{"id":295968,"date":"2025-11-20T01:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/295968\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T01:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:09:12","slug":"fans-given-the-chance-to-get-up-close-with-behind-the-scenes-tours-of-optus-stadium-ahead-of-the-ashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/295968\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans given the chance to get up close with behind the scenes tours of Optus Stadium ahead of the Ashes"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pair of Pommy cricket tragics who helped build the iconic Optus Stadium were among a lucky few to take a first look behind the scenes at the venue before the first Ashes series clash gets underway.<\/p>\n

Josh and Martin Reed were part of the first select group to be given the VIP experience tour \u2014 which allows fans the chance to walk the stadiums corridors and rub shoulders with the English and Aussie cricket sides.<\/p>\n

\u201cI worked on the construction site for four years and it\u2019s amazing to get down here and see it all finished off,\u201d Josh Reed said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be standing here in the change rooms and there is all the names of the players from both sides \u2014 this is something I didn\u2019t expect to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TheCamera IconThe Ashes Test at Optus Stadium: Tim Jones , Martin Reed and Matt Gerrans tour Optus Stadium today. Including a visit to this mock change room. Michael Wilson Credit: Michael Wilson\/The West Australian<\/p>\n

From the pitch sideline to the team bunker and the indoor practice pitches, the new stadium tours span more than an hour and takes you to a whole new level \u2014 literally \u2014 42m above the field onto the Sky View Deck.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s little left out of view on The Stadium Test Tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got my tickets booked for the game but this tour is nearly as exciting,\u201d Martin Reed said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been to games at many venues \u2014 Suncorp Stadium (in Brisbane) and in the UK but the design of this place is something else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Optus Stadium will be running the tours until 2pm on Thursday, just before Australia and England go head-to-head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of Pommy cricket tragics who helped build the iconic Optus Stadium were among a lucky few…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,588,85,33383],"class_list":["post-295968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-the-ashes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}