InterPride, at their October 2019 Annual General Meeting of three hundred delegate organizations, held in Athens, Greece chose Sydney, Australia to host WorldPride 2023, the first time WorldPride will be held in the Southern Hemisphere or Asia Pacific region. Sydney received 60% of the vote ahead of the other bid contenders Montreal, Canada (36%) and Houston, Texas (3%). WorldPride 2023 will coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the first Australian Gay Pride Week, 45th Anniversary of the first Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras and 5th Anniversary of Marriage Equality in Australia. According to the bid document the stated objective of WorldPride Sydney 2023 is to celebrate the diversity of culture and identity in the Asia Pacific region, while shining a light on widespread human rights abuses.
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InterPride, at their October 2019 Annual General Meeting of three hundred delegate organizations, held in Athens, Greece chose Sydney, the first time WorldPride will be held in the Southern Hemisphere. Sydney received 60% of the vote ahead of the other bid contenders Montreal, Québéc in Canada (36%), and Houston, Texas in the U.S. (3%).
WorldPride Sydney 2023 | Bid to secure the event
Stuart Ayres, the New South Wales tourism minister estimated the events could generate $664 million, and attract a million visitors.
WorldPride Sydney 2023 | Planning
WorldPride Sydney 2023 is the international LGBTQI pride festival being held in Sydney in Australia in 2023. InterPride, the organization that governs WorldPride, confirmed the city in October 2019; it will be the first time the event will be held in the Southern Hemisphere.
WorldPride Sydney 2023 | Introduction
InterPride, at their October 2019 Annual General Meeting of three hundred delegate organizations, held in Athens, Greece chose Sydney, Australia to host WorldPride 2023, the first time WorldPride will be held in the Southern Hemisphere or Asia Pacific region. Sydney received 60% of the vote ahead of the other bid contenders Montreal, Canada (36%) and Houston, Texas (3%). WorldPride 2023 will coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the first Australian Gay Pride Week, 45th Anniversary of the first Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras and 5th Anniversary of Marriage Equality in Australia. According to the bid document the stated objective of WorldPride Sydney 2023 is to celebrate the diversity of culture and identity in the Asia Pacific region, while shining a light on widespread human rights abuses.
WorldPride | WorldPride Sydney 2023
WorldPride Sydney 2023 will be held between 16th February and 4th March during Australia’s summer and consist of a 17-day combined 45th Anniversary Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras/WorldPride 2023 Festival . The centrepiece will be a three-day LGBTQI Human Rights and Health Conference focusing on LGBTQI people’s experiences of violence, torture, abuse, discrimination and persecution in the Asia Pacific region and more broadly. Other stated signature events include:
WorldPride | WorldPride Sydney 2023
The events will be held 16 February-4 March 2023, during the region's summer. The centrepiece will be a three-day LGBTQI Human Rights and Health Conference focusing on the communities experiences of violence, discrimination, and persecution in the region. Other official events include: • Aboriginal Smoking ceremony and Welcome to Country
WorldPride Sydney 2023 | Official events
Montreal Pride submitted an application to the InterPride committee to host WorldPride in 2023; however, its bid was not successful, with the event being awarded to Sydney, Australia.
Fierté Montréal | WorldPride 2023
InterPride, at their October 2019 Annual General Meeting of three hundred delegate organizations, held in Athens, Greece chose Sydney, Australia to host WorldPride 2023 - the first time WorldPride will be held in the Southern Hemisphere or Asia Pacific region. Sydney received 60% of the vote ahead of the other bid contenders Montreal, Canada (36%) and Houston, Texas (3%). WorldPride 2023 will coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the first Australian Gay Pride Week, 45th Anniversary of the first Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras and 5th Anniversary of Marriage Equality in Australia. According to the bid document the stated objective of WorldPride Sydney 2023 is to celebrate the diversity of culture and identity in the Asia Pacific region, while shining a light on widespread human rights abuses.
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras | WorldPride Sydney 2023
It will coincide with: the 50th anniversary of the first Australian Gay Pride Week; the 45th anniversary of the first Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG); and the fifth anniversary of Marriage Equality in Australia. The host bid, entered by SGLMG, focused on LGBTQI rights in the Asia-Pacific region "where many countries see extreme violence and discrimination against" LGBTQI people, while celebrating the communities diversity of culture and identity. In light of the "neighbouring countries where LGBTQI communities experience some of the worst human rights abuses in the world" the theme is "Fearless," speaking to the lived experience of people who live in countries that are hostile to non-heterosexuality and gender variance.
WorldPride Sydney 2023 | Planning
The next one planned is WorldPride Copenhagen 2021.
Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019 | WorldPride
WorldPride Sydney 2023 will be held between 16 February and 4 March during Australia's summer and consist of a 17-day combined 45th Anniversary Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras/WorldPride 2023 Festival. The centrepiece will be a three-day LGBTQI Human Rights and Health Conference focusing on LGBTQI people's experiences of violence, torture, abuse, discrimination and persecution in the Asia Pacific region and more broadly. Other stated signature events include:
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras | WorldPride Sydney 2023
The development will also include a reconfiguration of Tumbalong Park, providing an additional of green space acting as a new adaptable event space. In accordance with the contractual agreement with Darling Harbour Live and the NSW Government, ICC Sydney secured First State Super, an equity partner in the PPP's consortium, as the naming rights sponsor for the venue's 9,000 seat entertainment theatre on 1 July 2019. The 9,000-seat venue would now be known as the "First State Super Theatre" for the next 10 years. In September 2020, First State Super Theatre became Aware Super Theatre, following the re-brand of naming rights partner First State Super to Aware Super.
International Convention Centre Sydney | History and structure
This international tournament was held at Quaycentre in Sydney, Australia.
2019 Australian Open (badminton) | Venue
The 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Singles Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club and Club Helensvale on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It was originally scheduled from 23 May to 7 June 2020, before the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak forced the postponement of the event with Australia's borders being closed to foreign travellers. It was rescheduled from 22 May to 6 June 2021 but then suffered a further delay with new dates of 7 September to 19 September being announced.
2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Men's Singles | Introduction
On 13 July 2018, Australia was announced by IFAF as the host for the 2019 championship.
2023 IFAF World Championship | Bidding process
The 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Fours Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club and Club Helensvale on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It was originally scheduled from 23 May to 7 June 2020, before the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak forced the postponement of the event with Australia's borders being closed to foreign travellers. It was rescheduled from 22 May to 6 June 2021 but then suffered a further delay with new dates of 7 September to 19 September being announced.
2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Men's Fours | Introduction
The 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Singles Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club and Club Helensvale on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It was originally scheduled from 23 May to 7 June 2020, before the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak forced the postponement of the event with Australia's borders being closed to foreign travellers. It was rescheduled from 22 May to 6 June 2021 but then suffered a further delay with new dates of 7 September to 19 September being announced.
2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Women's Singles | Introduction
Hillsong Conference was first held in the Qudos Bank Arena (formerly Sydney SuperDome and named Acer Arena at the time) and various venues throughout Sydney Olympic Park from 2001. In 2011 Hillsong Conference was not held in Sydney Olympic Park but instead in the Sydney Entertainment Centre for logistical reasons relating to the availability of Sydney Olympic Park.
Hillsong Conference | 2001 – 2017: Move to Sydney Olympic Park
The 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Pairs Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club and Club Helensvale on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It was originally scheduled from 23 May to 7 June 2020, before the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak forced the postponement of the event with Australia's borders being closed to foreign travellers. It was rescheduled from 22 May to 6 June 2021 but then suffered a further delay with new dates of 7 September to 19 September being announced.
2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Men's Pairs | Introduction
The 2020 Sydney SuperSprint (known for commercial reasons as the 2020 BP Ultimate Sydney SuperSprint) is a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship held on Saturday 27 June through to Sunday 28 June 2020. The event was held at Sydney Motorsport Park in Eastern Creek, New South Wales. It was the third event of the 2020 Supercars Championship and consisted of three races of 125 kilometres. It marked the first round of the championship held since the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of races at the Melbourne 400 in March.
2020 Sydney SuperSprint | Introduction
The 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Fours Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club and Club Helensvale on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It was originally scheduled from 23 May to 7 June 2020, before the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak forced the postponement of the event with Australia's borders being closed to foreign travellers. It was rescheduled from 22 May to 6 June 2021 but then suffered a further delay with new dates of 7 September to 19 September being announced.
2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Women's Fours | Introduction
The 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Triples Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club and Club Helensvale on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It was originally scheduled from 23 May to 7 June 2020, before the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak forced the postponement of the event with Australia's borders being closed to foreign travellers. It was rescheduled from 22 May to 6 June 2021 but then suffered a further delay with new dates of 7 September to 19 September being announced.
2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Men's Triples | Introduction
The 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Pairs Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club and Club Helensvale on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It was originally scheduled from 23 May to 7 June 2020, before the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak forced the postponement of the event with Australia's borders being closed to foreign travellers. It was rescheduled from 22 May to 6 June 2021 but then suffered a further delay with new dates of 7 September to 19 September being announced.
2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Women's Pairs | Introduction
The 2019 Sydney International was a tournament on the 2019 ATP World Tour and 2019 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was the 127th edition of the tournament and took place at the NSW Tennis Centre. It was held from 6 - 12 January 2019 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.
