Melbourne Cricket Ground
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The Melbourne Cricket Ground is a historic, large-capacity sports stadium in Melbourne renowned as one of the world’s premier venues for cricket and Australian rules football.
Statements (76)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian rules football venue
ⓘ
cricket ground ⓘ landmark ⓘ sports stadium ⓘ |
| capacity |
approximately 100024
ⓘ
over 100000 ⓘ |
| city | Melbourne ⓘ |
| contains | National Sports Museum ⓘ |
| continent | Australia ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Melbourne Cricket Club
ⓘ
surface form:
Melbourne Cricket Club Committee
|
| hasFeature |
Great Southern Stand
ⓘ
Olympic Stand ⓘ Ponsford Stand ⓘ light towers ⓘ members reserve ⓘ museum spaces ⓘ scoreboards ⓘ underground car park ⓘ video screens ⓘ |
| hasTenant |
Carlton Football Club
ⓘ
Collingwood Football Club ⓘ Hawthorn Football Club ⓘ Melbourne Cricket Club ⓘ Melbourne Football Club ⓘ Richmond Football Club ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | heritage-listed ⓘ |
| hostedEvent |
1956 Summer Olympics
ⓘ
surface form:
1956 Olympic Games closing ceremony
1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
surface form:
1956 Olympic Games opening ceremony
1992 Cricket World Cup ⓘ
surface form:
1992 Cricket World Cup final
2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony ⓘ 2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony ⓘ 2015 Cricket World Cup final ⓘ 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup ⓘ
surface form:
T20 World Cup matches
|
| hosts |
AFL Grand Final
ⓘ
Australian Football League matches ⓘ Boxing Day Test ⓘ One Day International cricket matches ⓘ Test cricket matches ⓘ Twenty20 International cricket matches ⓘ association football matches ⓘ concerts ⓘ international rugby league matches ⓘ international rugby union matches ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Melbourne
ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ |
| locatedInSuburb | East Melbourne ⓘ |
| near |
Jolimont railway station
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Melbourne Park ⓘ Richmond railway station ⓘ Rod Laver Arena ⓘ Yarra Park ⓘ |
| nickname | The G ⓘ |
| opened | 1853 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Melbourne Cricket Club ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
Australian rules football
ⓘ
cricket ⓘ |
| recordAttendance | over 120000 ⓘ |
| recordAttendanceEvent |
1956 Summer Olympics
ⓘ
surface form:
1956 Olympic Games
AFL Grand Final ⓘ Billy Graham crusade ⓘ |
| region | Victoria ⓘ |
| renovated |
1956
ⓘ
1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ early 2000s ⓘ |
| shortName | MCG ⓘ |
| significance |
one of the largest stadiums in the Southern Hemisphere
ⓘ
one of the most famous cricket grounds in the world ⓘ spiritual home of Australian sport ⓘ |
| surface | grass ⓘ |
| timeZone | Australian Eastern Standard Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Australian Eastern Daylight Time ⓘ |
| wasMainVenueFor |
1956 Summer Olympics
ⓘ
2006 Commonwealth Games ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.