Fairfax Community Stadium
Encyclopedia
Gabbie Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium
located in the Sydney
suburb of Seven Hills
, New South Wales
, Australia
. It is now used as the home ground of the Blacktown City Demons
, a football (soccer)
team in the NSW Premier League.
also with the Seven Hills Demons using the ground in 2007 while playing in the Jim Beam Cup.
The venue has been originally known as Gabbie Stadium until recent naming rights deals with Fairfax Community Newspapers
settled on the name of Fairfax Community Stadium from 2007-2009 when it was renamed Lily Homes Stadium.
Multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...
located in the Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
suburb of Seven Hills
Seven Hills, New South Wales
Seven Hills is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Seven Hills is located 34 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Blacktown. Seven Hills is part of the Greater Western Sydney region...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is now used as the home ground of the Blacktown City Demons
Blacktown City Demons
Blacktown City FC, formerly The Demons, are an Australian football club based in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia. The club was formed in 1953 as Toongabbie Soccer Club and changed their name to Blacktown City in 1979...
, a football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
team in the NSW Premier League.
History
The stadium over the years has been used not only for Soccer but for rugby leagueRugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
also with the Seven Hills Demons using the ground in 2007 while playing in the Jim Beam Cup.
The venue has been originally known as Gabbie Stadium until recent naming rights deals with Fairfax Community Newspapers
Fairfax Media
Fairfax Media Limited is one of Australia's largest diversified media companies. The group's operations include newspapers, magazines, radios and digital media operating in Australia and New Zealand. Fairfax Media was founded by the Fairfax family as John Fairfax and Sons, later to become John...
settled on the name of Fairfax Community Stadium from 2007-2009 when it was renamed Lily Homes Stadium.