Sydney Football Stadium (2022)
The Sydney Football Stadium (2022), commercially to be known as Allianz Stadium, is a stadium currently under construction in Moore Park, Sydney, Australia. It is scheduled to open in mid-2022 as a replacement for the Sydney Football Stadium. The New South Wales Waratahs, Sydney FC and Sydney Roosters will be the ground's major tenants. It will be used as one of the venues for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, and a Regional Venue for the 2032 Summer Olympics. History. In October 2018 plans for the new stadium to replace the original Sydney Football  Stadium were released by the Government of New South Wales. In December 2018 Lendlease were appointed to build the stadium. Construction was initially scheduled to commence in 2019 with an early 2022 completion date. In July 2019 the construction part of the Lendlease contract was cancelled by the government with John Holland and Multiplex shortlisted to bid for the contract. In December 2019 John Holland was awarded a $735 million construction contract, representing a $99 million increase in the original budget for demolition and construction. The stadium is expected to be complete by October 2022. The total Construction  Cost of the Stadium is AU$828 million. Construction. Demolition of the previous stadium began in March 2019. Opposition from local interest groups saw them attempt to prevent or slow the demolition via legal action before the 2019 New South Wales state election. After a short court-ordered delay just prior to the election, the existing Government was returned and the destruction of the old stadium continued through to completion in late 2019 at a cost of $40 million. Construction of the stadium commenced in April 2020, with major drilling beginning the following month. By the end of 2020 work  on the structure had commenced on all four sides of the new venue, which included elevator shafts and formwork for machinery and hospitality spaces. The first seats were installed in October 2021. Political and contractual issues. The demolition and rebuild of the stadium was a major political issue for the 2019 New South Wales state election. Sydney journalist, Peter FitzSimons, published articles opposing the build. The New South Wales Labor party, the opposition party to the Government, elected to oppose the rebuilds as their official policy, and made it the cornerstone of their campaign. The election was won by the  current government and the Sydney Football Stadium rebuild continued post-election. In December 2018, Lendlease was unveiled as the successful bidder to carry out the demolition and construction work. At the time, then Sports Minister Stuart Ayres was quizzed over how the contract for construction could be awarded, because development consent had not been secured for stage two. On 26 July 2019, Sports Minister, John Sidoti announced Lendlease would not be constructing the new stadium because it was unable to complete the $729 million project within budget. At this stage demolition was mostly complete and it appeared the original  contract was a fixed price option for the construction phase. John Holland took over the project after Lendlease declined to continue.