NSW: New Year s Eve fireworks "worth millions to Sydney"

AAP General News (Australia)
01-01-2000
NSW: New Year s Eve fireworks "worth millions to Sydney"

SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - Last night's millennium celebrations were worth tens of millions
of public relations dollars to Sydney, Lord Mayor Frank Sartor said today.

Despite the threat of wind and rain, he said the fireworks display went according to
plan, attracting worldwide coverage.

He said to have prime time television space on networks such as CNN was worth tens
of millions of dollars to Sydney, particularly in the lead-up to the Olympic Games in
September.

"I would say that that event was worth to Sydney a lot more than the annual …