2019 Sydney International | Introduction
In 2018, the Hillsong Conference completely sold out the Qudos Bank Arena venue. Future growth is expected to continue to overflow into the wider Sydney Olympic Park precinct where currently the Kidsong and Hillsong Young & Free Conference is held simultaneously. In 2020, the Hillsong Conference was postponed for the first time in its history until 2021 due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Hillsong Conference | 2018 – present
The 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Triples Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club and Club Helensvale on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It was originally scheduled from 23 May to 7 June 2020, before the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak forced the postponement of the event with Australia's borders being closed to foreign travellers. It was rescheduled from 22 May to 6 June 2021 but then suffered a further delay with new dates of 7 September to 19 September being announced.
2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Women's Triples | Introduction
This international tournament was held at Quaycentre in Sydney, Australia.
2018 Australian Open (badminton) | Venue
The 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship will to be held at the Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club and Club Helensvale on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Originally scheduled from 23 May to 7 June 2020, before the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak forced the postponement of the event as Australia's borders are closed to foreign travellers. It was rescheduled from 22 May to 6 June 2021 but then suffered a further delay with new dates of 7 September to 19 September being announced. There are eight events that determine the 2020 world champions, the men's singles, doubles, triples and fours and the women's singles, doubles, triples and fours and in addition there are two overall team winners who receive the Leonard and Taylor trophies respectively.
2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship | Introduction
The instance to host the 2026 or 2030 Games in greater western Sydney was put to Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Sports Minister Stuart Ayres.
Fairfield Showground | Proposals
The 2020 was held from 23 to 29 February 2020 in Sorrento, Victoria, Australia.
2020 RS:X World Championships | Introduction
The Sydney SuperNight was originally scheduled to return to the calendar after a one-year absence, but will instead be the first event back after the enforced break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and will be run in daylight hours. Sydney Motorsport Park will continue to host the event. The Gold Coast 600 was to have also become a night race. The Auckland Super400 moved from Pukekohe Park Raceway to Hampton Downs Motorsport Park. The change was made in response to Auckland Council passing legislation that prohibited from running any event at the circuit on key dates, with Anzac Day falling on the Saturday of the round.
2020 Supercars Championship | Calendar changes
Until 2016, the first stages took place at the Seymour Centre, University of Sydney. In 2016 the venue was changed to Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music. The final stage is held in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House except in 2020 when the finals will be held at the Sydney Town Hall due to renovations at the Sydney Opera House.
Sydney International Piano Competition | Venues
Hosts are current as of the upcoming 2019–20 series. Each of the three most recent offseasons (2017, 2018 and 2019) has seen at least one tournament move. After the 2016–17 series, the New Zealand event was moved from Wellington to Hamilton. Following the 2017–18 series, the Australia event was moved within Sydney from Sydney Football Stadium (at the time known commercially as Allianz Stadium) to Sydney Showground Stadium (then commercially known as Spotless Stadium). The Australia event moved again within the Sydney region to Western Sydney Stadium (commercially Bankwest Stadium) in Parramatta after the 2018–19 series. Shortly after World Rugby announced the countries for the most recent four-year hosting cycle (2019–20 to 2022–23), it announced that the USA Sevens would return to its original venue, Dignity Health Sports Park in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, for at least the 2019–20 series.
World Rugby Sevens Series hosts | Current hosts
The 2018 Sydney Sevens was the third tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the fifteenth edition of the Australia Sevens, of which the third to be held in Sydney. It was held over the weekend of 26–28 January 2018 at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia.
2018 Sydney Sevens | Introduction
As intended, the event was announced as part of the 2020 Supercars Championship, albeit retaining its previous August slot. However, the event was then brought forward to June as the return race for the championship after it was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was run as a two-day daytime event run behind closed doors. In addition to this, it was later announced the circuit will host a second event in 2020, as in 2003 and 2004. After the first of these was held, won by McLaughlin, a third day/night event at the circuit was scheduled for July 2020, to replace the Winton Super400 which was postponed due to further border restrictions caused by the pandemic.
Sydney SuperNight | 2020s
The 2019 Sydney Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series and the seventeenth edition of the Australian Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 2–3 February 2019 at Spotless Stadium in Sydney, with former venue Allianz Stadium closed for rebuilding. It was run alongside the women's tournament.
2019 Sydney Sevens | Introduction
The 2023 IFAF World Championship is the upcoming sixth instance of the IFAF World Championship of American football. In December 2018, the IFAF announced that the games, which were originally scheduled to be held in Wollongong, Australia, from 29 July 2019 to 5 August 2019, will be postponed to 2023 citing the large number of withdrawals from top nations.
2023 IFAF World Championship | Introduction
In 2018, the next event was hosted in the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia, from June 9 though 10. Fourteen of Australia's top cowboys will compete to win the event on their home turf. The prizes that the PBR paid out in Australian are a record $750,000 for that country. Qudos Bank Arena is first-rate facility is situated in Sydney Olympic Park, and is formerly known as the Sydney Super Dome, which completed construction in 1999. It formerly hosted the PBR Australia World Finals since 2010. The general manager of PBR Australia said that this venue has also hosted the Olympic Games, and that it is very fitting to host this event in the largest city in the Australia.
