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 * 1 Etihad Stadium ||
 * 2 Melbourne Cricket Ground ||
 * 3 AAMI Park ||



====During the 20th century, Sport has been a part of Melbourne. Sports grounds like the MCG have been established for over 156 years. The MCG, AAMI Park, Etihad Stadium are important for Melbourne sports like AFL, Melbourne Cup, Soccer, Rugby, Olympic Games and the Commonwealth games. ====



Etihad Stadium has been renamed three times. Initially Colonial Stadium, then Telstra Dome and presently known as Etihad Stadium. It's a very popular stadium, it hosts a lot of concerts like, Bon Jovi, Wolfmother and Robbie Williams. Soccer matches, Rugby Tournaments, AFL matches and Rave Dances.

History  : Etihad Stadium was built in 1996, and opened on the 9th of March, 2000. The stadium cost $410 million dollars to construct. It holds 56,347 people as a maximum for seating capacity. Etihad Stadium was built as the replacement for Waverley Park which was the AFL headquarters.. The stadium has 5 AFL (Western Bulldogs, Carlton Blues, Essendon Bombers, St Kilda Saints and North Melbourne Kangaroos) home teams and 1 soccer team ( Melbourne Victory). The largest attendance was on November 15th 2000, the event was the Catholic Jubilee Mass.

Stadium Features :
 * ﻿38 meters roof, close and open on the east and west side of the stadium, it takes eight minutes to close and open.
 * Movable seating.
 * Events area is already constructed.
 * Two large replay screens which displays score and advertisement.
 * Premium Club membership area
 * 2,500 car parking spaces below the ground
 * Oval shaped, turf playing surface of 19,053 square metres
 * 1,000 video seats
 * and more (



The MCG is the tenth largest ground in the world. It was built in 1854, and its located in the Yarra Park. The first place the MCG was built was at the Flagstaff railway station, then it moved to South Melbourne because the area was flooded.The club was forced to move out again because of the railway expansion for the new steam railway line from Melbourne to Sandridge. The government gave them three choices to move to. Flinders St, Spring Streets and lastly Yarra Park which is now where the MCG is placed.



Stadium Development ﻿: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The first seats were made of wood and they were 200 meters in length and allowed 6000 people to be seated. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The other grandstand had 2000 seats, and they were facing only one side of the MCG where the football was played. After 1881, the MCG bought a brick stand and the original stand was sold for £55. The foundation of the brick was by Prince George of Wales and Prince Albert. TheTelephone, wicket and posts were installed in the field. 1 year later the scoreboard was installed. After 1884, Lillywhite grandstand burned down and it was replaced with a new grandstand that could hold 450 members and 4500 public. After three years, the manager added a second storey that could hold 9,000 people and a few years later, electric lights were built. The Melbourne Cricket Ground has been used for Australian Rules Football often, that's why it is one of the most popular sports in Australia. However the Melbourne Cricket Club members were concerned about the damage to the grass that AFL had caused at the MCG so the AFL had to play outside in the parkland.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sporting Legends :The first statue was sculpted by Louis Lamen on the 14th May 2003. It was of Sir Donald Bradman. The Statue is about 2.75m and it had 24h video surveillance and security lighting. These are the Australian Legends :


 * Sir Donald Bradman (outside Gate 5)
 * Betty Cuthbert (Gate 3)
 * Haydn Bunton (Gate 6)
 * Leigh Matthews (Gate 4)
 * Ron Barassi (Gate 4)
 * Shirley Strickland (Gate 3)
 * Dick Reynolds (Gate 6)
 * Keith Miller (Gate 5)
 * Bill Ponsford (Gate 1)
 * Dennis Lillee (Gate 1)

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Our AWESOME MCG Tour <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">! : MCG is located in the Yarra Park, Melbourne, Its pretty much the largest stadium in the world. It was built in 1854 and is about 156 years old.The first games that the MCG hosted were the Olympic and Commonwealth games. It holds 121.696 people in one stadium and the game was Carlton vs Collingwood, Carlton won~! . The MCG hosts soccer, AFL, tennis, cycling, rugby, and some other sports like VFL and the FIFA world cup qualifier. In front of the MCG there is a Statue of Dennis Lillee. The first game that was played at the MCG was cricket. On the 30th September 1854, between Victoria and New South Wales. IT WAS TOTALLY AWESOME!





<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Aami Park <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> :Aami Park is sometimes known as the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium. It's an outdoor stadium, located at the site of E <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">dwin Flack Field on Olympic Boulevard. The Rectangular stadium was Melbournes first large purpose built stadium.It was built for Soccer and rugby. Melbourne Storm, Melbourne Rebels, Melbourne Heart and Victory uses the Stadium for Soccer and Rugby. The stadium could be referred to as Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Swan St Stadium or the Bubble Dome. The first game was the rugby league at Aami Park, on 23th, November, 2009.

History : Aami Park has a small seating capacity, it holds 30,050 people. When the Melbourne storm played their home games, it was found too small for rugby league and for soccer as it attracted 39,730 crowds. ( Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC) The Melbourne Victory refused to play for a small capacity. The new plan for the future is increasing 10,000 more seats.