Wyndham City Stadium 1160 Sayers Road, Tarneit Wyndham City Stadium is a proposed 15,000-
As well as Wyndham City Stadium, the site
seat purpose-built football stadium which will
will also include a second 5,000-capacity
be built in Tarneit - west of Melbourne. The
stadium, a residential precinct with around
venue will be the future home of A-League
1,000 residences, and a commercial mixed-use
expansion side, Western United FC, who
development.
joined the competition in 2019/20. The club has played its home games at various venues
“This is a proud moment for WMG, the football
including GMHBA Stadium in Geelong and
club and the community who have been on
Mars Stadium in Ballarat.
this journey with us from the start,” WMG Chairman Jason Sourasis said.
Located 30km from Melbourne’s CBD, the
“I am delighted that the first earth-moving
$180 million facility will be privately-funded
vehicles are on site, we’re on our way now.
and the renders show a smaller version of the
“Just to get to this point has been years of
new Bankwest Stadium. Fans will be close to
preparation and planning, and I’d like to thank
the action, including behind the goals, and the
our partner Wyndham City Council for their
stands will be some of the steepest in Australia.
hard work and support.”
The Western United FC has reported that
Western United CEO, Chris Pehlivanis said, “It’s
early site works have commenced on
fantastic that early works have commenced
the precinct that’ll eventually house the
on the site, this is the biggest milestone for our
15,000-capacity Wyndham City Stadium.
Club to date.”
The Western Melbourne Group, who are a
“I’m excited. Get ready, from here on in, there
parent company of Western United, reached
will be plenty of moments to celebrate as we
the milestone in December 2021 when the first
watch the precinct come to life with those
soil was finally turned on the 62-hectare site in
on the journey with us – our loyal members,
Tarneit.
partners, footballers, staff, volunteers and fans.”
The construction team is now on-site, with
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heavy vehicles mobilised and in full swing,
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constructing the site’s haul road, which will provide access to the stadium site for construction vehicles.
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