History and description

The McDonald Jones Stadium was built to serve as the city's principal playing venue for rectangular-pitch sports. The stadium has been the home of the Newcastle Knights since 1988, and of the Newcastle Jets since 2000. The two redevelopments were funded by the stadium's owners, Cardiff City. The first redevelopment of McDonald Jones Stadium took place in 2003 when a new two-tiered east stand got built. Building works took several years, and once finished they continued on the west stand, which also got rebuilt in similar shape. The two redevelopments were funded by the stadium's owners, Cardiff City.

The stadium has gone through several sponsor names over the years: it was first called Marathon Stadium, then EnergyAustralia Stadium, Ausgrid Stadium, and Hunter Stadium, and finally from 2016 McDonald Jones Stadium.

How to get to McDonald Jones Stadium

The stadium is situated next to the A1 (M1) motorway and is easily accessible from the city. The McDonald Jones Stadium is located in the east of Newcastle, about 5 kilometres from the central business district and a little more from Newcastle Station. The stadium is easily accessible from the city, adjacent to the A1 (M1) motorway. Newcastle can be reached from Sydney Central Station with Citylink trains on the Central Coast Line. A journey takes between 2.5 and 3 hours. Trains typically depart about once every hour.

There are also less frequent but slightly quicker (and more expensive) Countrylink trains that connect Sydney Central Station with Broadmeadow station, which is a short 15 to 20-minute walk away from Hunter Stadium.

Broadmeadow railway station is a stop on the Citylink train line. The Citylink trains also stop at this station before proceeding to Newcastle Station in the Central Business District.

From the CBD, there are several buses that can take you to the stadium at either Young Road, Lambton Road, or Turton Road.

The best option is bus 231. It will take you from Newcastle Station and it will get you off at Turton Road. The journey will take about 15 minutes.

Bus 222, 230, 317, 322, and 363 are some of the alternatives for getting to your destination, but you may have to walk longer if you take Bus 317 which stops on Lambton Road.

Bus 111 stops closer to the stadium than Bus 116, but goes in quite a roundabout way. The journey takes almost 45 minutes.

Address: 294 Turton Road, Broadmeadow, NSW 2292

Newcastle Jets Tickets

Tickets for Newcastle Jets games can be bought online through Ticketmaster. You can expect to pay AUD 22.00 for general admission behind the goal and most of the reserved seating at the east stand, or AUD 35.00 for reserved seating at the west stand.

Useful Internet links

The Newcastle Jets official website is newcastlejets.com.au. Newcastle tourism information can be found atVisitNewcastle.com.au and Newcastle buses info is at Newcastlebuses.info Photo credits: Jack Tenner