Western Sydney Stadium
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| Location | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Coordinates | 33°48′29″S 150°59′59″E / 33.80806°S 150.99972°ECoordinates: 33°48′29″S 150°59′59″E / 33.80806°S 150.99972°E |
| Owner | NSW Government |
| Operator | Venues NSW |
| Capacity | 30,000 |
| Record attendance | TBA |
| Field size | 140 x 80 metres |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | 2016 |
| Opened | 2019 (Planned) |
| Construction cost | $300 Million |
| Architect | Populous |
| Main contractors | Lend Lease Group |
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Western Sydney Wanderers (A-League) Parramatta Eels (NRL) |
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The Western Sydney Stadium is an under construction sports stadium in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. It will be the replacement for the demolished Parramatta Stadium. The stadium is planned to be open in mid 2019 with a 30,000 seat capacity. The stadium is owned & operated by the NSW Government, designed by Populous Architects and being built by Lend Lease Group with a build cost budgeted at $300 million. The stadium will host A-League matches of the Western Sydney Wanderers and National Rugby League matches for the Parramatta Eels.
The area the stadium is located on was used for leisure & horse racing in the British colony at Parramatta that was founded along with the harbour settlement of Sydney in 1788. Governor Charles FitzRoy approved the creation of a racecourse on the site in 1847, with a cricket field grown within the racetrack & opened in 1863. After numerous name changes the local cricket club settled on the name Central Cumberland Cricket Club, and from there the site gained the Cumberland Oval name.
Cumberland Oval was used variously for horse racing, cricket, athletics, rugby union, rugby league and motor sports. When in use for motor sports the site was named the Parramatta Speedway, holding events from 1930 through to 1959. When the Parramatta District Rugby League Club were admitted into the NSWRL Premiership in 1947 Cumberland Oval became the club's home ground. In 1981 after Parramatta won their first ever Rugby League Premiership supporters packed into the oval and proceeded to burn the grandstand to the ground, and shortly after a decision was made to build a modern stadium.
Parramatta Stadium was designed in 1984, built in 1985 & opened by Queen Elizabeth II on On 5 March 1986. The new rectangular stadium continued to host state & national rugby league, rugby union & soccer competitions, as well as concerts & for a brief period, baseball. It was converted into an all seater stadium in 2002, with a reduced capacity of 21,000. In 2012, with the success of the newly formed Western Sydney Wanderers, which included hosting a sell out crowd for the 2014 AFC Champions League Final, and the ongoing desire of the Parramatta Eels to replace the nearly 30 year old stadium, the NSW Government canvassed expansion options including an increase to capacity in the north & south ends, and a successive rebuild of all grandstands. In September 2015 the decision was made for a knock down rebuild of the stadium.
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