The demolition of Sydney's Allianz Stadium can begin immediately after a judge dismissed an application to extend a court order preventing major works.
The temporary injunction - put in place in February to allow a challenge to the $730 million project in the Land and Environment Court - was due to expire at 5pm on Friday.
Those behind the failed challenge applied to have it extended until Monday, when they head to the Court of Appeal in another attempt to stop the controversial project.
But Justice Nicola Pain on Friday dismissed the application in the Land and Environment Court.
It follows her decision on Wednesday to throw out the challenge over the planning process to rebuild the city's biggest rectangular stadium.
Community group Local Democracy Matters is now considering applying for an urgent injunction before their appeal is heard next week.
Greens MP David Shoebridge acknowledged the judge found it unlikely serious damage would be done to the stadium over the weekend.
But he said it would be a tragedy if the premier was allowed to do "as much irreparable damage as possible" when so much of the state was against it.
Labor leader Michael Daley, who is staunchly opposed to the project, called on Gladys Berejiklian to wait until the judicial process was complete before proceeding with tearing down the stadium ahead of the March 23 NSW election.
"Only someone spectacularly arrogant would send the wrecking balls in to knock that stadium down now, given the anger about this is white-hot," he told reporters.
LDM spokesman Chris Maltby, who works for the Greens, believes the group still has very strong grounds to show the Berejiklian government is trying to make it impossible for an incoming government to change.
"It's in the middle of an election campaign and the whole project has been rushed right from the very beginning," he said.
The group had unsuccessfully argued Planning Minister Anthony Roberts did not consider design excellence or soil contamination before approving the project and his government did not exhibit the demolition proposal for long enough.
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