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Buy Wrest Point tickets at Ticketmaster.com. Find Wrest Point venue concert and event schedules, venue information, directions, and seating charts. After the centre's opening in 1973 (after which it was known as Wrest Point Hotel Casino) the casino provided a catalyst for the nation's casino industry, with 12 additional casinos opening across the country. This included a second Federal Group casino in Tasmania, the Country Club Casino, which opened in Launceston in 1982.
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The Wrest Point Hotel Casino was Australia's first legal casino, opening in the suburb of Sandy Bay in Hobart, Tasmania, on 10 February 1973. The Wrest Point Riviera Hotel, Designed by Architect Keith Wildman and built by Arthur Drysdale and opened in 5 December 1939, was originally constructed on the site of the current Wrest Point Casino. During World War II the hotel was 'booming' and the hotel was sold to Australia's oldest hotel group, Federal Hotels, in March 1956.
In the 1960s, The Federal Group attempted to secure Australia's first casino license. At the time, Tasmania's natural scenery and beauty were not widely known elsewhere, and as a result the state wasn't attracting many tourists. The company hoped that a casino would be the draw-card that would kick-start Tasmania's tourism industry.
The development of the casino included the construction of the 17-storey hotel tower, with a revolving restaurant, designed by acclaimed architect Sir Roy Grounds, a landmark that is nationally identified with Hobart, and the 64-metre octagonal tower remains the city's tallest building.
Wrest Point has a number of bars and restaurants including: The BirdCage Bar (Jazz and Cocktail Bar), The Onyx Bar, The Point Revolving Restaurant, The Point Lounge Bar, Pier One Restaurant and Bar, The Coffee Shop (Buffet Restaurant), The Loft Bistro, Riverview Snacks Boardwalk Bar, The casino bar (on the main gaming floor).
The Wrest Point Hotel Casino is seen by many locally and nationally across Australia as being a more serious gaming venue than the areas other major casino, the Country Club. Indeed, it shares much more in common with the major casinos in larger cities in the country by providing players with a thorough land based gaming experience that incorporates all manner of different casino gambling opportunities.
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Wrest Point is definitely the gaming highlight in Tasmania and the overriding quality of the gaming experience together with great entertainment and accommodation, not to mention the historical twist, ensure that players of any level can enjoy a top class land based gaming experience in Australia. In terms of going online, the accessibility of the support team is definitely the main thing to look out for, as players definitely do not need to simply be satisfied with a ‘one size fits all’ solution to their gaming needs.