ANZ Stadium (Sydney) tour

Its been more then a year here in Sydney for me but never got a chance to visit ANZ Stadium and having being heard so much about it, last weekend I thought lets give it a visit

It turned to be a really good experience as I got to know quite a lot about the history of the stadium from the tour guide. A little about it:

- Construction of ANZ Stadium commenced in September 1996 and was completed in March 1999.

- The Stadium project cost approximately $670 million.  This includes $545 million in design and construction costs, $32m in surrounding precinct works and $93m in development and financing costs.

- This $670 million covered the stage 1 Olympic configuration . A further $80 million was invested in the post-Games reconfiguration work involving the installation of an oval arena, moving stands on the east and west, roofing over the north and south stands and a new tier on the north stand.

- The Stadium in its final configuration has a capacity of 82,000 for oval sports (AFL and cricket) and a capacity of 83,500 in rectangular mode (for rugby union, league and soccer) and the ability to switch between these modes regularly.

Took a few pictures as well…

Stadium Entrance

Inside the Stadium