Venues NSW is the owner, coordinator and promoter of a portfolio of publicly-owned sports and entertainment venues in NSW. It raises revenue through commercial activities such as hiring venues to sports and entertainment organisations, event ticketing, hospitality and catering sales, and through advertising, leasing, membership naming rights and sponsorship arrangements.
It is a statutory authority established in 2012 under the Sporting Venues Authorities Act 2008 and sits within the NSW Office of Sport. Its Minister is the Hon. Stuart Ayres MP, Minister for Sport, Minister for WestConnex and Minister for Western Sydney.
In Sydney, Venues NSW owns ANZ Stadium and, on its completion, the new Western Sydney Stadium at Parramatta, on behalf of the NSW Government.
In the Illawarra, it owns WIN Sports and Entertainment Centres.
In the Hunter, Venues NSW owns McDonald Jones Stadium, and the Newcastle Entertainment Centre and Showground.
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