Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground is a stadium in City of Melbourne, Australia that opened in 1885. Its recorded capacity is 100,024.
Key facts
Melbourne Cricket Ground is a stadium in City of Melbourne, Australia that opened in 1885. Its recorded capacity is 100,024. It is owned by Victoria State Government and Victoria State Government. It is operated by Melbourne Cricket Club and Melbourne Cricket Club. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Australian Football League, Melbourne Football Club, Richmond Football Club, Collingwood Football Club, Essendon Football Club, Hawthorn Football Club, Carlton Football Club, Cricket, Victoria cricket team, Melbourne Stars, National Rugby League, Melbourne Storm, Soccer, Melbourne Victory FC, North Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Cricket Club, Richmond Football Club, Victoria cricket team, Hawthorn Football Club, Melbourne Football Club, Carlton Football Club, Collingwood Football Club, Australia national cricket team, Essendon Football Club, 2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne Stars.
- Location
- City of Melbourne, Australia
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 100,024
- Opened
- 1885
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Victoria State Government, Victoria State Government
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Melbourne Cricket Ground is at latitude -37.819943, longitude 144.983447, in City of 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 | -37.819943 |
| Longitude | 144.983447 |
| City | City of Melbourne |
| Region | City of Melbourne |
| 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
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Victoria State Government | 1885 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Victoria State Government | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Melbourne Cricket Club | 1885 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Melbourne Cricket Club | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
Recorded changes
62 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 | 118 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41705 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 41704 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 988 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 927 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 914 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 911 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 905 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 904 | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 16116 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | University Football Club | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Australia women's national soccer team | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Australia men's national soccer team | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Melbourne Renegades | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Australian cricket team | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | University Football Club | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 32246 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 32245 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 32244 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 32243 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 32246 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 32245 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 32244 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 32243 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 3145 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 962 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 961 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 960 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 959 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 958 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1376249589 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Melbourne_Cricket_Ground | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16123 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16122 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16121 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16120 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16119 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16118 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16117 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16116 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16115 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16114 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16113 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16112 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16111 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16110 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16109 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16108 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16107 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 534 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 533 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 532 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 531 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 530 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 529 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 528 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 527 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 526 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 525 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 524 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 523 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 522 | 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: