Sydney Opera House protesters disrupt horse racing advertisement

Plans to splash an advertisement for the Everest Cup horse race on the side of the UNESCO World Heritage site fiercely divided Australia's largest city in the past week.

While some considered the use of an Australian cultural icon to promote a race 'sacrilegious,' Prime Minister Scott Morrison said it was logical to use the 'biggest billboard Sydney has.'

Hundreds of protestors shouting 'our house' gathered outside the Opera House late on Tuesday, carrying banners and torches ahead of the light show which began shortly before 8 p.m. (5 a.m. ET).



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Loud boos broke out when the side of the building lit up with the advertisement for the upcoming race and bright white lights from the protestors' flashlights partially disrupted the light show.

The controversy began on Friday when media in Sydney announced the Opera House had refused a Racing NSW request to advertise the upcoming horse race on the side of the historic building.

The annual Everest Cup horse race is being held for only the second time and has the largest prize pool for a 'turf race' in Australia, coming in at $9.2 million (A$13 million).

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian claimed the previous year's race attracted 60 million viewers, but the Opera House committee was concerned projecting the ad could cost the building its World Heritage status.

Eventually Berejiklian ordered the Opera House to comply and the advertisement was scheduled to go ahead, saying it would be much 'toned down' on the original proposal.

Almost 300,000 Australians signed a petition calling on the NSW government to cancel the light show.

An editorial in Sydney's most-read paper, the Sydney Morning Herald, said using the Opera House to advertise a horse race would 'tarnish (its) unique image.'

In particular, there were concerns advertising a horse race would encourage gambling, a problem endemic throughout Australian culture. Australians were found to be the most prolific gamblers in the world in a 2016 study.

'(I think) Australia is having a national psychic vomit when they realized their icon had been handed over to the greediest, most destructive industry in the nation,' World Vision Australia Chief Advocate Rev. Tim Costello, a longtime anti-gambling campaigner, told CNN.

Despite a large police presence, and the heated protest, there was no violence or arrests on Friday night. The Everest horse race will be held on October 13.

The annual Everest Cup horse race is being held for only the second time and has the largest prize pool for a 'turf race' in Australia, coming in at $9.2 million (A$13 million). The controversy began on Friday when media in Sydney announced the Opera House had refused a Racing NSW request to advertise the upcoming horse race on the side of the historic building. The annual Everest Cup horse race is being held for only the second time and has the largest prize pool for a 'turf race' in Australia, coming in at $9.2 million (A$13 million). Despite a large police presence, and the heated protest, there was no violence or arrests on Friday night. The Everest horse race will be held on October 13. Hundreds of protestors shouting 'our house' gathered outside the Opera House late on Tuesday, carrying banners and torches ahead of the light show which began shortly before 8 p.m. (5 a.m. ET). Despite a large police presence, and the heated protest, there was no violence or arrests on Friday night. The Everest horse race will be held on October 13. The annual Everest Cup horse race is being held for only the second time and has the largest prize pool for a 'turf race' in Australia, coming in at $9.2 million (A$13 million). Despite a large police presence, and the heated protest, there was no violence or arrests on Friday night. The Everest horse race will be held on October 13. The annual Everest Cup horse race is being held for only the second time and has the largest prize pool for a 'turf race' in Australia, coming in at $9.2 million (A$13 million). The controversy began on Friday when media in Sydney announced the Opera House had refused a Racing NSW request to advertise the upcoming horse race on the side of the historic building. Despite a large police presence, and the heated protest, there was no violence or arrests on Friday night. The Everest horse race will be held on October 13. Despite a large police presence, and the heated protest, there was no violence or arrests on Friday night. The Everest horse race will be held on October 13. While some considered the use of an Australian cultural icon to promote a race 'sacrilegious,' Prime Minister Scott Morrison said it was logical to use the 'biggest billboard Sydney has.' The annual Everest Cup horse race is being held for only the second time and has the largest prize pool for a 'turf race' in Australia, coming in at $9.2 million (A$13 million). Eventually Berejiklian ordered the Opera House to comply and the advertisement was scheduled to go ahead, saying it would be much 'toned down' on the original proposal. An editorial in Sydney's most-read paper, the Sydney Morning Herald, said using the Opera House to advertise a horse race would 'tarnish (its) unique image.'

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