When was mcg opened




















MCG was built in but has undergone several renovations since then. The stadium has served as the centrepiece venue of the Summer Olympics, the Commonwealth Games and two Cricket World Cups , By car, it takes just fifteen minutes to reach the MCG. However, we offer free parking for guests at the Crowne Plaza Melbourne. It would be far more convenient to plan the perfect action-filled day without the hassle of stadium parking. Before settling for the current location, the club had played at several grounds around the city.

The stadium itself saw many changes in its year old history. New stands were built in , and The 20th century saw the rapid expansion of the stadium. By , capacity had been increased to nearly 20, It has been the home of Australian football since , and was the birthplace of Test cricket in and one-day international cricket in Other sporting spectacles to have been held there include World Cup soccer qualifiers, rugby league home and away matches and State of Origin, international rugby union and Austral Wheel Races.

It has also been a concert venue for international and local performers, held open days, charity events, dinners and many more. Nestled in Yarra Park, about a minute walk from the heart of the city, the MCG is open every day of the year for events and functions and tourists and the general public alike can visit seven days a week. In electric lighting was introduced. It proved well ahead of its time as attempts to play games under floodlights proved compromising.

It was one of the first stadium to have telephone installed and a scoreboard After a serious of redevelopments in early 20th century nearly all sections were rebuilt and expanded to hold 20, people New grandstands were opened in , and The latter redevelopment brought the Olympic Stand, which was built specifically before the Olympics that also saw a running track laid.

By a massive new grandstand of four tiers was erected on a semi-circular blueprint.



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