It is now a question of how many people will be able to be accommodated at the stadium,which was the centrepiece of the Sydney 2000 Olympics and has a nominal capacity of 83,500 people.
But the number of seats that will be made available depends on the sport being played and the differing demands of the venue hirer - which means it’s currently unclear whether the Women’s World Cup standalone opening day record crowd of 78,972,set at Giants Stadium in New York when the United States beat Denmark 3-0 in the first match of the 1999 tournament,can be broken.
That figure is also the second-highest crowd in Women’s World Cup history,with the highest - the 90,185 who watched the 1999 final between the USA and China at the Rose Bowl - unable to be beaten.
In the case of an event like the Women’s World Cup,FIFA will remove dozens of rows from the upper tiers of Accor Stadium to install media tribunes,while other infrastructure - including the team dugouts - will wipe out other seats or at very least restrict their view.
The final number won’t be known until much closer to the day,making for a nervous wait to see if a new opening day benchmark can be set,with sources anticipating it to land somewhere between 78,000 and just over 80,000.
Either way,the demand for tickets is not in question given the popularity of the Matildas and the size of the Irish diaspora in Australia,and was the reason why Football Australia and FIFA boss Gianni Infantino were so eager for the stadium switch to be made.