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Packer’s world: how a tower of dreams came crashing down – Sydney Morning Herald
A gambling mecca on the banks on Sydney Harbour was to be James Packer’s crowning achievement. Instead, it led to a public reckoning.
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James Packer’s long-held dream of opening a towering casino and six-star hotel on the banks of Sydney Harbour was to be a crowning achievement in the billionaire’s storied professional life.
Crown Sydney now the Emerald City’s tallest building as it looms 271 metres above Barangaroo was his “chance to do something special”, he said in 2012, and leave a legacy comparable to that of his media baron father.
James Packer faced a barrage of ques…
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