The state agency which runs WIN Entertainment Centre has detailed how it has spent $2 million on upgrades in the past four years.
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Updating it's earlier figure of $1.86 million, Venues NSW says it has made 12 "upgrades" since 2016.
This included replacing 20-year-old carpet, installing automated gates and putting in an industrial sized oven in the main kitchen of the WEC.
More than a quarter of the money was spent on installing a digital score board "for a variety of indoor/arena national and international sporting codes, concerts and community events".
Other upgrades included basketball floor resurfacing, repairs to one of the chillers that runs the air conditioning plant and the replacement of removable carpet tile squares.
The Brewery got a "stand-alone air conditioning system," draping was purchased and installed, chain motors used for rigging were installed and trusses to attach speakers and drapes were replaced.
"Vehicle safety bollards were installed on the Harbour St and Crown St frontages from Gate A through to entrance doors of the WEC as part of new safety mitigation measures," Venues NSW said.
WEC upgrades and maintenance have come under intense scrutiny in recent days, after the centre's leaking roof stopped a nationally televised Illawarra Hawks game on Sunday afternoon.
Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery said he was pleased to hear that Venues NSW had continued to fund the centre's "basic requirements".
However, he said this did not change the fact that "we now have a roof leaking and uncomfortable seats".
"$2 million doesn't go far when you're talking about an asset worth tens of million of dollars, and you can't keep ignoring these larger issues."
"As a council we are expected to maintain our assets, and the state needs to do the same thing. And they should be maintained to the standard that people in Sydney have enjoyed."