PBR Global Cup | 2018 event
For the first time in history, WorldPride will be held in two cities in two countries from 12-22 August 2021, Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark and the Swedish neighbouring city Malmö in the Øresund Region. WorldPride is hosted by Copenhagen Pride, with Malmö Pride as a partner. The cities are fifteen-minute commute apart. It will be combined with EuroGames and other activities held simultaneously in that same area. The WorldPride event will coincide with two LGBTQ anniversaries: seventy years since the world’s first successful genital reconstructive surgery in Denmark in 1951; and fifty years after Gay Liberation Front’s Danish chapter was founded in 1971.
WorldPride | WorldPride Copenhagen-Malmö 2021
Despite the ongoing criticism, and a change of government, in 2013 the event was renewed until the end of 2016, with an option for the government to extend the deal for a further two years. The expected crowd inflows from interstate and overseas dropped from 15,000 in the original deal in 2009 to 5,000 for the new deal.
Sydney 500 | Government support
The championship was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Melbourne 400 cancelled before the first race of the event. Supercars' management later announced that should an event be postponed, the calendar would have been altered to complete the 2020 fixture, and that a January 2021 finish may have been required to do so. Supercars later announced the postponement of the Launceston, Auckland and Perth rounds due to the pandemic. All three were later cancelled. The championship recommenced in June with a reformatted round at Sydney Motorsport Park, with the postponed races assigned new dates later in the season. Races at Gold Coast and Newcastle were removed from the schedule.
2020 Supercars Championship | Impact of 2019–20 COVID-19 pandemic
The tournament was held at the Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia.
2020 Oceania Badminton Championships | Venue
RTX Sydney 2018, the third consecutive RTX convention to be held in Australia, took place from 3–4 February at the International Convention Centre Sydney. This was the first time members of The Yogscast were in attendance.
RTX (event) | RTX Sydney 2018
The 2018 Sydney International was a joint 2018 ATP World Tour and 2018 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW). It was the 126th edition of the tournament and took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia. It was held from 7 January through 13 January 2018 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year. Venus Williams played the event for the first time in 17 years, 20 years after her maiden appearance.
2018 Sydney International | Introduction
In April 2020, the (ICC) confirmed that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was still planned to go ahead as scheduled. However, the following month a senior ICC official said that it would be "too big a risk" to host the tournament in 2020, The ICC also stated that reports of postponing the tournament were inaccurate, with multiple contingency plans being looked at. A decision on the tournament was originally deferred until the ICC's meeting on 10 June 2020, with a further announcement scheduled to be made in July 2020. In June 2020, Earl Eddings, the chairman of Cricket Australia, said that it was "unlikely" and "unrealistic" that the tournament would take place in Australia as scheduled.
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup | Background
The 2020 Sydney Women's Sevens was the fifth tournament within the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the fourth edition of the Australian Women's Sevens. It was held over the first weekend of February 2020 at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney and was run alongside the men's tournament. In the final, New Zealand claimed their fourth consecutive tournament victory in a row as they defeated Canada 33–7.
2020 Sydney Women's Sevens | Introduction
Australia submitted an unsuccessful bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. On 2 December 2010 FIFA announced that the event would be held in Qatar. Australia also lodged a bid for the 2018 World Cup, but withdrew the bid on 10 June 2010. The 2018 and 2022 World Cups will be the 21st and 22nd editions of the FIFA World Cup. The bidding procedure to host both the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup began in January 2009, and national associations had until 2 February 2009 to register their interest. The bid was presented by Frank Lowy, Ben Buckley, Quentin Bryce and Elle Macpherson.
Australia 2022 FIFA World Cup bid | Introduction
The Crown Princess of Denmark is patron of the event, making her the first ever royal to serve as patron for a major LGBTQ event.
WorldPride | WorldPride Copenhagen-Malmö 2021
The 22nd annual conference of InterPride, held in October 2003 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with over 150 delegates from 51 cities from around the world in attendance, voted to accept the bid of the Jerusalem Open House to host WorldPride 2006 in the Holy City. The first attempt to hold WorldPride in Jerusalem was in 2005, however it was postponed until 2006 because of tensions arising from Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. It was called “Love Without Borders” as a nod to the many barriers within Israel, and for gays and lesbians in other ways. World Pride was a key project of Jerusalem’s Open House, the city’s gay community centre.
