Parramatta Stadium

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Pirtek Stadium
Parra
Wanderland
The Parramata Stadium (2012)
The Parramatta Stadium (2012)
Earlier names

Parramatta Stadium (1986-2013)
Pirtek Stadium (2013-2017)

Data
place O'Connell Street Sydney , New South Wales 2150
AustraliaAustralia
Coordinates 33 ° 48 '29.2 "  S , 150 ° 59' 58.9"  O Coordinates: 33 ° 48 '29.2 "  S , 150 ° 59' 58.9"  O
owner State of New South Wales
operator Pirtek Stadium Trust
start of building 1985
opening March 5, 1986
Extensions 2014
demolition February 2017
surface Natural grass
architect Civil & Civic
capacity 24,000 seats
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Events

The Parramatta Stadium ( Pirtek Stadium through a sponsorship agreement from 2013 ) was a stadium in the Parramatta suburb of the Australian metropolis of Sydney . It was home to teams from various sports: The Parramatta Eels ( National Rugby League ), Greater Sydney Rams (National Rugby Championship) and Western Sydney Wanderers ( A-League ). The Wanderers' supporters nicknamed it Wanderland . The sports facility was also used for first division matches in the Australian Baseball League, which was discontinued in 1999 .

history

The Parra was inaugurated on March 5, 1986 by Queen Elisabeth II . Michael Jackson made a guest appearance here in 1987 and Paul McCartney in 1993 . The record crowd for sporting events dates back to 1994 and is 27,318 spectators who attended the rugby league test match between Australia and France . Two games of the Rugby League World Cup 2008 were played in Parramatta. At football games to the expansion of the stadium found in 2014 less than 22,000 spectators place here. From then on it was a maximum of 24,000. In summer 2014 it was the venue for the first leg of the Asian Champions League .

Name change

In 2013, a naming agreement was signed with Pirtek, a manufacturer of hydraulic accessories. Since then, the facility has been called the Pirtek Stadium .

New building

According to plans by the state of New South Wales, the Parramatta Stadium is to be replaced by a new building with 30,000 seats for AU $ 300 million . The demolition should begin in March 2017. As early as February of that year, the construction workers arrived with equipment and began to make space for the new building.

gallery

  • The stadium under floodlights (September 2011)

  • Western Sydney Wanderers game in September 2014

  • The construction site of the Western Sydney Stadium in September 2017

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Parramatta Stadium during a rugby game (2011)

Web links

Commons : Parramatta Stadium  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald : Pirtek buys naming rights to Parramatta Stadium. October 9, 2013. (English)
  2. ↑ infrastructure.nsw.gov.au: Infrastructure NSW: Western Sydney Stadium (English)
  3. ↑ stadiumdb.com: Sydney: Demolition work begins on Parramatta Stadium Article from February 13, 2017 (English)