Sydney Football Stadium (1988)

Sydney Football Stadium

Address	Driver Avenue Moore Park Australia
Coordinates	33°53′21″S 151°13′31″E / 33.88917°S 151.22528°E / -33.88917; 151.22528
Owner	Government of New South Wales via the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust
Operator	Sydney Cricket Ground Trust
Executive suites	65
Capacity	45,500 (venue capacity) 44,000 (seated capacity)
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 (1986)
Opened	24 January 1988; 36 years ago (1988-01-24)
Closed	5 October 2018; 6 years ago (2018-10-05)
Demolished	18 December 2019; 5 years ago (2019-12-18)
Construction cost	$68 million
Architect	Philip Cox Richardson & Taylor
Tenants
Rugby league Sydney Roosters (NRL) (1988–2018) South Sydney Rabbitohs (NRL) (1988–1999, 2002–2005, 2015–2017) New South Wales rugby league team (1988–1998) St George Illawarra Dragons (NRL) (2000–2002) Wests Tigers (NRL) (2009–2013) Others New South Wales Waratahs (Super Rugby) (1996–2018) Sydney FC (A-League) (2005–2018) Australian Sevens (2016–2018)

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.