WorldPride | WorldPride Jerusalem 2006
10 to 12 April – Wellington Armageddon, Sky Stadium postponed this event to August 1/2 2020 still at the same venue Sky Stadium. 30 May to 1 June – Christchurch Armageddon, Horncastle Arena 1 to 2 August – Wellington Armageddon, Sky Stadium
Armageddon (convention) | 2020
The inaugural edition of the tournament was played in May 1885 at the "Association Ground" in Moore Park, part of the Sydney Cricket Ground. In 1908 control of the tournament was handed over to the NSW Tennis Association and the event moved to its location at Double Bay. From 1922 until 1999 the event was hosted at the White City complex, close to the Sydney CBD. Since the 2000 edition, the event was played at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, in Homebush, a suburb of Western Sydney, which was constructed for the tennis events at the 2000 Olympic Games.
Sydney International | Tournament locations
2018 IWRF World Championship was the 7th international world wheelchair rugby competition, which took place between August 5 to August 10. The championships was contested between the world's twelve top national teams and was held at the Quaycentre and Genea Netball Centre in Sydney, Australia. The tournament was won by Japan, their first title. The naming rights sponsor of the event was GIO, it as organised by Disability Sports Australia and Internnationl Wheelchair Rugby Federation and it was the biggest disability sporting event to be held in Sydney since the 2000 Paralympic Games. Matches were streamed.
2018 IWRF World Championship | Introduction
In 2015, Supercars proposed to shorten the circuit to reduce the event's costs. This proposal failed, and in March 2016 it was announced that the ongoing costs of running the event would result in 2016 being the final running of the Sydney 500. Other options within New South Wales were then considered to replace the event, such as a street circuit being built in Gosford on the Central Coast. The Gosford plans fell through and in September 2016 the Premier of New South Wales, Mike Baird, announced the event would be replaced with the Newcastle 500, held on the Newcastle Street Circuit in Newcastle, around 160 km north of Sydney.
Sydney 500 | Demise
The Sydney Football Stadium (2022) is an under construction football stadium in Moore Park, Sydney, Australia. It is scheduled to open in mid-2022 as a replacement for the Sydney Football Stadium. The New South Wales Waratahs, Sydney FC and Sydney Roosters will be the ground's major tenants. It will be used as one of the venues for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Sydney Football Stadium (2022) | Introduction
The 2020 World Surf League, which was due to start in Australia on 26 March, was on hold until at least June. The first event of the season, the Corona Open Gold Coast, was canceled, while the second and third events, the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach and Margaret River Pro, were postponed. On 17 July it was announced that the 2020 season would be cancelled. The 2020 ISA World Surfing Games, scheduled to be held from 9 to 17 May in El Salvador, were postponed until 8 to 16 May 2021.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports | Surfing
Both the men's and the women's events took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 9 through 17 January 2006.
2006 Medibank International | Introduction
The 2020 Sydney Sevens was the fourth tournament in the 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series and the eighteenth edition of the Australian Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 1–2 February 2019 at Western Sydney Stadium. won the tournament to claim their sixth Australian title, narrowly defeating in the final by 12–10. This was second tournament in 2019–20 to have only one team from each pool qualify to the cup knockout phase.
2020 Sydney Sevens | Introduction
The tournament will be held at the Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
2019 Oceania Badminton Championships | Venue
The cast was housed in the contemporary , three-story former OneSport World Building at 19 Darling Walk at the southern end of Darling Harbour, a large recreational and pedestrian district on the western edge of the Sydney central business district. OneSport Darling Harbour was a sports-themed venue for hosting a variety of different events, and could accommodate up to 1,100 people. It closed at some point prior to June 2006, when it was leased to the "Real World" production, which held the lease until June 2007. The building and the rest of the Darling Walk Complex were demolished in late 2008, to be replaced by a $500 million development that will include Commonwealth Bank of Australia global headquarters buildings, retail space, and a new park.
The Real World: Sydney | The residence
The concept for WorldPride events were established in 1997 when Heritage of Pride hosted the 16th annual conference of InterPride. WorldPride, licensed by InterPride and organized by one of its members, is an event that promotes LGBTQ pride issues on an international level through parades, festivals and other cultural activities. The inaugural WorldPride was held in Rome in 2000. The host cities are selected by InterPride, an international association of pride coordinators, at its annual general meeting. WorldPrides so far include: the first one held in Rome, Italy in 1990; WorldPride Jerusalem 2006; WorldPride London 2012; WorldPride Toronto 2014; WorldPride Madrid 2017; and Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019.
Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019 | WorldPride
On 16 March 2020, the Water Polo Australia (WPA) announced that the 2020 Australian National Water Polo League would be terminated, the 2020 WPA National Championships scheduled to take place in Adelaide, South Australia in May would be canceled, and the 2020 Open Championships (Country and Masters) scheduled to take place in the Gold Coast, Queensland in May would be postponed.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports | Oceania
The 2020 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park, from 20 January to 2 February 2020. It was the 108th edition of the Australian Open, the 52nd in the Open Era, and the first Grand Slam of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments. As in previous years, the tournament's main sponsor was Kia. Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka were the defending champions in Men's Singles and Women's Singles, respectively. Osaka lost in the third round to Coco Gauff.
