WIN Stadium
Highlights
- Experience thrilling live events at WIN Stadium, a premier venue in Wollongong with a capacity of 20,500.
- Enjoy diverse dining options year-round at onsite hospitality outlets, perfect for pre-event meals or casual catch-ups.
- Attend high-energy sporting events like NRL games, featuring the St George Illawarra Dragons, right in the heart of Wollongong.
- Host your next corporate function in versatile spaces designed for conventions and gala dinners, ensuring a memorable experience.
WIN Stadium is a premier multi-purpose venue located in Wollongong, designed to host a wide range of sporting, cultural, and special events. With a total capacity of 20,500, the stadium offers seating for 14,000 across its grandstands, along with a general admission hill for standing spectators.
Home to the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League, WIN Stadium has also welcomed major international acts and events. In 2017, it was one of the few Australian venues selected for Elton John’s Once in a Lifetime Tour, and regularly hosts high-adrenaline MotoX events including the Australian Supercross Series, Nitro Circus, and Freestyle Kings Live. In 2021, it served as the official Australian home base for the Wellington Phoenix during the A-League season.
The stadium features a variety of versatile spaces ideal for corporate functions such as conventions, exhibitions, seminars, gala dinners, and team-building activities. Casual dining options are also available year-round through a range of onsite hospitality outlets.
WIN Stadium is a proud part of Venues NSW, with WIN Corporation as the official naming rights sponsor—holding the longest-running naming rights partnership in Australia.
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Features
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Companion Cards are accepted.
- Employs people with disabilities.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Vision
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
- Braille and tactile signage on all information and paths of travel are available.
- Information in large print is available.
- Uses easy to read fonts in their signage and communication materials (Helvetica and Arial).
- Staff are trained in customer service for people with vision loss (training would incorporate way finding and communicating with people with vision loss).
- Raised tactile buttons in lifts are available.
- Handrails on all stairways
- Exit signs which are visible at a ground level (high level signs are difficult to see in a fire) are available.
Hearing
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- A hearing loop is available.
- Staff are trained in communicating with people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- Visual alerts for emergencies (Include flashing light) are available.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Uses floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
- Uses non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting
- Grab rails in the bathroom
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to the conference or function room
- Accessible seating areas in theatrette
- Lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
- Doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy).
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
- Modify their cooking and cleaning practices to cater for people with food allergies or chemical intolerances (could include menus with meals free from: nuts, dairy, seafood, eggs, gluten etc).
- Staff are trained to respond to allergic reactions.
- Complies with The Food Authority requirements for allergy management in food preparation.
- Equipment to respond to anaphylactic shock such as epi–pens and defibrillator.