The $729 million knock-down and rebuild of the Sydney Football Stadium has been thrown into chaos after the NSW government said construction giant Lendlease would not complete the project.Sports Minister John Sidoti said Lendlease had not been able to meet the government's requirements to rebuild the stadium on the Moore Park site on budget by 2022.
"The project budget for Sydney Football Stadium is $729 million which includes stage one [demolition] and stage two [reconstruction] works," Mr Sidoti said."Lendlease’s stage two offer did not meet the government’s expectations so we are looking for another builder in a competitive market."
The government announced in December 2018 that Lendlease was the "construction contractor" for the entire project.Stage one, the demolition of the previous stadium, which opened in January 1988, has been mostly completed.Lendlease on Friday evening released a statement saying they were pleased to have "partnered again with Infrastructure NSW on stage one of the Sydney Football Stadium redevelopment project.""Building social infrastructure in partnership with government is a source of pride for Lendlease and we look forward to supporting future projects,” a Lendlease spokesman said.Labor made the government's stadium policy a major focus of the March state election after polling showed most NSW voters were opposed to the government funding a new stadiumhttps://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-football-stadium-rebuild-in-chaos-as-lendlease-leaves-project-20190726-p52b7u.html?fbclid=IwAR1HX9IEZ7DRy_l0FjN5tQvn3nG6oq2omH4jvYB5jNzHlH-k6WMcYu8cGIE64% of original size (was 788x443) - Click to enlarge
The remains of the stadium at Moore Park.CREDIT:BROOK MITCHELL
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