McDonald Jones Stadium
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Newcastle International Sports Center (1970–1991) |
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| place | Turton Road Newcastle , NSW 2292, Australia
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| Coordinates | 32 ° 55 '8 " S , 151 ° 43' 36" E |
| owner | State of New South Wales |
| operator | Venues NSW |
| start of building | 1st December 1967 |
| opening | April 10, 1970 |
| Renovations | 2003–2005, 2008–2011, 2014 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 33,000 seats |
| playing area | 105 × 68 m |
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The McDonald Jones Stadium is a rugby and football stadium in the Australian city of Newcastle in the state of New South Wales . The McDonald Jones Stadium is part of the Newcastle International Sports Center (NISC) and currently seats 33,000. For official events of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) or the world football association FIFA , the sports facility bears the advertising-free name Newcastle Stadium .
history
Work on the new building began on December 1, 1967. The venue was inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II on April 17, 1970. It was and is used for rugby , Australian football , soccer , baseball and cricket , among others . At that time, the stadium was oval in shape to host the various sports. Into a rectangular shape was changed when the Rugby League team the Newcastle Knights einmietete in 1986 and the Newcastle International Sports Center 1988 for their venue. The attendance record was set in July 1995 when Newcastle Knights faced the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in front of 32,642 spectators. At that time, apart from the old main grandstand with 5,000 seats, the stadium had mostly standing room.
Football has been played in Newcastle Stadium since 1978. Newcastle KB United from the National Soccer League (NSL) used the venue until it was dissolved in 1984. Adamstown Rosebud FC, founded in 1889, competed in NSL from 1984 to 1986 under the name Newcastle Rosebud United at the International Sports Center. The Newcastle United Jets have been based in the stadium since 2000 . From 2000 to 2004 still as Newcastle United in the NSL. With the dissolution of the NSL and the establishment of the A-League in 2004, the club takes on the name Newcastle United Jets .
The McDonald Jones Stadium was obsolete in the early 2000s and was not considered for the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup in Australia. The venue no longer met the requirements of the National Rugby League (NRL). For example, the lack of covered seats, poor equipment for media representatives, the changing rooms or the spectator areas behind the gates were criticized.
The then EnergyAustralia Stadium went through two renovation phases from 2003 to 2005 and from 2008 to 2011 in order to bring the outdated sports facility from the 1970s up to date. In the first renovation phase, the largest measure was the construction of a new east stand with upper and lower tier. Three years later, the western part of the stadium was given a new two-story spectator rank. The seating in the venue is red and blue and is based on the colors of the Newcastle United Jets. Located between the upper and lower echelons of the side stands are VIP - boxes and lounges and rooms for various events such as meetings , banquets , birthday and wedding celebrations .
The McDonald Jones Stadium was a potential venue in Australia's bid for the 2022 World Cup in 2010 . If the application was successful, more seats would have been installed behind the gates and the capacity increased to 40,000 spectators. In 2013, the stadium hosted the opening ceremony of the first Special Olympics Asia Pacific Regional Games , which took place in Newcastle from December 1-7 of that year.
In January 2015, Newcastle Stadium is one of five host cities for the Asian Football Championship in Australia. A further AU $ 1.25 million was invested in the stadium's pitch for the continental tournament in 2014 . Work began after the end of the NRL season in September 2014. In addition to a new lawn, the drainage system for playing field drainage from the early 1990s was overhauled. The problem arose that there were no complete plans for the relocation of the plant. The new lawn of the long neglected playing area was laid at the beginning of November and ready for the first game of the Asian Cup on January 12, 2015 between Japan and Palestine.
Surname
The first sponsorship agreement of the Newcastle International Sports Center on the naming rights dates back to 1992. With the local tire dealer Marathon Tires , the stadium was named Marathon Stadium . At the end of 2001, the energy supply company EnergyAustralia gave the event location its name. In February 2011 it was announced that the company will change its name to Ausgrid and thus the stadium to Ausgrid Stadium . In addition, EnergyAustralia announced that it will not renew the sponsorship agreement that runs until December 31, 2011. In October 2016, the stadium received the sponsor name McDonald Jones Stadium for five years , after McDonald Jones Homes from the construction industry .
Games of the 1981 World Youth Championship in Newcastle
The Newcastle Stadium hosted the tournament for two games . A group game of the hosts and a quarter-finals were on the schedule. The German team defeated Qatar 4-0 in the final and became junior soccer world champions for the first time.
Games of the 2015 Asian Cup in Newcastle
A total of four games of the Asian Cup will be played at Newcastle Stadium. Including a semi-final game and the game for third place.
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Group stage
- January 12, 2015, Group D : Japan - Palestine 4: 0 (3: 0)
- January 17, 2015, Group A : Oman - Kuwait 1: 0 (0: 0)
- January 12, 2015, Group D : Japan - Palestine 4: 0 (3: 0)
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Final round
- January 27, 2015, semi-finals: South Korea - Iraq 2: 0 (1: 0)
- January 30, 2015, 3rd place match: Iraq - United Arab Emirates 2: 3 (2: 1)
- January 27, 2015, semi-finals: South Korea - Iraq 2: 0 (1: 0)
Web links
- hunterstadium.com: Official site of the stadium (English)
- austadiums.com: data and history of the stadium (English)
- venuesnsw.com: Stadium on the website of the operator Venues NSW (English)
- syi.net.au: Image gallery of the stadium according to the first renovation phase (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ austadiums.com: visitor record (English)
- ↑ nrladmin.sportalhosting.com: Grandstand plan ( memento of the original from January 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( PDF , English)
- ↑ venuesnsw.com: Picture gallery of the event rooms ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ stadiumdb.com: data on the stadium (English)
- ↑ specialolympics.com.au: Special Olympics Asia Pacific Regional Games 2013 ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ hunterstadium.com: Hunter Stadium's turf $ 1.25 million upgrade has tight time frame article from September 29, 2014
- ↑ hunterstadium.com: Hunter Stadium Pitch upgrade ready for play Article from November 6, 2014 (English)
- ↑ theherald.com.au: EnergyAustralia stadium to change name article from February 17, 2011 (English)
- ↑ ausleisure.com.au: Hunter Stadium secures naming rights deal article from October 9, 2016 (English)
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