Sydney Cricket Ground
Sydney, Australia
48,000
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to Melbourne Cricket Ground, 100,024
Sydney Cricket Ground is the joint 6th-oldest (opened 1851) of the 2,233 stadiums on this site. It is the 9th-largest of the 57 listed stadiums in Australia.
The nearest listed stadium is Sydney Football Stadium, 0.3 km away.
- Listed for
- Australian rules football, cricket, football and rugby league
- Tenants
- Australia national cricket team, New South Wales cricket team, Sydney Sixers, Sydney Swans
- Position
- 33.89° S, 151.22° E
Where it stands in Australia
- Melbourne Cricket Ground52,024 more100,024
- 4 more listed stadiums
- Lang Park4,500 more52,500
- Carrara Stadium2,000 more50,000
- Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre500 more48,500
- Sydney Cricket Ground48,000
- Sydney Football Stadium5,500 fewer42,500
- Kardinia Park8,000 fewer40,000
- The Gabba11,000 fewer37,000
- 45 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Owner
- Government of New South Wales via Venues NSW
- First men's Test
- 1882
- Share of listed capacity in Australia
- 3.4%
- Compared with the median in Australia
- 2.7 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
- Also opened in 1851 in Australia
- NTCA Ground
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Stadium Australia, 15.7 km
- Listed stadiums within 10 km
- 4
Nearest listed stadiums
- Sydney Football Stadium · north42,500 places, opened 20220.3 km
- Henson Park · west20,000 places, opened 19336.3 km
- North Sydney Oval · north10,000 places, opened 18676.8 km
- Leichhardt Oval · west20,000 places, opened 19347.0 km
- Belmore Sports Ground · west17,000 places, opened 192012.3 km
Source: Wikipedia, Sydney Cricket Ground.