The government is continuing its bid to increase the number of major concerts at Allianz Stadium and this week released the planning modification for public exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With music superstar Sir Paul McCartney confirming that he\u2019ll play back-to-back concerts at the new $828 million stadium in October, Minister for Sport Steve Kamper said the cap must be lifted so more people can make use of the best new entertainment venue in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Concerts at Allianz Stadium are estimated to be worth $7 million per night to the NSW economy and create some 1500 direct and indirect jobs. This is in addition to attracting attendees from all over Sydney, NSW and Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Concertgoers are also the biggest users of the public transport network, which is included with any ticketed event at Allianz Stadium and the SCG. In January, more than 70% of attendees at Elton John\u2019s concerts travelled to and from Allianz Stadium on the public transport network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The planning amendment to the stadium\u2019s State Significant Development Application (SSDA) goes on public exhibition on Saturday 12 August with people invited to have their say. This follows extensive public consultation led by Venues NSW, which reached 35,000 local residents and businesses, through email, phone, letter drops, community engagements and public stalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The SSDA includes a concert cap that was first created in the mid-1990s that today restricts the SCG and Allianz Stadium to a maximum of 6 concerts per year, with a 5-year rolling average of 4 concerts a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Allianz Stadium is the third venue to sit alongside the Sydney Cricket Ground (est. 1851), adding to the precinct\u2019s history of hosting major sporting and entertainment events, including concerts, major opera spectaculars, motor racing and all manner of sporting events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
More information and have your say about the concert cap modificationlaunch<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n NSW Minister for Sport Steve Kamper said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019ve seen record crowds roll through for the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup and now is the time to continue the momentum by removing this concert cap and working with all the major concert promoters to bring the biggest and best music artists and shows to Sydney.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe need to put the entertainment back into the entertainment precinct.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSir Paul McCartney will play two shows at Allianz Stadium in October, that\u2019s 50% of the stadiums yearly allowance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe need to unlock this stadium, we want to see as many NSW residents as possible enjoying this world class venue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n NSW Minister for Jobs and Tourism John Graham said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur goal is to bring live music back to NSW. The state lost half of all music venues over the last decade and we are addressing this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere could not be a bigger symbol of where the new government wants to head than lifting the concert cap.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The government is continuing its bid to increase the number of major concerts at Allianz Stadium and this week released the planning modification for public exhibition. With music superstar Sir Paul McCartney confirming that he\u2019ll play back-to-back concerts at the new $828 million stadium in October, Minister for Sport Steve Kamper said the cap must … Continue reading “Allianz Stadium concert cap on public exhibition”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22279,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22278\/revisions\/22279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}