The complex began in 1984, when local businessman Dallas Dempster had the idea to to build a casino on Burswood Island on the Swan River, 3 kilometres east of Perth. The site was previously a solid waste landfill, which posed some challenges to the development of the complex due to the risk of The site was previously a municipal solid waste landfill, which posed a challenge to the design of the complex because of the risk of potential ground failure and technical water washing into the nearby river.
Planning permission was granted in March 1985, and work began to boil over. By the end of year - 30 December - the casino opened, making it the largest in Australia and the third largest in the world. In the first two months of operation was up to A$1 million a day! That was well in excess of all the expected revenues. By January 1987, the number of visitors to the complex reached three million people.
In August 1987, the sports stadium was opened "Burswood Dome", which became the largest in the southern hemisphere - at 8,800 metres, and can accommodate almost 14,000 people. And a couple of months later, the Burswood Island Island Hotel the Burswood Island Hotel and Conference Centre. In 2003, the hotel was taken over to the InterContinental Hotels Group and was renamed accordingly. At the same time, a second 291-room hotel, the Holiday Inn, was built.
Today there is a small park around the entertainment complex, where you can admire wildflowers, various sculptures and play golf.
