Parramatta Stadium

Parramatta Stadium

Parramatta Stadium
Location	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33°48′29″S 150°59′59″E / 33.80806°S 150.99972°E / -33.80806; 150.99972
Owner	NSW Government
Operator	Parramatta Stadium Trust
Executive suites	17
Capacity	24,000 (Venue capacity)[1] 20,741 (Seating capacity)[2]
Record attendance	27,918 – Australia vs France, 6 July 1994 (rugby league)
Field size	140 x 80 metres
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	1985
Opened	1986
Closed	2016
Demolished	2016
Architect	Civil & Civic
Tenants
Parramatta Eels (NRL) (1986–2016) Sydney Wave (ABL) (1991–1992) Sydney Storm (ABL) (1993–1996) Sydney Tigers (ARL) (1995–1996) Sydney Bulldogs (ARL) (1995) Parramatta Power (NSL) (1999–2004) Western Sydney Wanderers (A-League) (2012–2016) Greater Sydney Rams (NRC) (2014–2015)

Parramatta Stadium was a sports stadium in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 24 km (15 mi) west of Sydney CBD. The stadium was the home ground of several western Sydney-based sports teams, at the time of closure the most notable were the Parramatta Eels of the National Rugby League and the Western Sydney Wanderers of the A-League.

Cumberland Oval was the local name for the cricket, motor sports and rugby venue that had existed prior to Parramatta Stadium being built, with the area having been used for recreational activities since 1788, the founding year of the British colony in New South Wales.

The stadium also hosted numerous other sporting and cultural events since its opening in 1986. Michael Jackson performed there during his Bad World Tour on 20–21 November 1987, and Paul McCartney concluded the Australian leg of The New World Tour with two shows there on 22–23 March 1993.

In 2015 the NSW Government announced that the stadium would be demolished and replaced, and to that end, Parramatta Stadium was demolished in February 2017, with the new Western Sydney Stadium built in the same location.