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Stadium Australia

"Telstra Stadium" redirects here. For the stadium in Melbourne previously known as the Telstra Dome, see Docklands Stadium.
"ANZ Stadium" redirects here. For the stadium in Brisbane previously known as ANZ Stadium, see Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre. For the stadium in Fiji, see ANZ National Stadium.
For the sports arena in Paris, see Accor Arena.

Stadium Australia
Accor Stadium
The stadium during the 2022 NRL Grand Final
Map
Former namesSydney Olympic Stadium (1999–2001)
Stadium Australia (2001-2002, 2020–2021)
Telstra Stadium (2002–2007)
ANZ Stadium (2008–2020)
LocationSydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, Australia (Map)
Coordinates33°50′50″S 151°03′47″E / 33.84722°S 151.06306°E / -33.84722; 151.06306
Public transit Olympic Park Special event buses
OwnerVenues NSW via Government of New South Wales
OperatorVenuesLive Management Services
Capacity82,000 (Rectangular)[2]
81,500 (Oval)
115,000 (2000 Summer Olympics)
Record attendance114,714: 2000 Olympics closing ceremony
Field size160 m × 118 m (525 ft × 387 ft)[3]
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground12 September 1996 (1996-09-12)
Opened6 March 1999 (1999-03-06)
Construction costA$690 million[1]
ArchitectHOK Sport
Tenants
Rugby league

New South Wales Blues (State of Origin; 1999–present)
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (NRL; 1999–present)
South Sydney Rabbitohs (NRL; 2006–present)
St George Illawarra Dragons (NRL; 2008, 2014–2017)
Wests Tigers (NRL; 2005–2008, 2014–2018)
Parramatta Eels (NRL; 2017–2019)

Rugby Union

Australia national rugby union team (selected matches)

Cricket

New South Wales cricket team
Sydney Thunder (BBL; 2012–2015)

Australian Football League

GWS Giants (2012–2013; 2022–present)
Sydney Swans (2002–2015)

Soccer
Western Sydney Wanderers (A-League; 2016–2019)
Australia men's national soccer team (selected matches)
Australia women's national soccer team (selected matches)
Sydney FC (selected matches)
Website
accorstadium.com.au
Ground information
End names
Eastern End
Western End
International information
First T20I1 February 2012:
 Australia v  India
Last T20I9 November 2014:
 Australia v  South Africa
First WT20I1 February 2012:
 Australia v  New Zealand
Last WT20I9 November 2014:
 Australia v  West Indies
As of 12 August 2023
Source: Cricinfo

Stadium Australia, currently known as Accor Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Sydney Olympic Park, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The stadium, which is sometimes referred to as Sydney Olympic Stadium, Homebush Stadium or simply the Olympic Stadium, was completed in March 1999 at a cost of A$690 million[1] to host the 2000 Summer Olympics.[4][5] The Stadium was leased by a private company, the Stadium Australia Group, until the Stadium was sold back to the NSW Government on 1 June 2016 after NSW Premier Michael Baird announced the Stadium was to be redeveloped as a world-class rectangular stadium. The Stadium is owned by Venues NSW on behalf of the NSW Government.

The stadium was originally built to hold circa 115,000 spectators, making it the largest Olympic Stadium ever built[6] and the second largest stadium in Australia after the Melbourne Cricket Ground which held more than 120,000 before its re-design in the early 2000s. In 2003, reconfiguration work was completed to shorten the north and south wings, and install movable seating. These changes reduced the capacity to 80,000, with the capacity to add seating depending on the venue configuration. Awnings were also added over the north and south stands, allowing most of the seating to be under cover. The stadium was engineered along sustainable lines, e.g., utilising less steel in the roof structure than the Olympic stadiums of Athens and Beijing.[7]

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  2. ^ "Accor Stadium". Austadiums. Archived from the original on 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  3. ^ Atkinson, Cody; Lawson, Sean (15 June 2022). "From the SCG to Kardinia Park — do ground sizes contribute to the end result in AFL games?". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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  6. ^ "Biggest stadium in the world". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  7. ^ Stadia: Structural Giants Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Ingenia Magazine, March 2005

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