Skycity Casino Darwin Restaurants
A restaurant with a million dollar view is offering the greatest variety of good food in the Northern Territory. The Vue, which is in the SkyCity casino resort, has a spectacular view over the Arafura Sea. Manager Sinan Ceylani says: “People come here to enjoy the beautiful sunset while having an excellent meal. From AU$118 per night on Tripadvisor: Mindil Beach Casino Resort (formerly SKYCITY Darwin), Darwin. See 985 traveller reviews, 664 photos, and cheap rates for Mindil Beach Casino Resort (formerly SKYCITY Darwin), ranked #16 of 38 hotels in Darwin and rated 3.5 of 5 at Tripadvisor. The Vue is perhaps Skycity Darwin's most popular eatery pulling triple duty as bistro, buffet, and bar appealing to many visitor desires at all times. Enjoy your meal or drinks against a unique backdrop featuring the Arafura Sea. Darwin's SkyCity Casino and resort has been sold to American company Delaware North for $188 million. Key points: The deal excludes the beachfront Little Mindil site, which it will sell separately.
| Mindil Beach Casino & Resort | |
|---|---|
| Location | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Address | Gilruth Avenue, Mindil Beach |
| Opening date | 1983 |
| No. of rooms | 117 |
| Casino type | Land-based |
| Owner | Delaware North |
| Previous names | Mindil Beach Casino Diamond Beach Hotel and Casino MGM Grand Darwin SKYCITY Darwin |
| Website | mindilbeachcasinoresort.com.au |
Mindil Beach Casino & Resort is a casino in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, owned and operated by Delaware North. It is the only casino in Darwin.
History[edit]
Don Casino (1979–83)[edit]
The first casino in Darwin, and the second in Australia, operated at the Don Hotel, Cavenagh Street, and was granted a licence as the 'Don Casino' in 1979.[1]
Mindil Beach Casino (1983–85)[edit]
The licence was in 1983 transferred to the Mindil Beach Casino.[2][3] In 1984, the Territory government forcibly acquired it, along with the Alice Springs Casino, from Federal Hotels for $50 million.[4] A joint venture between Greate Bay Casino Corp. (owner of the Sands Atlantic City) and Aspinall Holdings (a British casino operator) was set up to operate the two casinos.[5]
Diamond Beach Hotel and Casino (1985–95)[edit]
The Mindil Beach Casino was renamed as the Diamond Beach Hotel and Casino. Aspinall bought out Greate Bay's interest for US$1 million in 1986,[6] and then acquired the territorial government's 17 percent interest for $5 million in 1987.[4]
MGM Grand Darwin (1995–2004)[edit]
In 1995, MGM Grand acquired the property for US$75 million, including US$13 million of assumed debt.[7] It was renamed as the MGM Grand Darwin.
Skycity Darwin (2004–2019)[edit]
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The Skycity Entertainment Group purchased the hotel in 2004 for $195 million and took ownership on 23 July 2004.[8]
Mindil Beach Casino & Resort (2019–present)[edit]
Skycity sold the hotel to American company Delaware North in April 2019 for $188 million.[9][10] Delaware North changed the property's name to Mindil Beach Casino & Resort to reflect one of its original names and its modern resort facilities.[11]
References[edit]
- ^'Don Hotel Casino, Cavenagh Street, Darwin'. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ^'Skycity Confirms MGM Grand Darwin Acquisition'. 11 February 2004. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
- ^'Darwin casino celebrates 25th anniversary on Mindil Beach' (Press release). Skycity. 18 April 2008. Archived from the original on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ^ ab'Govt cashes its chips in casino at Darwin'. Sydney Morning Herald. 2 February 1987.
- ^Bivens, Terry (4 October 1984). 'Greate Bay venturing down under'. Philadelphia Inquirer. – via NewsBank (subscription required)
- ^'Pratt Hotel Corp. sells hotel interests for $1 million'. Dow Jones News Service. 20 October 1986. – via Factiva (subscription required)
- ^'Gambling concern acquires Australian casino, hotel'. Wall Street Journal. 8 September 1995. – via Factiva (subscription required)
- ^'Skycity Darwin Joins Skycity Entertainment Group'. 23 July 2004. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
- ^'Darwin's SkyCity Casino sold to America's Delaware North'. 8 November 2018.
- ^'Delaware North completes acquisition of Darwin casino' (Press release). Delaware North. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^'Blast from the past: Darwin Skycity Casino's new name revealed'. 27 March 2019.
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Coordinates: 12°26′52″S130°49′50″E / 12.447808°S 130.830667°E
Skycity is the only government-licensed casino property in all of Darwin and by far the biggest in all of the Northern Territory. Gambling at the site is broken up into three different betting venues, each with their own room. The first is a collection of thirty-six table games, while the second (and largest) room is home to around 1,400 pokies and other machines. The third room is the biggest one dedicated to keno play in all of Australia, with 50 games running at any given time. The Skycity property is also home to a hotel with 107 rooms, along with four unique restaurants and five different bars, one of which is set aside for gambling customers only.
Pokies
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The casino’s collection of 1,496 gaming machines is broken up into three categories – 758 pokies are spread throughout the machine gaming room, along with forty different video poker games accepting wagers anywhere from AUD $0.10 up to AUD $1. The balance of the machine games are skill-based titles, some of which are hybrids of poker machines and table games, others are unique options built by the likes of Aristocrat and WMS Gaming.
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As for the table and casino poker gaming options, a total of thirty-six run around the clock thanks to the casino being open for twenty-four hours a day except for Christmas, Easter, and Anzac Day. As many as eight different roulette tables are open at any given time, in both single zero and double zero variations. The selection of roulette games includes tables that take wagers as low as AUD $2.00 all the way up to high roller versions that set the minimum bet amount at AUD $50. The low stakes roulette games at Skycity use a double zero wheel (and its larger house advantage) to compensate for the smaller wagers. Players looking for single zero Euro or French games will have to place bets of at least AUD $5 per hand.