2020 Australian Open | Introduction
Hillsong Conference was first held in the Qudos Bank Arena (formerly Sydney SuperDome and named Acer Arena and Allphones Arena at the time) and various venues throughout Sydney Olympic Park from 2001.
Hillsong Conference | Hillsong Conference Sydney
The city hosted the 17th Sport Accord World Sport and Business Summit from 5 to 10 May 2019 at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced on 9 December 2019 that the state of Queensland will make an official bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics featuring venues across Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.
2018 Commonwealth Games | Events
The tour was postponed in September 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
International cricket in 2020–21 | New Zealand in Australia
The proposed 2020 calendar was released on 29 October 2019, with six confirmed rounds, plus one non-championship round. All rounds will be held in Australia. The date for the inaugural "Bathurst International" event was revealed on 15 January 2020. After the cancellation of the season opener in Melbourne and the postponement of the next two rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a revised calendar was announced on 26 May 2020, with the Bathurst event now scheduled to be a championship round. The round at Sydney Motorsport Park was delayed to September due to border restrictions in Victoria. The first two rounds of this new schedule were postponed on 31 July 2020 due to ongoing travel restrictions in Australia.
2020–21 Australian S5000 Championship | Race calendar
The 2017 Sydney Sevens was the fourteenth edition of the Australian Sevens tournament, the second of which to be held in Sydney, and the fourth tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 4–5 February 2017 at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia.
2017 Sydney Sevens | Introduction
RTX Sydney 2017 was held from 4–5 February at the International Convention Centre Sydney in Darling Harbour, Sydney. On 19 June, the first guests were announced and included Rooster Teeth's Burnie Burns, Gus Sorola, Kerry Shawcross and Miles Luna, Achievement Hunter's Jack Pattillo and Kinda Funny's Greg Miller. In November 2016, Hideo Kojima was confirmed as a guest and attendance was anticipated at under 20,000. In December 2016, it was announced that the Nintendo Switch would be playable to demo for attendees at the convention.
RTX (event) | RTX Sydney 2017
Pride Toronto, in partnership with the city's tourism agency, Tourism Toronto, submitted a bid to host WorldPride 2014 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from June 20 to June 29, 2014. The 28th annual conference of InterPride, held in October 2009 in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, voted to accept the bid of Pride Toronto to host WorldPride 2014 for the first time in North America. In the first round of voting Toronto won 77 votes to Stockholm's 61. In the second round of voting Stockholm was eliminated and Toronto won 78% of the vote, fulfilling the 2/3 majority needed to finalize the selection process.
WorldPride | WorldPride Toronto 2014
The 2019 Sydney Women's Sevens was the third tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the third edition of the Australian Women's Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 1–3 February 2019 at Spotless Stadium in Sydney, with former venue Allianz Stadium closed for rebuilding. It was run alongside the men's tournament.
2019 Sydney Women's Sevens | Introduction
The 2020 Carsales TCR Asia Pacific Cup was due to be the first edition of the TCR Asia Pacific Cup held at Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne on 13–15 March 2020. The race was going to be contested with TCR touring cars and run in support of the 2020 Australian Grand Prix. The cup would've run as part of the 2020 TCR Australia Touring Car Series. The event was cancelled due to Coronavirus pandemic.
2020 TCR Asia Pacific Cup | Introduction
The 2020 Australian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix 2020) was a Formula One motor race that was due to be held on 15 March 2020 in Melbourne, Victoria. The race was to be contested at the Albert Park Circuit and was intended to be the first round of the 2020 Formula One World Championship. The race was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race would have been the 85th race in the combined history of the Australian Grand Prix — which dates back to the 100 Miles Road Race of 1928 — as well as the 25th time the event had been held at the Albert Park circuit and the 36th time the Australian Grand Prix had been a part of the Formula One World Championship.
2020 Australian Grand Prix | Introduction
Rudd met with Sepp Blatter to discuss the Commonwealth Government's support of the bid in Zurich in July 2009. At the 2008 FIFA Congress, held in Sydney, FIFA president Sepp Blatter suggested that Australia concentrate on hosting the 2022 tournament, but Lowy responded by recommitting Australia to its 2018 bid. However, Australia ultimately withdrew from the bidding for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in favour of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on 10 June 2010, following comments from the chief of the Asian Football Confederation that the 2018 tournament should be held in Europe. Australia's largest stadiums are currently used by other major Australian sports whose domestic seasons overlap with the World Cup.
2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bids | Australia
The 27th annual conference of InterPride, held in October 2008 in Vancouver, Canada, voted to accept the bid of Pride London to host WorldPride 2012 in the capital of the United Kingdom just ahead of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games and during the anticipated year-long celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. Pride London planned a parade with floats, a large performance area in Trafalgar Square with street parties in Golden Square and Soho. However, London's World Pride event was significantly "scaled back" at an emergency all-agencies meeting on 27 June 2012, nine days before the event was due to take place and after the festival fortnight had started.
