Margaret Court Arena

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Margaret Court Arena is a prominent tennis stadium in Melbourne Park, Australia, named after tennis legend Margaret Court and used as a key show court during the Australian Open.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Open show court
sports venue
tennis stadium
city Melbourne
continent Australia
country Australia
formerName Show Court One
hasCategory Australian Open (tennis) venues
Indoor arenas in Australia
Sports venues completed in 1988
Sports venues in Melbourne
Tennis venues in Melbourne
hasRetractableRoof true
hasSurface hard court
hostsEvent Australian Open
surface form: Australian Open tennis tournament

basketball games
concerts
netball matches
locatedIn Melbourne
Melbourne Park
Victoria
namedAfter Margaret Court
opened 1988
operator Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct
surface form: Melbourne & Olympic Parks
owner Government of Victoria
partOf Melbourne Park
surface form: Melbourne Park tennis complex
partOfTournamentSite Australian Open venue cluster
primaryUse tennis during Australian Open
region Victoria
renovated 2014
reopenedAfterRedevelopment 2015
roofType retractable roof
seatingCapacity approximately 7,500
seatingCapacityDuringConcerts approximately 7,500–10,000
secondaryUse multi-purpose indoor arena
sport tennis
surfaceBrand Plexicushion
usedAs show court
usedFor Australian Open

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australian Open hasRoof Margaret Court Arena
Rod Laver Arena formerName Margaret Court Arena
this entity surface form: National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park
Rod Laver Arena nearbyVenue Margaret Court Arena
Melbourne Park hasShowCourt Margaret Court Arena
Melbourne & Olympic Parks Trust manages Margaret Court Arena