Rod Laver Arena

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multi-purpose arena sports venue tennis stadium

Rod Laver Arena is a major tennis and multi-purpose stadium in Melbourne best known as the main venue for the Australian Open.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Margaret Court Arena 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf multi-purpose arena ⓘ
sports venue ⓘ
tennis stadium ⓘ
architect Peddle Thorp Architects ⓘ
city Melbourne ⓘ
constructionCost approximately A$94 million ⓘ
constructionStart 1985 ⓘ
coordinateLatitude -37.8213 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 144.9780 ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
formerName Centre Court ⓘ
Margaret Court Arena ⓘ
surface form: National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park
hasFeature LED scoreboards ⓘ
corporate suites ⓘ
media facilities ⓘ
movable roof panels ⓘ
player facilities ⓘ
homeTournament Australian Open ⓘ
hostedEvent Australian Open ⓘ
surface form: Australian Open men’s doubles finals

Australian Open ⓘ
surface form: Australian Open men’s singles finals

Australian Open ⓘ
surface form: Australian Open mixed doubles finals

Australian Open ⓘ
surface form: Australian Open women’s doubles finals

Australian Open ⓘ
surface form: Australian Open women’s singles finals

Davis Cup ties ⓘ
Fed Cup ties ⓘ
basketball games ⓘ
concerts ⓘ
ice shows ⓘ
motorsport events ⓘ
netball games ⓘ
locatedIn Melbourne ⓘ
Melbourne Park ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Yarra River ⓘ
namedAfter Rod Laver ⓘ
nearbyVenue John Cain Arena ⓘ
Margaret Court Arena ⓘ
openingDate 1988-01-11 ⓘ
operator Melbourne & Olympic Parks Trust ⓘ
owner Government of Victoria ⓘ
partOf Melbourne Park ⓘ
surface form: Melbourne & Olympic Parks
renamed 2000 ⓘ
role main venue of the Australian Open ⓘ
roofType retractable roof ⓘ
seatingCapacityConcerts approximately 16000 ⓘ
seatingCapacityTennis approximately 14820 ⓘ
sport tennis ⓘ
surfaceType hard court ⓘ
tenancy Australian Open ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Australian Open → centerCourt → Rod Laver Arena ⓘ
Australian Open → hasRoof → Rod Laver Arena ⓘ
Melbourne → hasSportsVenue → Rod Laver Arena ⓘ
AAMI Park → locatedNear → Rod Laver Arena ⓘ
Melbourne Cricket Ground → near → Rod Laver Arena ⓘ
Yarra River → near → Rod Laver Arena ⓘ
Australian Open → showCourt → Rod Laver Arena ⓘ
this entity surface form: Margaret Court Arena