Applications have closed for the NSW State Significant Event Fund.
The State Significant Event Fund was a contestable fund designed to enable accelerated investment to secure, acquire and develop signature events of national and international significance.
Major events generate significant economic and social benefits for NSW. Investing in a world-class events calendar to maximise the economic and social benefits to NSW is a key strategic pillar of the Visitor Economy Strategy 2030.
Overview
The objectives of the State Significant Event Fund were to:
- Drive significant economic and social benefits to the State through direct event visitation, visitor spend and job creation
- Generate significant media, brand and profiling opportunities with NSW’s key domestic and international markets
- Provide a world-class, distinctive and compelling events calendar that enhances and reinforces the Sydney/NSW brand and profiles Sydney and NSW as the events capital of the Asia-Pacific
- Deliver a balanced annual events calendar, considerate of off-peak events and visitation seasonality
- Deliver events exclusive to Sydney and regional NSW
- Promote and stimulate the 24-hour economy
- Contribute positively to the cultural and social fabric of Sydney and regional NSW.
