Lakeside Stadium
Lakeside Stadium is a stadium in Albert Park, Australia that opened in 1878. Its recorded capacity is 12,000.
Key facts
Lakeside Stadium is a stadium in Albert Park, Australia that opened in 1878. Its recorded capacity is 12,000. No current owner is recorded. It is operated by State Sports Centre Trust. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are South Melbourne Football Club, South Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne Victory FC (women), 2011–12 Australian Athletics Championships, 2013–14 Australian Athletics Championships.
- Location
- Albert Park, Australia
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 12,000
- Opened
- 1878
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Not recorded
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Lakeside Stadium is at latitude -37.840278, longitude 144.965, in Albert Park, Australia. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | -37.840278 |
| Longitude | 144.965 |
| City | Albert Park |
| Region | Albert Park |
| Country | Australia |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Lakeside Stadium has carried 1 recorded name. Lake Oval, South Melbourne Cricket Ground, Bob Jane Stadium (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Oval, South Melbourne Cricket Ground, Bob Jane Stadium | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | State Sports Centre Trust | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Melbourne Football Club | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| South Melbourne Football Club | Not mapped | 1878 to present | Current | Source |
| Melbourne Victory FC (women) | Not mapped | 1878 to present | Current | Source |
| 2011–12 Australian Athletics Championships | Not mapped | 1878 to present | Current | Source |
| 2013–14 Australian Athletics Championships | Not mapped | 1878 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
11 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 3004 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Lake Oval, South Melbourne Cricket Ground, Bob Jane Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41993 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41992 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 35898 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 35897 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 35896 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 35895 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 15000 | 12000 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372212494 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Lakeside_Stadium | Lakeside Stadium | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: