{"id":204483,"date":"2025-10-11T03:06:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T03:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/204483\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T03:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T03:06:17","slug":"sydney-fish-market-to-open-doors-on-january-19-next-year-as-old-site-enjoys-its-last-hurrah-in-lead-up-to-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/204483\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Fish Market to open doors on January 19 next year as old site enjoys its ‘last hurrah’ in lead-up to Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new $700 million Sydney Fish Market won’t be open in time for Christmas.<\/p>\n

Construction at Blackwattle Bay in Sydney’s inner-west is set to be completed in mid-November, but customers won’t be welcomed at the new facility until January 19 next year.<\/p>\n

Sydney Fish Market CEO Daniel Jarosch said that would allow the new development to be able to “open with a bang”.<\/p>\n

“A January opening gives tenants the time to finish fit outs this year, and then train staff and prepare operationally, so that they are ready to deliver an incredible experience from day one,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We’ve been waiting for this new market for decades, and taking this extra time means that we will open at our best.”<\/p>\n

\"Officials<\/p>\n

Construction of the new market is expected to be completeted by mid-November. (ABC News: Jak Rowland)<\/p>\n

Sydneysiders will still be able to buy their seafood for the festive period at the existing site in Pyrmont with record numbers expected to attend its 36-hour seafood marathon to enjoy a “last hurrah”.<\/p>\n

“Traditionally over 150,000 people [come] for the 36-hour seafood marathon, and we expect a lot more to come and celebrate our final marathon at our current site,” Mr Jarosch said.<\/p>\n

Sneak peak inside new Sydney Fish Market<\/a><\/p>\n

The new fish markets at Blackwattle Bay in Sydney’s inner-west is expected to rake in more than 6 million visitors each year once it opens.<\/p>\n

“We will celebrate one final Christmas in our current home, before we open the doors to Sydney’s newest waterfront icon.”<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Mr Jarosch said he hoped\u00a0 the new fish market would open this year.<\/p>\n

“You’ll be buying your prawns for Christmas, I can say that with confidence,” he said.<\/p>\n

Premier Chris Minns said earlier this week that the new building would become “a magnet” for tourists and a “must-see destination”.<\/p>\n

The new fish market is expected to rake in more than 6 million visitors each year.<\/p>\n

Mr Jarosch said he hoped the new fish market would be a destination “people will return to again and again”.<\/p>\n

“It’s the end of an exciting time and chapter at our existing fish market that everyone loves, but we’re at the beginning of something extraordinary now,” he said.<\/p>\n

Trading hours will be extended to 10pm, compared to the previous closing time of 4pm.<\/p>\n

The longer opening hours are aimed at attracting visitors to stay for sunset, with a view of the Anzac Bridge from the fish markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The government-owned land at the old fish market site in Pyrmont has been slated for residential development, with up to 1,200 homes on the horizon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new $700 million Sydney Fish Market won’t be open in time for Christmas. Construction at Blackwattle Bay…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99,127119,127118,127120],"class_list":["post-204483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-open-date","tag-sydney-fish-market","tag-sydney-fish-market-opening-date"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}