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Subscriber only Queensland s pub scene is in for a major clean up, with hospitality group Australian Venue Co spending a whopping $53 million renovating some of the state s most well-known watering holes. The group, which owns 86 pubs in the Sunshine State and 80 more across Australia and New Zealand, plans to rejuvenate more than 24 venues across Queensland within the next four years, with seven hotels to be transformed by the end of this financial year. An artist s impression of the new look Everton Park Hotel in Brisbane s north. Our mission is to revitalise the pub landscape in Queensland and also we feel like we owe the Queensland market, which has been particularly loyal through COVID, some capital investment, said AVC chief operation officer Craig Ellison.