Wentworth Park is a multi-purpose sporting facility in the suburb of Glebe in New South Wales, Australia. that is used for various sports including rugby union, rugby league, soccer and greyhound racing. Wentworth Park is located 2 kilometres from the Sydney central business district.
Currently greyhound racing is conducted there on Friday and Saturday nights as well as some Public Holidays. Races are conducted over 520m and 720m. The track is a loam surface having been converted from grass in the 1990s. Hurdle racing was a feature of Wentworth Park until the early 1980s. It fell away and annual events were held in December for a number of years until the mid-1990s.
The nearby University of Technology, Sydney regularly holds student examinations within two levels of the grandstand, where the bar, betting and lounge areas are located.
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