The NSW Government has commissioned a giant mural at Stadium Australia to celebrate the Matildas\u2019 historic success at the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The permanent mural will capture some of the Matildas\u2019 greatest moments during the tournament at the scene of today\u2019s FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2023 final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It will serve as a permanent reminder of how the Matildas\u2019 run at this World Cup captured the imagination of the nation and inspired the next generation of female athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The artwork will be installed on the external fa\u00e7ade of the eastern side of Accor Stadium, closest to Olympic Park train station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is also the grandstand that will soon be named in honour of a female sporting legend, as the NSW Government completes another one of its election commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mural will also continue the NSW Government\u2019s commitment to invest in the Olympic stadium, which benefited from more than $80m of capital works upgrades in preparation for the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tonight the stadium will host its fifth sold-out match as a part of the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2023 when England take on Spain in the tournament final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 600,000 people attended the 11 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup matches in NSW, while hundreds of thousands more attended live sites around Sydney and NSW to cheer the Matildas throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project will be delivered by Venues NSW, which manages State\u2019s major sporting and entertainment venues in Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Venues NSW will work with the advisory team that brought the Allianz Stadium public art project to life, overseeing a tender process in line with NSW Government procurement requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mural will be funded from an existing Budget allocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Premier of NSW Chris Minns said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNSW is the home of women\u2019s sport in Australia, and this is about recognising the moments the Matildas\u2019 brought our nation to a standstill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Matildas\u2019 campaign captured the imagination of Australia and the footballing world. I\u2019m proud to announce that they will be permanently celebrated with a mural in their honour at Stadium Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMary Fowler, Steph Catley, Caitlin Foord and Mackenzie Arnold joined Samantha Kerr as household names and put the world on notice that Australia is a football nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Sport Steve Kamper said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe achievements of the Matildas at the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2023 will live on not only in our memories but also at Stadium Australia where they created history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019ve already committed to honouring a female sporting legend with a grandstand and this is the next step in honouring our elite female athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt will be a daily reminder to the 10 million people who visit Sydney Olympic Park each year of the greatest FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup tournament in history and how the whole nation got behind the Matildas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe look forward to delivering more for women\u2019s sport as part of our September budget.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The NSW Government has commissioned a giant mural at Stadium Australia to celebrate the Matildas\u2019 historic success at the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2023. The permanent mural will capture some of the Matildas\u2019 greatest moments during the tournament at the scene of today\u2019s FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2023 final. It will serve as a permanent … Continue reading “A new face of sport at Stadium Australia”<\/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-22415","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\/22415","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=22415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22416,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22415\/revisions\/22416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}