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stadium in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Stadium Australia, commercially known as ANZ Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Sydney Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia. The stadium, which in Australia is sometimes called the Sydney Olympic Stadium, Homebush Stadium or simply the Olympic Stadium was completed in March 1999 at a cost of A $ 690 million to host the Summer Olympics in 2000. The Stadium was rented by a private company, Stadium Australia Group until Stadium was sold back to the NSW government June 1, 2016 by the NSW Premier Michael Baird announced the stadium would be redeveloped as a world-class rectangular stadium. Stadium is owned by Venues NSW on behalf of the NSW Government. The stadium was originally built to hold 110,000 spectators, making it the largest Olympic stadium ever built and is the second largest stadium in Australia after Melbourne Cricket Ground, which held more than 120,000 before the re-design in the early 2000s. In 2003 reconfiguration work to shorten the north and south wings and install moveable seating. These changes reduced the capacity to 83,500 for a rectangular field and 82,500 for an oval field. Awnings were also added over the north and south stands, so most of the seats to be under cover. The arena was constructed along sustainable lines, e.g., using less steel in the roof structure than the Olympic venues in Athens and Beijing. .... Learn more at Wikipedia

Name	Stadium Australia
Long Name	Stadium Australia, NSW, Australia
Region	New South Wales
Country	Australia
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