{"id":2956,"date":"2019-06-04T09:28:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T09:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=2956"},"modified":"2019-06-04T09:28:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T09:28:02","slug":"western-sydney-the-new-home-of-sydney-7s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/06\/04\/western-sydney-the-new-home-of-sydney-7s\/","title":{"rendered":"WESTERN SYDNEY: THE NEW HOME OF SYDNEY 7s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The HSBC Sydney 7s is headed west with the new state-of-the-art Bankwest Stadium set to host the 2020 tournament from 1-2 February.<br \/>\nFollowing three successful years at Allianz Stadium and a fourth at Spotless Stadium at Sydney Olympic Park, players and fans from right across the globe will descend on the heart of Western Sydney at Parramatta to celebrate the tournament next year.<br \/>\nMinister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said Bankwest Stadium will be the perfect fit for the HSBC Sydney 7s tournament.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Sydney 7s is an exciting event in our State\u2019s calendar &#8211; it\u2019s as much about the enthusiastic fans in the stands as it is about the players on the field,\u201d Mr Ayres said.<br \/>\n\u201cAbout half of Sydney\u2019s population lives in Western Sydney and it\u2019s among the fastest growing regions in NSW, so it makes perfect sense to hold this fantastic multicultural sporting event at the new state-of-the-art Bankwest Stadium, where there isn\u2019t a bad seat in the house!<br \/>\n\u201cNot only will it help grow the game of rugby union, but it will also encourage more people to spend a weekend in Western Sydney and make the most of what this beautiful region has to offer.\u201d<br \/>\nSupported by the NSW Government\u2019s tourism and major events agency Destination NSW, the HSBC Sydney 7s combines world-class rugby with a festival atmosphere, featuring live bands, rides and interactive entertainment.<br \/>\nRugby Australia Chief Executive, Raelene Castle said: \u201cWe are looking forward to taking the HSBC Sydney 7s to Bankwest Stadium, continuing our drive to showcase the event in Sydney\u2019s west.<br \/>\n\u201cThe fan experience at Bankwest Stadium is nothing short of world class and it will lift the event to another level in 2020.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is a massive year for Rugby Sevens next year with the Tokyo Olympic Games and those who come along to Bankwest Stadium in February will find out just why it is one of the fastest growing sports on the planet.\u201d<br \/>\nFans are encouraged to register at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sydney7s.com.au\/\">sydney7s.com.au<\/a>\u00a0to take advantage of early-bird prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HSBC Sydney 7s is headed west with the new state-of-the-art Bankwest Stadium set to host the 2020 tournament from 1-2 February. Following three successful years at Allianz Stadium and a fourth at Spotless Stadium at Sydney Olympic Park, players and fans from right across the globe will descend on the heart of Western Sydney &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/06\/04\/western-sydney-the-new-home-of-sydney-7s\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WESTERN SYDNEY: THE NEW HOME OF SYDNEY 7s&#8221;<\/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-2956","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\/2956","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=2956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}