Sydney Showground (Moore Park)
Sydney Showground is a stadium in Moore Park, Australia that opened in 1882. Its recorded capacity is 40,000.
Key facts
Sydney Showground is a stadium in Moore Park, Australia that opened in 1882. Its recorded capacity is 40,000. It is owned by New South Wales Government and Government of New South Wales. It is operated by News Corporation, 21st Century Fox, Disney Studios Australia and News Corporation. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Sydney Royal Easter Show, Sydney Roosters, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Empire Speedways, Sydney Royal Easter Show.
- Location
- Moore Park, Australia
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 40,000
- Opened
- 1882
- Status
- Demolished
- Current owner
- New South Wales Government, Government of New South Wales
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Sydney Showground is at latitude -33.893333, longitude 151.226944, in Moore Park, Australia. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | -33.893333 |
| Longitude | 151.226944 |
| City | Moore Park |
| Region | Moore Park |
| Country | Australia |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Government of New South Wales | 1882 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | New South Wales Government | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | News Corporation | 1882 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | News Corporation, 21st Century Fox, Disney Studios Australia | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Royal Easter Show | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Sydney Roosters | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Empire Speedways | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Sydney Royal Easter Show | Not mapped | 1882 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
12 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 3113 | 2026-10 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42327 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42326 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42325 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42324 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42323 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42322 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 36919 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 36918 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 36917 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372237764 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Sydney_Showground_(Moore_Park) | Sydney Showground (Moore Park) | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: