Fact Sheet - Business Events

General

• 9 business event venues
• 80 function rooms and outdoor spaces
• Since the Sydney 2000 Olympics more than 3 million business visitors to Sydney Olympic Park at more than 4,000 business events
• Capable of catering for less than a dozen to over 80,000

Attendance

2001/2002 Financial Year

• 548,884 Business Event Delegates

2002/2003 Financial Year

• 1,089,064 Business Event Delegates
• +98% growth in Business Event Delegates
• 1498 business events held

2003/2004 Financial Year

• 1,550,769 Business Event Delegates
• + 42% growth in Business Event Delegates
• 1,849 business events held
• +23% growth in business events held

Summary 2001-2004 Financial Years

A total of 3,188,717 Business Event Delegates visited the Park. This represented a growth of over 183%.

Venues

Aquatic and Athletic Centres

Function entertainment has ranged from jetskis and hovercraft in the main pool to the pool floor being raised to a depth of one inch with models appearing to walk on water. There is a total of eight rooms available with capacity ranging from 20 to 1,500.

Bicentennial Park

One of the parks that is part of Australia's largest urban parklands area. Two rooms available wtih capacities of 20 and 120.

Novotel and Ibis Hotels

With full house accommodation and every function room booked, catering was conducted with seemless effort. Eight functions rooms are availabe wtih capacity ranging from 20 to 200.

Sports Centre

A venure very popular with multicultural popstars due to its cabaret atmosphere. There are 7 rooms available for hire with capacities ranging from 80 to 4,150.

Sydney International Tennis Centre

Gold Medal Winner of the 2001 Sulman Award for Architectural Design. Five rooms with capacities of 60 to 500.

Sydney Showground

The Showground is set on 30-hectares and is the most modern complex of its kind in the world. There are 20 function rooms with capacities ranging from 80 to 9,000.

Sydney SuperDome

The SuperDome is the leading venue of the Asia Pacific basin in security. It has seven function rooms available with capacities of 30 to 5,000.

Tesltra Stadium

With the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and Rugby League Grand Finals as it main funtions, the main arena has served as the setting for a formal sit down function - a private 60^th birthday party for 100 guests. There are a total of 16 rooms available with capacities of 20 to 80,000.

Events

The available venues can cater to a vast array of events, limited only by imagination. Events include:

• Banquets
• Cocktail parties
• Product launches
• Expos
• Weddings
• Conventions
• Conferences
• Trade Fairs
• Motor Shows
• Corporate sports
• Seminars
• Training workshops
• Award dinners