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The head of the State Government’s event management company says its outlook is “direr than at any time since the initial COVID-19 outbreak”, with overseas clients turning their back on Australia due to its slow vaccination rollout and lingering “harsh” restrictions.
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Premier Steven Marshall has been forced to correct the parliamentary record after an agency chief mistakenly told a committee that the estimated revenue and running costs of the Government’s election centrepiece were more than double the actual amount.
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UPDATED: The Marshall Government’s mooted $700 million new city arena and sporting complex would provide a much-needed “sugar-hit” to the state’s economy, despite costing taxpayers in the order of $80 million a year to run, the corporation behind the plan has told a parliamentary committee.
EXCLUSIVE | Government event staff have been seconded to work in “high-risk” COVID-19 hotspots, with one counselled for wearing a “stolen” uniform while moonlighting at a city medi-hotel, InDaily can reveal.
The operator of the Adelaide Entertainment Centre says its SA Health-approved COVID management plan is “unviable” and “unworkable”, declaring the restrictions would make it “incredibly difficult to attract major headline acts” in the medium term.
The management of the Government-owned Adelaide Convention Centre has decided not to reopen its waterfront Regattas Restaurant, citing “difficult trading conditions”.
Saturday’s AFL Showdown at Adelaide Oval “would have lost tens of thousands of dollars” if not for the Commonwealth JobKeeper subsidy, according to the Adelaide Venue Management Corporation, which says it would be “unviable and irresponsible” for it to stage similar events – a decision it concedes will cost event staff jobs.