WorldPride | WorldPride London 2012
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2019 Sydney Sevens | Pool stage
During the 2018 Suncorp Super Netball season, the main theatre hosted two netball matches, one an intra-city derby between Giants Netball and the New South Wales Swifts and the other between the Giants and the West Coast Fever. Despite not being designed with indoor sport in mind, the theatre was utilised by the league due to a lack of stadium availability elsewhere in the city. The venue is unlikely to host netball again, as both clubs will move into a permanent multi-purpose facility at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre in 2020.
International Convention Centre Sydney | Netball
The 2020 event was scheduled to take place in Melbourne on 20 March and in Sydney on 21 March. However, due to headliners My Chemical Romance withdrawing from the festival due to fears regarding coronavirus and the organisers unable to secure a replacement headline act in such a short time, Download Australia 2020 was cancelled. The other headliners were to be Deftones and Jimmy Eat World.
Download Festival | Australia
1.inthemix | Event Coverage | Future Music Festival @ Randwick Racecourse, Sydney (08/03/09) 2.inthemix | Event Coverage | Summadayze @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne (01/01/07)
Future Entertainment | Notes
The tournament was held annually in January immediately prior to the Australian Open as a lead up tournament as part of the Australian Open Series.
Sydney International | Introduction
In October 2018 plans for the new stadium to replace the original Sydney Football Stadium were released by the Government of New South Wales. In December 2018 Lendlease were appointed to build the stadium. Construction was initially scheduled to commence in 2019 with an early 2022 completion date. In July 2019 the construction part of the Lendlease contract was cancelled by the government with John Holland and Multiplex shortlisted to bid for the contract. In December 2019 John Holland was awarded a $735 million construction contract, representing a $99 million increase in the original budget for demolition and construction. The stadium is expected to be complete by October 2022.
Sydney Football Stadium (2022) | History
On 29 April 2020, the US Navy announced RIMPAC would be held from August 17 to August 30. It would be at-sea-only event because of the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic. Twenty-five (25) nations have been invited to participate. Israel was among the original 25 invited nations, but declined to attend due to the pandemic. There has been some opposition to New Zealand's participation and there have been calls from peace activists for New Zealand not to attend. The Philippines sent its first missile-capable frigate on its maiden voyage, which was only commissioned into service last 10 July 2020, as its "shakedown cruise" where its performance would be tested by the crew in the two-week exercises.
Exercise RIMPAC | RIMPAC 2020
London was to host EuroPride again in 1999, but the event was canceled when the organisers went bankrupt. In 2000, WorldPride took place for the first time and, as has happened each time since, when WorldPride is in Europe, no separate EuroPride takes place. The event took place in Rome and was well-attended by LGBTI people from all over the world. After initially supporting the event, city leaders pulled their support just days before due to pressure exerted by the Vatican, which was organising its Great Jubilee. Vienna hosted the 2001 EuroPride, drawing large crowds from Central Europe. In 2002, Köln (Cologne), Germany, held the then-biggest ever EuroPride; officials estimated crowds to number well over one million.
EuroPride | History
The two Australian events were moved to new cities in Wollongong and Townsville.
2020 World Series of Darts | Introduction
In 2018 it was revealed that the historic CBD site of Owen Park was considered the front runner site for the construction of the entertainment venue. A depot in Miami has also been suggested as a potential site for the venue but is considered unlikely due to a lack of reliable public transport access. Current plans for the venue to include a retractable roof comparable to Melbourne Arena were revealed in December 2019 and Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate believed the project should be completed within a two-year period (2022).
Gold Coast Arena | Current plans
The 2020 Adelaide International was a tournament on the 2020 ATP Tour and 2020 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Adelaide, Australia. This was the first edition of the tournament, replacing the Sydney International, and took place at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre from 12 to 18 January 2020.
2020 Adelaide International | Introduction
The 2021 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships were scheduled to be held from February 9–14, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Held annually since 1999, the competition would have featured skaters from the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Medals were to be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dance. Sydney was announced as the host in June 2019. Following the cancellation of the event on October 16, 2020, the International Skating Union provisionally awarded Sydney the right to host the 2023 edition of the event. This would have been Australia's first time hosting the Four Continents, having last held an ISU Championship event in 1996.
2021 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships | Introduction
The 2018 Sydney Women's Sevens was the second tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was the second edition of the Australian Women's Sevens and was held over the weekend of 26–28 January 2018 at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia. Performances at this tournament helped determine the first ten seedings for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens together with the previous year's series and the 2017 Dubai Women's Sevens.
