Should have made Allianz 70k and knocked down Accor. Sensible stadium decisions seem to be an issue in Australia in some cities!
How would that be a sensible decision?
Total stupidity!
Accor is located in the centre of the Sydney region.
Allianz is in the Easter Suburbs of Sydney
Accor is serviced by heavy rail with a station located at the doorstep.(Direct trains from Central or Parramatta only during major events)
Allianz has no rail but light rail (from Central) which is still a 15 minute walk to the ground
Moore Park is a traffic nightmare on any day.
In a few years, Accor will be accessible with its own Metro station from the Sydney CBD or Parramatta.
High speed trains every 2-3 minutes. Less than 15 minute trip from the CBD and 5 minutes from Parramatta Station to get to Olympic Park. It will be quicker to get to Accor from Parramatta Metro Station than getting to Parramatta Stadium. 2 x Train stations (Metro and Rail),plus Light Rail access at Accor
It makes no sense to knock it down and replace it in the Eastern Suburbs.
What's makes sense will be to upgrade/rebuilt Accor into a 70,000+ Rectangular venue.This was the plan a few years ago until it was sabotaged by the SCG Trust and Covid.
Accor still does its job, but its getting old and needs the rebuild it was planned for.
SFS is the best rectangular Stadium in Australia and perfectly fine at 45,000