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James
Packer's $10m investment to boost Penrith's potential,
Mayor Mark Davies says - Feb 2013
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The
Penrith Panthers entertainment, leisure, lifestyle
and sporting precinct will be a great endorsement
for the region, Mayor Mark Davies says.
Billionaire
gaming mogul James Packer announced plans last Thursday
to build a $10 million Crown training facility in
Penrith that will create 1250 jobs.
Cr
Davies said having Mr Packer invest in the area showed
the region's potential.
"It
is fantastic to see the likes of James Packer invest
$10 million here in Penrith," he said.
Panthers
Group chief executive Warren Wilson said the precinct
was fabulous for everyone in the west, Crown, Panthers
and schoolchildren.
"The
reason Panthers were given a licence was for rugby
league and the community," Mr Wilson said.
"That
may have drifted off a bit, but in the past year and
a half that I have been involved it has been crystal
clear that the community is very important to our
organisation."
The
deal between Crown and the Panthers confirmed a state-of-the-art
centre would be built within the club's proposed NRL
academy and community centre.
The
college will feature a school of business, a hotel
and food academy built around a large replica restaurant
and gaming facility.
The
complex, the Western Sydney Community and Sports Centre,
will be situated directly behind the Chifley Hotel
at Panthers.
OPPORTUNITIES
It
will give opportunities for:
Active
youth programs to fighting childhood obesity and juvenile
diabetes
Engaging with the Aboriginal community and multi-cultural
integration
Schools and sporting clubs
Job creation-595 construction and 210 ongoing
Supports the engine room of the NSW economy, Western
Sydney
$1.8 million injection into the economy
Elite sport learning centre
Sports science and medicine study
Harnessing and developing the growth of sporting talent
FEATURES
The
Western Sydney Community and Sports Centre will include:
Panthers
NRL Academy
Multi-purpose sports centre
Regional tennis centre
Centrebet Stadium
Riverlink Sports Park
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