State Hockey Centre | |
Location | Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, Sydney, NSW |
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Coordinates | 33°51′18″S 151°4′5″E / 33.85500°S 151.06806°E |
Owner | States Sport Centre Trust |
Capacity | 8,000 |
Surface | Synthetic |
Construction | |
Broke ground | September 1996 |
Opened | March 1998 |
Construction cost | A$ 15.5m |
Architect | Ancher Mortlock Wooley |
Tenants | |
Hockey NSW New South Wales Waratahs (AHL) (1998-present) New South Wales Arrows (AHL) (1998-present) |
The Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre, also known as the State Hockey Centre of New South Wales is a multi-use stadium in Sydney Olympic Park suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1998 to host the field hockey events at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Its current capacity is 8,000 people, with seating capacity for 4,000. For the Olympic Games capacity was boosted to 15,000 through the use of temporary stands.