WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's SkyCity Entertainment <SKC.NZ> on Wednesday said it hoped a massive fire at its under-construction convention centre would be contained by evening and that it expected to re-open the rest of its precinct the following day.
"In the near term we expect to re-open rest of the precinct tomorrow ... we're hopeful fire will be contained by tonight," said Graeme Stephens, chief executive of SkyCity at a news conference, saying it was the first time in the company's history it had evacuated its entire complex, including casinos, hotels and restaurants.
(Reporting by Charlotte Greenfield; Editing by Sandra Maler)
