Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Telstra Stadium, formerly Stadium Australia, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Homebush, Sydney, Australia which opened in March 1999. The stadium was originally built at a cost of $600 million to host the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2002, the stadium went through a major reconfiguration, as to allow cricket and Australian Rules Football to be played at the ground. The athletics track was removed and a moveable seating section was introduced in its place. The moveable section is removed for sports that require an oval field, such as cricket and Australian Rules. Also as part of the reconfiguration seats that had a poor of the field were removed. Before the reconfiguration the stadium could hold 110,000 spectators. After the reconfiguration the capacity was reduced to 83,500 for a rectangular field and 73,000 for an oval field. In 2003 roofs were added over the North and South stands, which means that now 90% of all seating is under cover. External link Telstra Stadium official website This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.