How has Sydney sustained after the Olympics?
Sydney planned its Olympic facilities to be an asset used well into the future beyond the games. The athletes village became Sydney’s newest up market suburb now called Newington. The main Olympic stadium was designed from the outset to have those huge open air tiers at each end removable after the event. So the stadium went from a 100,000 seat venue down to 80,000 seats. This sized arena had been sorely lacking in Sydney for many years and is now in constant use. It is home for major sporting teams in Rugby League and Aust. Rules Football, and visiting major cultural events like rock bands and the like. At least half of the smaller Olympic facilities are now owned and operated as the venue for the annual Royal Agricultural Show. They moved there after the NSW government sold the old show grounds south of the city centre to Fox Studios for major redevelopment. The Olympic park authority has also improved the site by turning other available land into a business park development. Many of
