Blacktown International Sportspark (BISP) (officially known as Blacktown Olympic Park) is a multi-sports venue located in

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, a suburb in

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. The venue includes two

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grounds, which have also been used for

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, an athletics track and field, three baseball diamonds, two soccer fields, four

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diamonds, administration centers and park land. It was constructed for the

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to host

and

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events. The facilities have since been used as a training and administrative base for the

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from 2010 to 2012, and for the

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since 2012. Since 2010 the

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of the

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have used the main baseball stadium as their home field.

Facilities

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Blacktown ISP Oval Blacktown International Sportspark Oval is an Australian rules football and cricket ground located in Rooty Hill, a suburb in Sydney, Australia. The stadium was constructed in 2009 as part of the Blacktown International Sportspark. It has a cap ...

* Blacktown Softball Stadium * Blacktown Football Park

Australian Rules Football & Cricket Centre

The Australian Rules Football & Cricket centre was constructed in 2008. It features two ovals for Australian Rules Football & Cricket, stadium, function facilities and an indoor practice centre for Cricket. The official opening of the centre was held in on 22 August 2009 with the Mayor of Blacktown City, Councillor Charlie Lowles joined by Chief Executive Officers from AFL NSW/ACT and Cricket NSW.

Greater Western Sydney Giants

Greater Western Sydney Giants (GWS) had a permanent presence at

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from 2010 to 2014. After the

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spent $27 million on an AFL stadium & training facility, GWS abandoned the facility, in favour of a $45m facility built by the NSW Government at

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in Sydney's inner west, that also included an upgrade to the

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at Sydney Olympic Park. The club has used the stadium for

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and men's reserves games in the

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Blacktown Football Park

The combined football facilities on the southern side are known as "Blacktown Football Park", and are the Blacktown Spartans home ground and the Western Sydney Wanderers training facility and mini-stadium known as the Wanderers Football Park. In addition to two broadcast level boutique stadiums, there are another dozen football pitches, the Wanderers administrative & training base and several

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courts.

Blacktown Spartans

A boutique stadium at the facility hosts National Premier League fixtures for

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. There is a small grandstand with the player facilities, seating and a canteen. The far side has metal bench railings while the two ends are slight elevated grassy hills.

Western Sydney Wanderers

When the Wanderers started in 2012 the club used the Athletics Centre grandstand as temporary offices and the grassed middle of the field as their training pitch, with some pre-season games played on it. The youth team would also use the Spartans stadium for Youth League & NPL fixtures. In 2014, Western Sydney Wanderers began the process of building a centre of excellence, consisting of a training base, offices and their youth academy at Blacktown International Sportspark. As part of the multimillion-dollar elite training base and academy, purpose-built grass playing fields, administration facilities, medical rooms and offices on the southern side of the precinct were built. The $15 million club funded project ran into a land rights issue that delayed the completion until 2019. The main pitch has a 500 capacity grandstand and the playing surface replicates the one at the

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and is known as the Wanderers Football Park. In addition to being the training facility for the club it also hosts senior team pre-season matches, the W-League team, the youth side in the National Premier League system and junior league matches. The Wanderers first W-League match was a 2-1 win vs the

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on Saturday 2 January 2021, with Rosea Galea scoring both goals for the home side. The youth team defeated the Northern Tigers by 3-1 on Sunday 21 March 2021 at the ground. It has also been regularly used for the Wanderers NPL NSW team, and in May 2022 it hosted a competitive game for the A-League Men's team for the first time, with the Wanderers losing a

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play-off qualifier match against the Brisbane Roar.

Cricket

The three-day match between Cricket Australia XI and New Zealanders in October 2015 was abandoned after concerns over the pitch. In the late afternoon on the first day the ball was bouncing unpredictably from the fast bowlers and by the second morning the pitch surface was severely cracked and saw the footmark and batting creases worn down to bare dirt. New Zealand bowled with spin only until the Australian declaration followed Carters dismissal before lunch as Tom Latham took the only bowling wicket in his entire high level playing career. New Zealand then refused to bat because of the dangerous state of the wicket and the game was abandoned after an hour spent discussing the situation between the teams & officials. Ryan Carters (209) and Aaron Finch (288 not out) scored 503 for the opening wicket and the match ended with the sole innings being Cricket Australia XI scoring 503/1 (dec) with New Zealand giving every player in the team a bowl except for wicket-keeper

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. The Finch-Carter partnership easily eclipsed the previous Australian first class record of 456 set by openers Ernie Mayne and Bill Ponsford for Victoria in 1923–24. The

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tour saw the visiting Indian team use the cricket ground as their Covid lockdown training area.

Proposed developments

As part of Australia's unsuccessful 2018–2022 FIFA World Cup bid, the athletics track at the western end of the park was proposed to be developed into a soccer stadium named Blacktown Stadium. The stadium would have had 41,000-seat, a figure which would be downgraded to 26,000 post-tournament.Blacktown Stadium – Sydney
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References

External links

Official website
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