Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility

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Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility
Morshead Park Stadium
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Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility
LocationMorshead Park Stadium, Redan,
Ballarat, Victoria
Coordinates 37°34′47.2″S143°50′03.6″E / 37.579778°S 143.834333°E / -37.579778; 143.834333
Owner City of Ballarat
Capacity 8,500 (Venue Capacity)
500 (Seated Capacity)
Up to 12,000 with temporary stands [1]
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened2014
Construction cost$13.85 million [2]
Architectk20 Architecture [3]
Tenants
Ballarat City FC (2014–present)
Western United FC (2022–present)

The Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility, also referred to by its location as Morshead Park Stadium, is an association football-specific stadium in Redan, a suburb immediately to the south of central Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It is the home of the Ballarat City FC, who play in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, the second tier of Australian football, after the A-League.

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Construction

During 2013, the City of Ballarat Council matched a Federal Government investment of $2.675 million announced by then Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard in June of that year [1] in a major upgrade of Morshead Park with a view to host training for National Teams in the 2015 Asian Cup, including new grandstands, lights and returfing the field to form the Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility. [3] [4]

The main grandstand seats 500, with an additional standing capacity for a further 8000 on viewing embankments. There is space for temporary stands to be erected across from the main grandstand to bring the total capacity up to 12,000. [1]

Aside from the main pitch, there are two further fully lit football fields adjacent. [5] In total, the facility adds 3,000 pitch hours of availability annually to local clubs. [2]

Tenants

The Ballarat Red Devils played their first game in the stadium on 3 May 2014, losing 1-2 to South Melbourne FC in the NPLV, although the main grandstand was not yet fully complete. South Melbourne player Milos Lujic scored the inaugural goal in the facility. [6]

On 9 May 2014, Premier of Victoria Denis Napthine announced that the facility would be hosting the Bahrain national football team for a sixteen-day training camp prior to the Asian Cup. [7]

Western United played an A-League Men match against Wellington Phoenix at Morsehead Park on 9 April 2022. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility works on track for 2015 Asian Cup Ballarat Courier
  2. 1 2 Project Fact Sheet Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
  3. 1 2 Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility, Morshead Park K20 Architecture.
  4. Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility Archived 2014-03-13 at the Wayback Machine City of Ballarat.
  5. Light towers being installed at Morshead Park Archived 2014-05-12 at the Wayback Machine City of Ballarat
  6. Unstoppable South Downs Ballarat Football Federation Victoria
  7. Afflick, Rachel (9 May 2014). "Ballarat to host Bahrain soccer team for Asian Cup". Ballarat Courier. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  8. "A-League to Morshead Park". 31 March 2022.