Stadium Location:
Parramatta Stadium
Street: O’Connell Street Suburb: Parramatta City: Sydney Postcode: 2150

Matches:
Tonga v Ireland
(Monday, 27 October 2008, 18:55)
Ireland v Samoa
(Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 18:00)

Capacity: Parramatta Stadium - Capacity: 20,878

Parramatta is Australia’s sixth largest central business district and is the economical capital of western Sydney.

The city’s rapidly growing population, low unemployment and a large skilled labour force is attracting new businesses overnight.

Centrally located, Parramatta is easily accessible by road, rail and an outstanding ferry service that, in itself, is a major tourist attraction. You can commute from Sydney within 40 minutes by road, rail and ferry.

Nearly 90,000 people work in Parramatta which is 24kms west of Sydney’s CBD..

The Parramatta River and the 84 hectare park are within a stone’s throw of the CBD.

Parramatta is famous for its history and especially the many historic homes. It has a wide range of restaurants is easy walking.

Cycling is a way of life with so many facilities available to exercise including the vast and scenic Parramatta Park.

Shops are in abundance and local claim they never have to leave Parramatta in search of what they want.

POPULATION 240,000

PROXIMITY
A 28km drive from the heart of Sydney’s CBD.
A one hour drives to the Blue Mountains.
A 90-minute drive to the world class Jenolan Caves.

CLIMATE
Parramatta can be 5c hotter than Sydney in summer.
For World Cup matches the maximum temperature will be within the range of 27c-29c.
The minimum temperature will be 12c-14c.

TRANSPORT
The most popular method of travelling from Sydney to Parramatta is by ferry or river cat. (Sydney Ferries website: www.sydneyferries.nsw.gov.au)
Trains run regularly throughout the day and night from Sydney’s main stations, Wynyard, Town Hall and Central.

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