PERSPECTIVE OLYMPIC STADIUM,
HOMEBUSH
The crowd of 72,393 at the Olympic Stadium Homebush on
Saturday night August 23, 2003 was the highest attendance to watch an AFL match outside of
Victoria.
Crowd records for Homebush are
112,524, Olympics 2000, Monday, September 25, 2000 on the occasion of Cathy Freeman's win
in the 400m women's final.104,583, rugby league double-header, public opening of the
stadium, March 6, 1999.
82,309, Rugby, Australia v New Zealand, Aug 13, 2005
79,132, NRL State of Origin, NSW v Qld, June 25, 2003
74,842, NRL State of Origin, NSW v Qld, June 26, 2002
72,393, AFL, Sydney v Collingwood, Sat, August 23, 2003
70,249, NRL State of Origin, NSW v Qld, June 10, 2001
64,222, AFL, Sydney v Collingwood, Sat, June 23, 2007
62,255, NRL double-header, February 5, 2000
61,511, NRL State of Origin, NSW v Qld, May 10, 2000
58,767, NRL State of Origin, NSW v Qld, June 7, 2000
55,421, NRL State of Origin, NSW v Qld, May 12, 2002
54,833, NRL double-header, February 17, 2001
54,129, AFL, Sydney v Essendon, Sat, May 25, 2002
40,386, AFL, Sydney v Richmond, Sat, August 31, 2002
45,917, AFL, Sydney v Essendon, Sat, June 7, 2003
42,017, NRL double-header, March 15, 2003
37,183, NRL double-header, March 31, 2002
34,404, AFL Sydney v Carlton, Sat, July 27, 2002
33,397, NRL double-header, April 19, 2003
30,803, AFL, Sydney v Carlton, Sat, March 29, 2003
30,360, NRL, Canterbury v Brisbane, Good Friday, April 2, 1999 |