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| Address | Driver Avenue Moore Park Australia |
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| Coordinates | 33°53′21″S 151°13′31″E / 33.88917°S 151.22528°E |
| Owner | Government of New South Wales via the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust |
| Operator | Sydney Cricket Ground Trust |
| Executive suites | 65 |
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| Record attendance | 44,380 – Sydney Roosters vs South Sydney Rabbitohs, 22 September 2018 |
| Field size | 140 metres × 79 metres |
| Surface | Grass |
| Scoreboard | Yes |
| Screens | Yes |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1986 |
| Opened | 24 January 1988 |
| Closed | 5 October 2018 |
| Demolished | 18 December 2019 |
| Construction cost | $68 million |
| Architect | Philip Cox Richardson & Taylor |
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The Sydney Football Stadium, commercially known as Allianz Stadium and previously Aussie Stadium, was a football stadium in the Moore Park suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Built in 1988 next to the Sydney Cricket Ground, the stadium was Sydney's premier rectangular field venue for rugby league, rugby union and football.
Australia's national football teams, the Kangaroos, the Wallabies, and the Socceroos occasionally played at the stadium, while the Eastern Suburbs/Sydney City/Sydney Roosters, NSW Waratahs, and Sydney FC were the ground's major tenants. The stadium usually held both National Rugby League semi finals and one preliminary final, and also held the annual pre-season Charity Shield football match between South Sydney and St George Illawarra for a number of years. It hosted all New South Wales Rugby League/Australian Rugby League rugby league grand finals, as well as the first grand final under the NRL banner, between 1988 and 1998.
The NSW Government announced plans in November 2017 for the stadium to be demolished and rebuilt. The stadium closed on 5 October 2018, with the last event being a Michael Bublé concert. Demolition began in early 2019, continuing after several legal challenges and becoming a major issue during the 2019 state election. It was ultimately replaced by the stadium of the same name opening on 28 August 2022.