Wollongong Showground

Wollongong Showground ; WIN Stadium
	Sea-Side Stadium
	The WIN Stadium in August 2008
Earlier names
	Wollongong Showground Steelers Stadium
Data
place	46 Harbor Street 2500 Wollongong , NSW , Australia;
Coordinates	34 ° 25 '40.5 " S , 150 ° 54' 9.3" O Coordinates: 34 ° 25 '40.5 " S , 150 ° 54' 9.3" O
owner	Wollongong Sportsground Trust
operator	Wollongong Sportsground Trust
opening	1911
Renovations	1992, 2002, 2012
surface	Natural grass
capacity	23,000 seats
Societies)
	Illawarra Steelers ( Rugby League , 1982-1998); St. George Illawarra Dragons ( NRL , since 1999); Wollongong Wolves FC ( NSL , 2000-2004); Wollongong Wolves FC ( NPL NSW , since 2010);
Events
	Rugby Union World Cup 2003; Rugby League World Cup 2008; Four Nations 2014;

The Wollongong Showground ( officially WIN Stadium by sponsorship agreement since 1997 ) is a rugby and soccer stadium in the Australian city of Wollongong , New South Wales . The facility is located directly behind the beach on the Tasman Sea and was officially opened in 1911. From 1982 to 1998 the Illawarra Steelers ( Rugby League ) played their home games there. Today it is the home of the rugby league club St. George Illawarra Dragons and the South Coast Wolves football club of the New South Wales Premier League (NPL NSW). There were also pre-season games of the Australian A-League football league in the stadium. In 2012 sa stadium received a main grandstand on the west side. Since then it has held 23,000 spectators. Sponsor name WIN Stadium goes on WIN Television ( W ollongong I llawarra N back ew South Wales Television).

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The west stand from the outside (2018)
Test match between the St. George Illawarra Dragons and the Newcastle Knights (2019)

View from the main stand in February 2018

Commons : WIN Stadium - collection of images, videos and audio files