Fairfield Showground

Fairfield Showground
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Location443 Smithfield Road, Prairiewood
Coordinates33°52′00″S 150°54′20″E / 33.8667°S 150.9056°E / -33.8667; 150.9056
OwnerFairfield City Council
SurfaceIndoor and outdoor
2020 (Artificial turf for football venue)
Opened1950s
2020
(Opening of football venue)
Tenants
Macarthur FC (A-League) and Northbridge Bulls (NPL NSW) training facility, (2021–present)
Website
Official Website

Fairfield Showground is a multi-purpose indoor-outdoor venue situated in Prairiewood, New South Wales, Australia. Since in the 1970s, it has been a popular venue for multicultural festivals, horse racing, carnivals, markets and club meets attracting as many as 20,000 people. Situated in western Sydney, the showground has around 10,000 sqm of undercover exhibition space and it is overall 33 hectares (79 acres) in size, with parking spaces for over 600 vehicles.

One of the largest festival precinct in Greater Western Sydney, the showground was developed in the 1950s and is surrounded by eucalyptus bushland, with Orphan School Creek meandering on the north.[1]

  1. ^ George V (1991) Fairfield – A History of the District – second edition Fairfield City Council