2018 Sydney Women's Sevens | Introduction
The 2020 Brisbane International was a professional tennis tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. This was the twelfth edition of the tournament, which took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson from 6 to 12 January 2020 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year. The ATP Tour edition of the event was replaced this year by the first edition of the ATP Cup.
2020 Brisbane International | Introduction
The first major event held at the newly developed centre was RTX Sydney hosted by Rooster Teeth Productions on 4 - 5 February 2017. The ICC Sydney, part of Darling Harbour Live, is being developed by a consortium comprising AEG Ogden (now ASM Global) Lend Lease, Capella Capital and Spotless, with AEG Ogden playing the role of venue operator.
International Convention Centre Sydney | Introduction
Due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in Victoria, Sydney Motorsport Park hosted round four of the championship on the weekend of July 18–19 instead of Winton. The event followed the same format as the previous round but featured a night race on the Saturday night and fans were allowed to attend the event. This spike also caused the Sandown event to be removed from the calendar and replaced with two rounds at The Bend Motorsport Park on the weekends of September 19–20 and 26–27. This calendar revision also saw postponed races at Symmons Plains Raceway, Wanneroo Raceway and a scheduled third appearance at Sydney Motorsport Park cancelled.
2020 Supercars Championship | Impact of 2019–20 COVID-19 pandemic
For the 2020 NRL Finals Series, the stadia will be permitted to hold up to 50% of capacity under New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Queensland government guidelines. For the preliminary finals Lang Park's permitted capacity was increaed to 75%. Due to the second wave of COVID-19 cases in Victoria, the Melbourne Storm will play their home finals at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane rather than their regular home ground of AAMI Park in Melbourne. Suncorp will hold two games, Canberra's GIO Stadium will host one match and Sydney will host the remaining six matches, between ANZ Stadium, Bankwest Stadium, Panthers Stadium and the Sydney Cricket Ground.
2020 NRL Finals Series | Venues and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The knockout stage took place at the Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney.
2020 ATP Cup | Knockout stage
The 2019 awards were announced on 20 January 2020.
Sydney Theatre Awards | 2019
In 1983 the final public reception for the Royal Tour took place here for Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales. In 1990 the Auckland Gay Mardi Gras Party was held in the Ballroom - the first such event in New Zealand. In 2001 the first Interpride Conference held in the Southern Hemisphere was opened by the Prime Minister Helen Clark.
Cordis, Auckland | Present operation
Sydney and Melbourne both made representations to the Federal Government for matching dollar for dollar funding for a Universal Exposition in the 1988 bicentennial year, however, citing the costs of the new Parliament House in Canberra, also to be opened in the same year, these proposals were knocked back. Brisbane, under Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, then developed Maccomick's earlier proposal to host an international-scale exposition, however at no cost to the Australian taxpayer, a world's first 'free enterprise' World Exposition, which the Federal Government rubber stamped. With federal representation, at the December 1983 Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) General Assembly, Brisbane won the right to hold the 1988 World Exposition, as a specialised international exposition.
World Expo 88 | Origins
The top two seeds receive a bye into the second round.
2019 Sydney International – Women's Singles | Seeds
Later, it was announced that the next two rounds, to be held in Bahrain and Vietnam, would be postponed. Cricket Australia announced that the three-match series against New Zealand would go ahead, but that fans would not be admitted into the venue. The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), the governing body for roller derby in the United States, initiates its response to the pandemic.
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 | 13 March
Australia and New Zealand proposed 13 possible venues across 12 host cities for the tournament in the Bid Book submitted to FIFA, suggesting a minimum of 10 stadiums be used — five in each country. FIFA will decide the final selection of venues. Eden Park in Auckland was suggested to host the opening game, with Stadium Australia in Sydney proposed for the 2023 Women's World Cup final match.
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup | Venues
The Australia–New Zealand bid for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, also known as the AsOne bid, was a successful bid to host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup by Football Federation Australia (FFA) and New Zealand Football (NZF). The joint bid was announced on 12 December 2019, combining an already launched effort from Australia that began on 29 October 2018. The bid entails 13 venues in 12 host cities, with a final to be played in Sydney at Stadium Australia.
Australia–New Zealand 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup bid | Introduction
After "Australia in '99" was selected over the "Worldcon in Zagreb 1999" bid as the World Science Fiction Convention to be held in 1999 (as "Aussiecon Three" in Melbourne), the 1996 WSFS Business Meeting directed that a written ballot eating contest be held to select a NASFiC site for 1999. For the first time, both at-con and by-mail balloting were possible as this NASFiC site selection eating contest was held one full year after the overseas Worldcon site was selected. At the 1997 Worldcon in San Antonio, Texas, a total of 491 ballots were cast, 101 by mail and 390 in person, with Los Angeles barely edging Phoenix after the first round but no site claiming a majority of the vote.
Conucopia | Site selection