Traeger Park

TIO Traeger Park
Traeger Park
Central Australian Football League match at Traeger Park, Alice Springs
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LocationAlice Springs, NT, Australia
Coordinates23°42′32″S 133°52′30″E / 23.7090°S 133.8751°E / -23.7090; 133.8751
OperatorAlice Springs Town Council
Capacity7,200[1]
Field size168 m × 132 m (551 ft × 433 ft)[2]
Construction
Opened1991
Renovated2006
Tenants
AFL Northern Territory
Northern Territory Cricket
Melbourne Football Club (2014-present)
Adelaide Strikers 2017-2018
Hobart Hurricanes (2019-present)
Traeger Park is located in Northern Territory
Traeger Park
Ground information
Capacity7,200
End names
Traeger Avenue
MacDonnell Ranges
As of 20 December 2019
Source: Cricinfo

Traeger Park (currently known under naming rights as TIO Traeger Park[3]) is a sports complex located in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, and is named after Alfred Hermann Traeger. The park was officially opened by Anne Catherine Smallwood (née Traeger) Alfred's younger daughter. The primary stadium in the complex caters for Australian rules football and cricket and has a capacity of 7200.[4] The complex also has a small baseball stadium.

Traeger Park is home to the Central Australian Football League, and also hosts the annual Ngurratjuta Easter Lightning Carnival.[5]

  1. ^ "TIO Trager Park Oval". Austadiums. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  2. ^ Atkinson, Cody; Lawson, Sean (15 June 2022). "From the SCG to Kardinia Park — do ground sizes contribute to the end result in AFL games?". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  3. ^ Young, Domonique (21 June 2013). "TIO to sponsor Traeger Park Oval" (PDF) (Press release). Alice Springs, NT: Alice Springs Town Council. TIO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  4. ^ "TIO Trager Park Oval". Austadiums. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  5. ^ Edmund, Sam (30 April 2011). "Red heart's stronger pulse". Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 December 2011.