Optus Sport allows stadiums to screen Matildas quarter final
Live sites will include MCG, SCG, Rod Laver Arena and outside Optus Stadium in Perth as Matildas fever grips the nation.
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Optus Sport has permitted the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Sydney Cricket Ground, Rod Laver Arena and outside Optus Stadium to screen Matildas Quarter Final against France on their big screens tomorrow.
The Melbourne Cricket Ground will put the Quarter Final on their big screen before their Carlton v Melbourne match and the Sydney Cricket Ground after the Sydney Swans v Gold Coast match.
Sydney Olympic Park will also set up three live sites in total with two at Cathy Freeman Park and one at Fig Grove.
The stadiums needed permission from Optus Sport and FIFA to proceed.
Howard Rees, Head of Optus Sport, said: “It’s incredible that the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, Sydney Cricket Ground, Rod Laver Arena and outside Optus Stadium in Perth will show this monumental Quarter Final fixture to ensure the largest possible audience can be part of this event.
“This further establishes the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 as a cultural inspirational moment in Australian sporting history. Optus Sport has shown every match live throughout the tournament and set viewing records as more and more football fans support the world game.”
More than 40 per cent of all games during the tournament have been free to all Australians. Optus Sport is screening all 64 games.
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4 Responses
Going to a stadium to watch FTA TV? I don’t see the point. You can watch it at home without the hassle of driving and the disturbance of crowds.
The point is watching a historic game together with friends and family on a giant screen alongside thousands and thousands of fans. Cheering together. Enjoying the game together. Bringing the community together. And technically it’s not FTA, these stadiums have tie-ins with Optus, so it’s Optus’s feed.
Bet the telcos are happy to. Not sure if the cell sites at the stadium could handle tens of thousands of people streaming 7plus / Optus Sport to their mobiles.
For me, the idea of these stadiums wanting to screen the Matilda’s match to fans of another sport, and those games there being delayed or altered to accomodate the game on the big screen to be far more significant than the news being pushed back in the schedule. Good on Optus and FIFA for allowing this to happen!