Bassendean Oval

Steel Blue Oval
Former names Bassendean Oval
Location Bassendean, Western Australia
Coordinates 31°54′11″S 115°57′21″E / 31.90306°S 115.95583°E / -31.90306; 115.95583Coordinates: 31°54′11″S 115°57′21″E / 31.90306°S 115.95583°E / -31.90306; 115.95583
Operator Swan Districts Football Club
Capacity 22,000
Surface Grass
Tenants
Swan Districts Swans (WAFL)

Bassendean Oval (officially Steel Blue Oval) is a sports stadium, located in Bassendean, Western Australia. The capacity of the venue is 22,000 people.

It usually hosts Australian rules football matches and is the home of WAFL League's Swan Districts Football Club.[1]

The record crowd is 22,350, for a WAFL match between Swan Districts and West Perth in 1980.[2]

The stadium played host to the Big Day Out in 2001 and the Soundwave Festival show in March 2009 and 2010.[3]

Grandstands

References

  1. Croy, Liam (21 Sep 2010). "Concert venue rejection a win for WAFL". Eastern Reporter.
  2. Poat, Peter & East, Alan (1988). 1988 West Australian Football Register. p. 59.
  3. Richardson, Chris (14 August 2009). "Lineup revealed for Soundwave festival". The West Australian.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bassendean Oval.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, June 08, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.