Venues NSW

Agency of the New South Wales Government

Minister responsible
  • Steve Kamper, Minister for Sport
Government agency executive
  • Kerrie Mather, chief executive officer[1]
Parent departmentNew South Wales Department of Enterprise, Investment and TradeWebsitewww.venuesnsw.com

Venues NSW is an agency of the Government of New South Wales that owns and operates several sporting facilities across New South Wales, Australia. It was established on 2 March 2012 from the merger of three trusts, namely the Hunter Region Sporting Venues Authority, Parramatta Stadium Trust and Illawarra Venues Authority.[2] Illawarra Venues Authority itself replaced the Wollongong Sportsground Trust in December 2009.[3]

On 1 December 2020, the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust was also merged into Venues NSW.[4][5]

As of August 2022[update], Venues NSW's venues are:[6]

  • Stadium Australia (Accor Stadium)
  • Western Sydney Stadium (CommBank Stadium)
  • Newcastle International Sports Centre (McDonald Jones Stadium)
  • Newcastle Entertainment Centre and Showground
  • Sydney Cricket Ground
  • Sydney Football Stadium (Allianz Stadium)
  • Wollongong Showground and Wollongong Entertainment Centre (WIN Sports Stadium and Entertainment Centres)

References

  1. ^ Chenery, Elinya; Gregory, Xanthe (19 February 2024). "Superstar Taylor Swift touches down in Sydney in next leg of Eras stadium tour". ABC News. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Venues NSW Annual Report 2012" (PDF). Venues NSW. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Annual Report 10–11" (PDF). Parliament of New South Wales. Illawarra Venues Authority. 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  4. ^ "New Venues Entity Created – Venues NSW". www.venuesnsw.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Annual Report 2021" (PDF). OpenGov NSW. Venues NSW. 30 August 2021. p. 40. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Overview". Venues NSW. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022.


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