Melbourne Cricket Ground (Australian Football League, Big Bash League)
Melbourne Cricket Ground is a stadium in Melbourne, Australia that opened in 1853. Its recorded capacity is 100,024.
Key facts
Melbourne Cricket Ground is a stadium in Melbourne, Australia that opened in 1853. Its recorded capacity is 100,024. It is owned by Melbourne Cricket Club. It is operated by Melbourne Cricket Club. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Melbourne Cricket Club.
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 100,024
- Opened
- 1853
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Melbourne Cricket Club
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
Melbourne Cricket Ground is at latitude -37.8199, longitude 144.9834, in Melbourne, 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 | -37.8199 |
| Longitude | 144.9834 |
| City | Melbourne |
| Region | Not recorded |
| Country | Australia |
| OpenStreetMap object | way/500000059 |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Naming rights
Melbourne Cricket Ground has carried 1 recorded name. Melbourne Cricket Ground (no sponsor) ran 1853 to present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | None | 1853 to present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Melbourne Cricket Club | 1853 to present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Melbourne Cricket Club | 1853 to present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Cricket Club | Australian Football League, Big Bash League | 1853 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
No changes to this venue have been recorded yet. Changes are written by each monthly pipeline run and listed on the change log.
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The dataset as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Manual correction: N/A. Corrected by site editors from a cited primary source.
Row-level sources used for this venue: