Official announcment: New 30,000 seat stadium coming to Parramatta.

A new 30,000-seat stadium will be built at Parramatta, part of an investment in new and old stadiums in Sydney, worth more than $1 billion.NSW Premier Mike Baird and Minister for Sport Stuart Ayres announced the new stadium on Friday.They called their overall package the biggest investment in sport and major event infrastructure in NSW since the Sydney Olympics in 2000.AdvertisementThere will also be a new rectangular stadium at Moore Park, seating between 50,000 and 55,000, and a new indoor arena near the CBD, Mr Baird said in a release.The package includes a new outer western Sydney sporting venue, a possible retractable roof and redevelopment of ANZ Stadium at Sydney Olympic Park, and the completion of the SCG upgrade."A global city like Sydney needs world-class sporting venues and this investment will ensure fans and sporting teams have the facilities they deserve," Mr Baird said."Our first priority is building a new 30,000 seat stadium at Parramatta on the site of the existing facility, with work to begin as soon as possible and construction expected to be completed by 2019," he said. But many questions about the package remain unclear. The government has set aside $600 million from the privatisation of electricity assets to spend on upgrades, but has not said how it would find the rest of the funds.The locations for some of the new stadiums are also uncertain."The upgrades are contingent upon final business cases, design work and the NSW government reaching content agreements with the sporting codes to ensure matches are spread across the stadium network," Mr Ayres said."As part of this package, NSW government is negotiating to acquire leasehold management rights for Stadium Australia.Once this is finalised we will work towards one governing entity for Sydney's stadia network," he said.

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Cʜɪᴇғ - September 4, 2015 at 1:59pm

Yes baby. That's what I'm talking about.
booooom.
- Glenn Lifetime Eel > Cʜɪᴇғ - September 5, 2015 at 10:17am
  
  What happened to 5000 seats? WSW would at least draw a crowd of 35k if they are winning and Parra would also. I'm sure the extra seats wouldn't cost much more to build.
Bert de Naturál✌️™ September 4, 2015 at 2:05pm

Why not just make it 40,000 and it's done and dusted.

"Build it and they will come"
- Gerad Elias > Bert de Naturál✌️™ September 4, 2015 at 2:24pm
  
  That's what I would have preferred, although AAMI Park has a capacity of 30,050 and is a great stadium.
- Phil Mann > Bert de Naturál✌️™ September 4, 2015 at 6:29pm
  
  Which means that if it's only 30000 capacity we (our administration) will still be tempted to take potential blockbuster games to ANZ.
Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown September 4, 2015 at 2:22pm

''Expected to be completed by 2019'', that could mean 3 seasons away from Parra, surely it doesnt take 3 years to build a stadium, lets get this started asap.
- Glenn Lifetime Eel > Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown September 5, 2015 at 10:19am
  
  Bring in the Chinese they will build in in under 1 year. The are able to build an 8 storey building in 3 months over there, of course, not sure how long it will stand up for.
hindy September 4, 2015 at 2:30pm

wow awesome news folks..30k is perfect and wont look too big when we only attract 20k
Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown September 4, 2015 at 2:33pm

3 years to build a house? maybe if theres a money problem, if its in a location that needs a barge/water access, if youve employed the wrong builders, or theres somebody in charge thats a dope or they have decided to go above their means and ability, it doesnt take 3 years to build a house Mack.
- 5 minutes Turkish > Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown September 4, 2015 at 5:09pm
  
  Grunta maybe able to offer some advice on how long it takes to build a house.