MCG - Melbourne Cricket Ground (Greater Melbourne)
Australia /
Victoria /
Melbourne /
Greater Melbourne /
Brunton Avenue
World
/ Australia
/ Victoria
/ Melbourne
World / Australia / Victoria
olympic venue, Australian rules football field, cricket stadium
Brunton Avenue
Richmond VIC 3002, Australia
Phone: +61 3 9657 8888
www.mcg.org.au/
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park in inner Melbourne, home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the largest stadium in Australia, and holds the world record for the highest light towers at any sporting venue. The MCG is within walking distance of the city centre.
Internationally, the MCG is remembered as the centrepiece stadium of the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
The MCG is one of the largest stadiums in the world and throughout its 155-year history has held numerous events attended by well in excess of 100,000 people.
Australian football and cricket (both international and domestic) have been the staple diet of events at the MCG – the ground has hosted more than 100 VFL/AFL Grand Finals and 101 Test matches, many of them starting on the now-traditional Boxing Day.
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) was built way back in 1853 when the then 15-year-old Melbourne Cricket Club was forced by the government to move from its former site because the route of Australia’s first steam train was to pass through the oval.
Since then the MCG has established a marvellous history that compares favourably with any other in the world, hosting plenty of international cricket including the first-ever Test and the 1992 World Cup final, countless VFL/AFL Grand Finals, and the 1956 Olympic Games.
Other sporting spectacles that have been held there are Australian World Cup soccer qualifiers, rugby league home and away matches and State of Origin, international rugby union clashes and the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Richmond VIC 3002, Australia
Phone: +61 3 9657 8888
www.mcg.org.au/
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park in inner Melbourne, home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the largest stadium in Australia, and holds the world record for the highest light towers at any sporting venue. The MCG is within walking distance of the city centre.
Internationally, the MCG is remembered as the centrepiece stadium of the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
The MCG is one of the largest stadiums in the world and throughout its 155-year history has held numerous events attended by well in excess of 100,000 people.
Australian football and cricket (both international and domestic) have been the staple diet of events at the MCG – the ground has hosted more than 100 VFL/AFL Grand Finals and 101 Test matches, many of them starting on the now-traditional Boxing Day.
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) was built way back in 1853 when the then 15-year-old Melbourne Cricket Club was forced by the government to move from its former site because the route of Australia’s first steam train was to pass through the oval.
Since then the MCG has established a marvellous history that compares favourably with any other in the world, hosting plenty of international cricket including the first-ever Test and the 1992 World Cup final, countless VFL/AFL Grand Finals, and the 1956 Olympic Games.
Other sporting spectacles that have been held there are Australian World Cup soccer qualifiers, rugby league home and away matches and State of Origin, international rugby union clashes and the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground
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Coordinates: 37°49'11"S 144°59'0"E
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