New Moore Park Stadium, NSW Sports Venue, Australian Football Facility, Architecture Photos
New Moore Park Stadium in Sydney
Modern Sports Venue in New South Wales, Australia ? design by Bates Smart Architects
12 Sep 2018
New Moore Park Stadium
Location: Driver Avenue, south-east Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Architects: Bates Smart
New Moore Park Stadium
The New South Wales State Government in Australia is proposing to demolish the main Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney?s south-eastern suburbs and replace it with a new stadium on the same site at a cost of $705 million.There has been broad public opposition to the proposal based on the wasteful use of government funds to demolish and rebuild.

Australian architecture and design practice Bates Smart believes there are three main issues with the Government?s proposal: 1. Moore Park Stadium is not well serviced by public transport

2. Moore Park Stadium does not have the surrounding entertainment and hospitality venues to extend the game experience and maximise visitor expenditure

3. The redevelopment does not catalyse wider economic benefits for urban or infrastructural renewal.
Philip Vivian, director, Bates Smart today reveals his alternative proposal to Sydney Football Stadium which involves constructing a 45,000-seat stadium over the rail yards of Sydney?s Central Station.
Philip Vivian, director, Bates Smart comments:

?The Coliseum in Rome established the concept of the stadium as a public space embedded in t...