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Top 10 Arenas & Stadiums in Melbourne, Victoria
Lovely, laid-back Melbourne has something for everyone: family fare, local and international art, haute boutiques, multicultural dining, Australian and Aboriginal history, spectator sports, and pulsing, swanky nightlife. Cruise on the free City Circle Tram loop to check out unique attractions like the Royal Botanical Gardens and the Healesville Sanctuary, which buzzes with local animal species.
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1. Ikon Park
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By 619jeffry - Essendon, Australia
No matter what name the Carlton Football Club calls the club's home ground in pursuit of sponsorship dollars, to supporters of the Blue Boys it will always be Princes Park. The glory days will always be associated with Princes Park. The stadium has been been upgraded, the season's first AFL Women's game will be held shortly. As far the Carlton Football Club's premiership hopes are concerned, it's been a long time between drinks for the Blues.
2. Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 8,860 reviews
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is Australia's largest, oldest and most popular sporting venue. The MCG has hosted plenty of international cricket, including the first-ever Test and the 1992 World Cup final, countless VFL/AFL Grand Finals, the 1956 Olympic Games and 2006 Commonwealth Games. It also hosted the final of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. Other sporting spectacles include FIFA World Cup soccer qualifiers, rugby league home and away matches and State of Origin and international rugby union clashes. Apart from its sporting events, the MCG has also witnessed many blockbuster music concerts, and even Pope John Paul II held a mass there when he visited Melbourne in 1986. The MCG has a total capacity of 100,024 people, comprising 95,024 seats and 5000 standing room spaces. The stadium also houses the National Sports Museum, which includes some of the most priceless pieces of memorabilia in Australian sporting history.
Reviewed By ozyoungster - Melbourne, Australia
If you even have a passing interest in sport and you have the chance to visit the MCG for a large AFL match or cricket encounter you should take the opportunity to tick something off the bucket list of experiences - the ground regularly has over 80,000 loud (but well-behaved) fans watching over the huge pitch (4x a normal rugby or soccer pitch) supported by two of the largest HD screens in the world. The atmosphere is incomparable - at times the noise in the stands has been measured at levels approaching a commercial airliner!!!! Visitor or Melbournian - you just have to go to believe it!!!
3. Rod Laver Arena
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,528 reviews
Reviewed By Palave - Prescot, United Kingdom
Attended the Australian Open first day with tickets for the Rod Laver Arena. Watched some great tennis in an fantastic arena, comfortable and with good views of the tennis,
4. Marvel Stadium
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 442 reviews
How long does it take to close the roof? How do AFL players prepare for a match? Enter the inner sanctum of this impressive stadium and learn the answers to these questions and more.
Reviewed By r-h-1963 - Melbourne, Australia
A great venue to watch most sports (a little to far away for soccer) and very easy to access from Southern Cross train station just a short walk away
5. Melbourne & Olympic Parks
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 102 reviews
Reviewed By 619jeffry - Essendon, Australia
The Melbourne and Olympic Parks complex is close to the heart of the City. Olympic Park ws initually built as a training facility for the 1956 Olympics athletics, held at the nearby MCG. Since then, the ground has hosted the Storm (rugby league) and the A-League's Melboune Victory (soccer). The venue is also used for entertainment. It's just about 15 minutes walk from the City.
6. Melbourne Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 22 reviews
Reviewed By lynnes669
Visiting the Australian Open (tennis) these grounds are amongst the best in the world. Seating on Rod Laver Arena is good - padded seats, good views from everywhere. Margaret Court Arena is small and intimate with fabulous views, though the plastic bucket seats are a bit hard! Melbourne Arena offers excellent views, especially considering you can get seats there using the superb value ground passes. Food provision is adequate and quite tasty, a bit over the top price wise but entirely manageable. Highly recommend a visit.
7. Arden Street Oval
8. Olympic Park Oval
9. Docklands Stadium
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 448 reviews
Reviewed By 619jeffry - Essendon, Australia
What is referred to as "Docklands Stadium" has never actually been known by that name, always by the name of the naming sponsor, which is now the Marvel group. The stadium can hold 56,000 spectators. It's a good size for football and soccer, and events such as the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
