US-based Pride Holdings Group, which acquired the Stonewall Hotel business in Darlinghurst last year, has secured a 10-year lease over the former Kuleto's cocktail bar in Newtown as part of an expansion of the Stonewall brand into Sydney’s inner west, with an opening planned for January.
Longtime publican and proud lesbian Sue Cameron is set to breathe fresh life into the three-storey Newtown Hotel as its new owner, with an estimated $2 million renovation, expanded entertainment, and a renewed focus on its role as an inclusive space for Sydney's queer community.
The popular queer-friendly Newtown Hotel in Sydney's inner west is close to being sold after its owner, Universal Hotels, put it on the market last year.
Police are appealing for public assistance after a wave of offensive graffiti targeted the Imperial Hotel and political posters across Sydney’s inner west between the weekend and early Tuesday morning.
Newtown’s historic Hub Theatre is set to become a queer performance space after its owners for 58 years sold it after receiving an offer they deemed too good to refuse.
