"Built adjacent to the world-famous Sydney Cricket Ground, this spectacular stadium accommodates all types of football at national and international level. It is described locally as the Sydney 'roller coaster' and is one of Cox's most visually exciting structures. It can hold almost 40,000 spectators. Its curved forms—developed by Arup's—are accentuated by the giant ribbon of steel sheet roof that sweeps up above the 3- or 5-storey boxed stands and then down over the lower-level terraces. The roof is supported on a series of steel trusses, which in turn carry the weight of the roof down concrete-encased stanchions. The ribbon roof itself is continuous and sweeps up over the east and west enclosure stand, dipping down over the lower terraces to the north and south of the ground."

— Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. p398.