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Sydney Olympic Park is a 640-hectare site located at Homebush Bay , New South Wales , Australia . It was built for the 2000 Olympics and continues to be used for sporting and cultural events, including the Sydney Royal Easter Show . It is served by the Olympic Park Railway Line and Station . Sydney Olympic Park is operated by the Sydney Olympic Park Authority . The site was previously intended (pre-Olympic bid) for a massive Urban Renewal project of the Homebush Bay area, of which the renewal masterplan was altered to accommodate venues for the 2000 Olympics. HISTORY The Wann-gal clan of Indigenous Australians lived in the area before British settlement. The area was called "The Flats" by a scouting party shortly after the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. It became part of the Newington Estate in 1807 which was acquired by John Blaxland. The Government acquired some of the land for an aged women's home in the late 19th century. Much of the land was filled in from the river and wetlands. {Link without Title} Before its transformation, Olympic Park was an Industrial Wasteland after 100 years of industrial & military ventures on the site. The site was once home to a Brickworks , Abattoir and an Armaments depot as well as being the site for eight of Sydney's rubbish dumps. Since the end of the 2000 Olympics, Sydney Olympic Park is being converted to a multipurpose facility with a number of businesses re-locating to the area. EVENTS Currently there are nearly 1800 events which are held at the park every year, including the Sydney Royal Easter Show , National Rugby League and Australian Rugby League games at Telstra Stadium , and Athletics and Swimming events. It has hosted the Big Day Out music festival and has been the venue for free, open air performances as part of the Sydney Festival . The Newington Armoury will be the venue for a music festival during Easter 2006. Some venues function have changed from the original one in the 2000 Olympics, such as the Baseball stadium shown on this map which has become the Sydney showground, and also the Olympic stadium has been renamed the Telstra stadium. MANAGEMENT
FACILITIES Sydney 2000 Olympics venues
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