STADIUM AUSTRALIA FAST FACTS
Fact | Stage 1 | Stage 2 |
Capacity | 110,000 | 80,000 |
Highest Point | 58 metres above ground level (approx. 14 storeys) | |
Site Area | 16 hectares | |
Olympic Track & Field Arena | 120 metres wide, 197 metres long | |
Roof size | 30,000 sq.m | |
Roof weight | 4,100 tonnes | |
Main arch span | 295.6 metres (could fit 4 Boeing 747’s side to side) | |
Construction | Obayashi Corporation/Multiplex Constructions | |
Design | Bligh Lobb Sports Architects | |
Construction began | September 1996 | October 2001 |
Completion | March 1999 | October 2003 |
Cost | $690 million | $80 million |
Soil moved | 55,000 cubic metres | |
Largest crane lift | 250 tonnes (to lift main arch) | |
Concrete used | 90,000 cubic metres | |
Concrete trucks loads | 18,000 | |
Structural Steel | 12,000 tonnes | |
Reinforcing | 10,000 tonnes | |
Peak construction workforce | 1,500 workers | |
Number of levels | 7 | |
No. of seats undercover | 60,000 | 75,000 |
Capacity of temporary end stands | 30,000 | |
Number of piles in foundations | 2,600 | |
Lenth of electrical cabling | 180km | |
No. of masonry blocks | 1,000,000 |