Sydney Olympic Park. New $19m hotel opens

The $19 million Formule 1, 2-star, 156-room budget hotel has opened at Sydney Olympic Park. It is next to ANZ Stadium and close to Acer Arena, the Sydney Showgrounds and Sydney Olympic Park’s town centre. The hotel would complement Sydney Olympic Park’s existing accommodation options including Accor’s Novotel Hotel and Hotel Ibis and the soon-to-be opened Pullman Hotel, Greater Sydney’s, first 5-star hotel, Accor Vice President Australia, Simon McGrath said. The new hotel would bring the total number of rooms operated by Accor within the precinct to 689. Each year, Sydney Olympic Park hosts more than 4000 sports, entertainment and business events.