Accor Stadium, Multi-purpose stadium in Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia
Accor Stadium is a multi-purpose sports arena in Sydney Olympic Park that offers seating for tens of thousands of spectators across multiple tiers. The roof extends over most of the stands, sheltering visitors from changing weather during events.
The arena was built in the late 1990s for the 2000 Summer Olympics and opened in March 1999. In the following years, the original capacity was reduced to focus on rectangular field events and improved spectator experiences.
The stadium is the home ground of the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, and it hosts the annual NRL Grand Final. Its name has changed with naming rights: Telstra from 2002 to 2007, ANZ from 2008, and Accor from 2021. The 1999 Bledisloe Cup match drew a then-world-record rugby union crowd of 107,042.
Visitors will find multiple entrances around the arena, each leading to different seating sections. The site has parking available nearby, and public transport connects Olympic Park with central Sydney.
After the Olympics, the venue was reconfigured for rectangular field events like rugby and football, bringing seats closer to the playing surface. This change made it one of the largest permanent rectangular stadiums in the southern hemisphere.
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