Rugby at ANZ Stadium

Location

Sydney
Australia
33° 50' 49.4916" S, 151° 3' 48.24" E
AU
General info: 

The Stadium Australia, known as ANZ Stadium is the home stadium for Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs (since 1999), South Sydney Rabbitohs (since 2006) and Two Parramatta Eels home games (since 2008). If you want to add more Australian soul to your visit in Sydney, come see a rugby game here. Rugby is one of the most popular sports in Australia and the atmosphere can get pretty tense. If there is no game on, they also have guided tours to get to know the stadium itself.

The stadium, which in Australia is sometimes referred to as Sydney Olympic Stadium, was completed in March 1999 at a cost of A$690 million[1] to host the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3][4] Every year since the stadium was built, the New South Wales rugby league team's home games in the State of Origin series have been played there. Also the stadium has since hosted the annual National Rugby League grand final.

The stadium was originally built to temporarily hold 110,000 spectators, making it the largest Olympic Stadium ever built. In 2003 reconfiguration work was completed to shorten the north and south wings, and install movable seating. These changes reduced the capacity to 83,500.

Getting there: 

Sydney Buses operates a number of services to Sydney Olympic Park including:
401: From Lidcombe Station to Olympic Park Station via Homebush Bay
525: From Parramatta Station to Burwood (Westfield) via UWS Parramatta Campus, Rydalmere, Newington, Olympic Park Station, Strathfield Station, Burwood Station
526: From Sydney Olympic Park Wharf to Burwood (Westfield) via Newington, Strathfield Station, Burwood Station

Costs: 

Prices depending on the event. A rugby game ticket can vary from 10 to 50 $.

Interesting places nearby

Mt. Baw Baw's integrated network of six lifts, services over 30 hectares of skiing terrain and provides some spectacular scenery.

Falls Creek is 356kms (about 4.5 hours) from Melbourne and approximately eight hours' drive from Sydney.

Craigieburn Valley Ski Area, located in the heart of New Zealand's Southern Alps, has achieved cult status amongst NZ's hottest skiers; steep, deep and cheap.

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