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Giants Stadium

View of the stadium in March 2018
Former names	Sydney Showground Main Arena Sydney Baseball Stadium Škoda Stadium
Location	Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales ( <maplink>: The JSON content is not valid GeoJSON+simplestyle. The list below shows all attempts to interpret it according to the JSON Schema. Not all are errors. /0/query: The property query is required /0/ids: The property ids is required /0: Failed to match at least one schema /0/title: The property title is required /0/service: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["page"] /0: Failed to match exactly one schema /0/geometries: The property geometries is required /0/type: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["GeometryCollection"] /0/type: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["MultiPolygon"] /0/type: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["Point"] /0/type: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["MultiPoint"] /0/type: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["LineString"] /0/type: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["MultiLineString"] /0/type: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["Polygon"] /0/coordinates: The property coordinates is required /0/geometry: The property geometry is required /0/type: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["Feature"] /0/features: The property features is required /0/type: Does not have a value in the enumeration ["FeatureCollection"] )
Coordinates	33°50′35″S 151°4′4″E
Owner	New South Wales Government
Operator	Royal Agricultural Society of NSW
Capacity	24,000 22,000 (Cricket) 21,500 (1998–2011)
Field size	160 x 134 metres
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	May 1996
Opened	February 1998
Renovated	2001
Expanded	2012
Architect	Populous (redevelopment)
Tenants
Sydney Royal Easter Show (1998–present) GWS Giants (AFL) (2012–present) Sydney Thunder (BBL) (2015–present) Sydney Thunder Women (WBBL) (2015–present) Western Sydney Wanderers (A-League) (2016–2019) Sydney Storm (ABL) (1998–1999) 2000 Summer Olympics Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (NRL) (2001–2005) 2019 Sydney Sevens
Website
www.sydneyshowground.com.au
Ground information
As of 30 December 2018 Source: Cricinfo

Sydney Showground Stadium (known commercially as Giants Stadium, previously Spotless Stadium and Škoda Stadium) is a sports and events stadium located at the Sydney Showground in Sydney Olympic Park. It hosted the baseball events for the 2000 Summer Olympics. The Showground, including the stadium, is operated by the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (RAS), under lease from the New South Wales Government.

The stadium hosts flagship events of the Sydney Royal Easter Show, such as the Grand Parade. The stadium is also used for sport. It is the primary home ground of the Australian Football League's Greater Western Sydney Giants and the home ground of the Big Bash League's Sydney Thunder. It was also the primary home ground of the A-League's Western Sydney Wanderers during the 2016-17 A-League season. Events and festivals to have been held at the stadium include Soundwave, Big Day Out, Stereosonic and Big Exo Day.

The stadium opened in 1998 as the Sydney Showground Main Arena. In conjunction with an expansion and upgrade in 2011–12, it was renamed Sydney Showground Stadium.