Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne, Australia
100,024
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 places
Melbourne Cricket Ground is the 8th-oldest (opened 1853) of the 2,233 stadiums on this site. It is also the largest of the 74 listed stadiums in Oceania.
It was a venue of the 1956 and 2000 Summer Olympics and of the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and it is counted among the Olympic stadiums. It is on the Australian National Heritage List and is on the Victorian Heritage Register. The nearest listed stadium is John Cain Arena, 0.3 km away.
- Listed for
- American football, athletics, Australian rules football, cricket and rugby league
- Tenants
- Melbourne Football Club, Richmond Football Club, Collingwood Football Club, Essendon Football Club
- Surface
- Grass
- Heritage
- Australian National Heritage List; Victorian Heritage Register
- Position
- 37.82° S, 144.98° E
Where it stands in Australia
- Melbourne Cricket Ground100,024
- Stadium Australia17,024 fewer83,000
- Perth Stadium38,758 fewer61,266
- Docklands Stadium43,677 fewer56,347
- 53 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Owner
- Victoria State Government
- Operator
- Melbourne Cricket Club
- Field size
- 174 m × 149 m
- Recorded construction cost
- A$725 million
- Record attendance
- 109,500
- Share of listed capacity in Australia
- 7.1%
- Latest renovation or expansion
- 2006, more recent than 1 of the other 8 listed stadiums in Australia with such a year
- Compared with the median in Australia
- 5.7 times the median capacity of 17,500 across its 57 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1850s in Australia
- 3 of the 57 listed stadiums, this one included
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, 8,770 km
- Listed stadiums within 10 km
- 6
Chronology
- 1853 Opened
- 1956 Summer Olympics venue
- 1992 Renovated
- 2000 Summer Olympics venue
- 2006 Commonwealth Games venue, Renovated
Nearest listed stadiums
- John Cain Arena · south-west10,300 places, opened 20000.3 km
- Rod Laver Arena · south-west14,820 places, opened 19880.5 km
- Melbourne Rectangular Stadium · south30,050 places, opened 20100.6 km
- Lakeside Stadium · south-west12,000 places, opened 18782.8 km
- Docklands Stadium · west56,347 places, opened 20003.2 km
Source: Wikipedia, Melbourne Cricket Ground.