St George Stadium, also known as Barton Park, has a total capacity of 15,000 including 2,500 seats. It has lighting up to International standard. At the moment it is home to the St.George Soccer Club who play in the New South Wales Premier League.
St.George Stadium was set to undergo a re-development and be transformed into a 20,000 all-seat venue including 12,000 seats under cover. This was to be done to allow NRL club St.George Illawarra to play their Sydney games at the stadium, however the club has since decided to upgrade and return to Oki Jubilee Stadium.
Preliminary discussions have been held within Football Federation Australia to revisit the concept of converting St George Stadium into a boutique 15,000-seat venue for Sydney's A-League club, as well as a training venue for the national team, the site of an academy and an administrative headquarters for the FFA, perhaps including a museum. However there hasn't been much progress and it appears Sydney FC will play out of Aussie Stadium.
The ground is simple in layout. There is a good sized grandstand on the western side. The stand also has corporate facilities, press facilities and player dressing rooms. The rest of the ground is surrounded by grass hills. One drawback for the ground is its location. The ground is in the middle of parkland just west of Sydney airport. Public transport links are poor.
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