.2 billion Crown Sydney was built at Barrangaroo in the CBD with the aim of attracting international high-rollers, especially wealthy Chinese gamblers.
