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| Address | 120 Brunton Avenue East Melbourne, Victoria Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Yarra Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°49′12″S 144°59′0″E / 37.82000°S 144.98333°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Executive suites | 109 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 100,024[1] (95,000 seats + 5,000 standing room)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Field size | 174 metres x 149 metres (general)[4] 160 metres x 141 metres (AFL)[5][6] 172.9 metres x 147.8 metres (cricket)[7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Surface | Grass | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1853 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Renovated | 1992 (Southern Stand redevelopment) 2006 (Northern Stand redevelopment) 2032 (Proposed Shane Warne Stand redevelopment) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Melbourne Football Club (1858–present)
Australian cricket team (1877–present) Melbourne Storm (2000)
Australia women's national football team (selected matches) Melbourne Victory (international friendly matches) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as The 'G,[10] is a sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria.[11] Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hemisphere, the 11th largest globally, and the second-largest cricket arena by capacity. The MCG is within walking distance of the Melbourne CBD and is served by Richmond and Jolimont railway stations, as well as the route 70, 75 and 48 trams. It is adjacent to Melbourne Park and is an integral part of the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct.[12]
Since it was built in 1853, the MCG has undergone numerous renovations. It served as the main stadium for the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Commonwealth Games, as well as hosting two Cricket World Cups finals: 1992 and 2015. Noted for its role in the development of international cricket, the MCG hosted both the first Test match and the first One Day International, played between Australia and England in 1877 and 1971, respectively. It has also maintained strong ties with Australian rules football since its codification in 1859, and has become the principal venue for Australian Football League (AFL) matches, including the AFL Grand Final, the world's highest attended league championship event.
Home to the Australian Sports Museum, the MCG has hosted other major sporting events, including international rules football matches between Australia and Ireland, international rugby union matches, State of Origin (rugby league) games, and FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Concerts and other cultural events are also held at the venue with the record attendance standing at 143,750 for a Billy Graham evangelistic crusade in 1959. Grandstand redevelopments and occupational health and safety legislation have limited the maximum seating capacity to approximately 95,000 with an additional 5,000 standing room capacity, bringing the total capacity to 100,024.
The MCG is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register[13] and was included on the Australian National Heritage List in 2005.[14] In 2003, journalist Greg Baum called it "a shrine, a citadel, a landmark, a totem" that "symbolises Melbourne to the world".[15]
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- ^ a b "Melbourne Cricket Ground". Victorian Heritage Database. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
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- ^ "Melbourne Cricket Ground, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H1928, Heritage Overlay HO890". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria.
- ^ "Department of the Environment and Energy". Department of the Environment and Energy. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ Baum, Greg (24 September 2003). "MCG voted as one of the seven wonders of the sporting world" Archived 1 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 January 2016.