Sydney Olympic Park
The Sydney Olympic Park is a 640 hectare site in Homebush Bay , a suburb of Sydney . The area with its sports facilities formed the geographical center of the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Paralympics that followed .
history
The area of today's Sydney Olympic Park was inhabited by Aborigines before the settlement of Australia by the British . In 1807 it was added to Newington under the ownership of John Blaxland . In the second half of the 19th century, the government claimed part of the area for a home that housed old women. The rest of the area remained a river and swamp landscape . In the period that followed, parts of the country were used industrially and militarily , which led to the contamination of the soil.
In the 1980s, the idea of a technology park to be created in this area was pursued. However, only the high-tech companies AWA Microelectronics , BASF , Philips and Sanyo settled here . The aspired technology center was realized in Eveleigh , another suburb of Sydney.
When Sydney was attempting to apply for the 2000 Summer Olympics at the beginning of the 1990s and was then carried out, another use for the area came up. It was to form the heart of the Games with the Olympic Stadium and other sports facilities. In this context, infrastructure and sports infrastructure were improved and newly created.
After the Olympic Games and the Paralympics, the park is now used as a local recreation area and venue for larger sporting and cultural events. In addition, companies such as the Commonwealth Bank of Australia with office buildings also settled here.
management
The development of the area of today's Sydney Olympic Park can also be traced on the basis of the responsible management. Until 1995 it was under the jurisdiction of the Homebush Bay Development Corporation . Between 1995 and 2001 the park was under the direction of the Olympic Co-Ordination Authority . During this time the preparations for and the implementation of the Olympic Games and Paralympics of the year 2000 took place. Since then the Sydney Olympic Park Authority has directed the park .
Buildings and sports facilities
The following sports facilities were built in the Sydney Olympic Park for the 2000 Summer Olympics:
- The Sydney Olympic Stadium ( Telstra Stadium after the Games , now the ANZ Stadium ) - the venue for the athletics competitions and the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies
- Sydney Superdome , now Qudos Bank Arena - home to basketball games and gymnastics competitions
- Sydney Showgrounds - today the location of the Sydney Royal Easter Show with Sydney Showground Stadium
- Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Center - track and field preparation area
- Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Center - venue for swimming , water polo and diving competitions
- Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Center - venue for the tennis games
- Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Center - venue for hockey encounters
- Sydney Olympic Park Archery Center - venue for archery competitions
- Sydney Olympic Park Sports Center - the venue for table tennis and taekwondo competitions .
In addition to these Olympic sports facilities, there is also a golf course , a mountain bike route and a skate park .
There is also a Novotel hotel, which belongs to the French Accor group, and an Ibis hotel , which belongs to the same group of companies. There is also the former Olympic Village , which now forms the new suburb of Sydney, Newington .
465 hectares of the total area of 640 hectares are simple park areas.
Web links
Competition venues for the 2000 Summer Olympics
Coordinates: 33 ° 50 ′ 52 ″ S , 151 ° 3 ′ 59 ″ E