Sydney’s magnificent new state-of-the-art sporting venue, commercially known as the Allianz Stadium, is rebuilt and ready for action. Concluding two years of hard work through staggeringly difficult and unprecedented conditions, the new Sydney Football Stadium (SFS) was successfully delivered by John Holland, in partnership with the New South Wales government, in August 2022.
Built to enhance the spectator experience and compete with sporting arenas internationally, the spectacular new 42,500 seat stadium replaces the original Sydney Football Stadium, located at Moore Park. It features three levels of seating on either side of the playing arena, steep seating angles, which provide unrivalled views of the field and a 360-degree open concourse inside and outside the venue, which includes contemporary bar and dining options, modern bathrooms and stunning corporate and member facilities. Setting the standard for rectangular stadiums in Australia, the innovative and iconic new build was designed by Cox Architecture.
Key to assisting this landmark development deliver on time and under budget was CSR Gyprock’s internal lining solutions, with a range of functional and suitable products specified across multiple applications. “It was the technical resources and knowledge of the CSR Gyprock team that inspired the confidence in Cox Architecture to engage Gyprock for the building of such a significant project,” says Stuart Farrelly, CSR Gyprock, NSW Commercial Sales Manager.
Gyprock partnered with Sydney Plaster to guide product specification and provide technical support onsite. “The team was able to offer practical and innovative design and performance solutions meeting the high-performance standards specified by Cox,” says Farrelly.
Taking into consideration the unique parameters of the football stadium such as mass volumes of people. foot traffic, noise and the numerous types of rooms requiring specific applications including wet rooms, changing rooms, media rooms, kitchens, restaurants, corridors as well as stands, the functionality and performance criteria that each product had to meet was significant, with the additional considerations of seismic and building code regulations.
