Blacktown World Cup Stadium is a proposed venue for Australia's 2018-2022 FIFA World Cup bid. If the bid is successful, the stadium will be located at Blacktown's

Blacktown, New South Wales

Blacktown is a suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Blacktown is located 34 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of City of Blacktown.Blacktown is the largest...

 olympic precinct, and would have a capacity of 41,000 people for the World Cup

FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...

, a figure which would be downgraded to 26,000 post-tournament. The stadium has been touted as a possible home ground for A-League

A-League

The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...

 expansion club Sydney Rovers.

World Cup Plans

The proposed stadium is unlikely to be built if Australia is not selected as a World Cup host, but if the bid is successful it is likely the stadium would host a number of group games as well as a round of sixteen match and possibly a quarter-final. 41,000 would be the stadium's World Cup capacity.

A-League Plans and Post-World Cup

Following the World Cup, the stadium is likely the stadium's capacity would be reduced to 26,000 and the venue would be used to host Sydney Rovers home games either as a full time host stadium or a part time venue.