Melbourne Cricket Ground

The Melbourne Cricket Ground, also known locally as the 'G', is a multi-purpose sports stadium located in , Melbourne, Australia. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hemisphere, the eleventh-largest stadium globally and the second-largest cricket stadium by capacity.
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  • Type: Stadium
  • Description: Sports stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Also known as: “MCG”
  • Address: 120 Brunton Avenue
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Melbourne Park and Australian Sports Museum.

Sports venue
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is a sporting venue in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in , , . Since 1988, Australia's bicentenary, has been home of the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament played annually in January. is situated 220 metres southwest of Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Museum
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The is a dedicated to Australian sport and is located within the Melbourne Cricket Ground in , . There are exhibits for sports such as cricket, Australian rules football, the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, tennis, rugby league, rugby union, soccer, basketball, boxing and netball. is situated 150 metres northeast of Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Stadium
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The , currently known as AAMI Park for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in the suburb of , , , Australia. is situated 580 metres south of Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jolimont and Inner east.

Neighborhood
is an unbounded neighbourhood of the suburb of East Melbourne, Victoria, . Situated to the south east of the city's primary axis, features parks, business precincts and a limited amount of residential accommodation.

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The of consists of a number of suburbs and localities within the Yarra municipality. Compared with glitzy on the other side of the river, the inner eastern area is known among Melburnians as a working-class district, filled with pubs and old factories.

Neighborhood
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is an ethnic enclave in the of , Victoria, Australia. Centred at the eastern end of Little Bourke Street, it extends between the corners of Swanston and Spring streets, and consists of numerous laneways, alleys and arcades.

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Latitude
-37.81993° or 37° 49′ 12″ south
Longitude
144.98321° or 144° 58′ 60″ east
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Abbreviation
“MCG”
Open location code
4RJ65XJM+27
Open­Street­Map ID
way 210337258
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­stadium
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­australian_football
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­cricket
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­multi
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6615561
Wiki­data ID
Q330136
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Melbourne Cricket Ground” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Melbourne-krieketveld”
  • Arabic: “ملعب ملبورن للكريكيت”
  • Armenian: “Մելբուրն Կրիկետ Գրաունդ (մարզադաշտ)”
  • Armenian: “Մելբուրն Կրիկետ Գրաունդ”
  • Asturian: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Bengali: “মেলবোর্ন ক্রিকেট গ্রাউন্ড”
  • Bhojpuri: “मेलबोर्न क्रिकेट ग्रांउड”
  • Catalan: “MCG”
  • Catalan: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Catalan: “The G”
  • Chinese: “MCG”
  • Chinese: “墨尔本板球场”
  • Chinese: “墨爾本木球場”
  • Chinese: “墨爾本板球場”
  • Croatian: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Czech: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Danish: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Dutch: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Esperanto: “Melburna Kriketejo”
  • Finnish: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Finnish: “Melbournen olympiastadion”
  • French: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Galician: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • German: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Greek: “Γήπεδο Κρίκετ Μελβούρνης”
  • Greek: “Στάδιο Κρίκετ Μελβούρνης”
  • Hebrew: “אצטדיון הקריקט של מלבורן”
  • Hebrew: “מלבורן קריקט גראונד”
  • Hindi: “मेलबॉर्न क्रिकेट ग्राउंड”
  • Hindi: “मेलबोर्न क्रिकेट ग्रांउड”
  • Hindi: “मेलबोर्न क्रिकेट मैदान”
  • Hungarian: “Melbourne-i Krikett Stadion”
  • Hungarian: “melbourne-i krikettstadion”
  • Hungarian: “Melbourne-i krikettstadion”
  • Indonesian: “Lapangan Kriket Melbourne”
  • Indonesian: “MCG”
  • Indonesian: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Indonesian: “The G”
  • Italian: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Japanese: “MCG”
  • Japanese: “メルボルン・クリケット・グラウンド”
  • Japanese: “メルボルン・クリケットグラウンド”
  • Japanese: “メルボルンクリケットグラウンド”
  • Korean: “MCG”
  • Korean: “더 지”
  • Korean: “멜버른 크리켓 구장”
  • Korean: “멜버른 크리켓 그라운드”
  • Latin: “Melburnum Cricketis Campii”
  • Malayalam: “മെൽബൺ ക്രിക്കറ്റ് ഗ്രൗണ്ട്”
  • Marathi: “मेलबर्न क्रिकेट मैदान”
  • Marathi: “मेलबॉर्न क्रिकेट मैदान”
  • Marathi: “मेलबोर्न क्रिकेट ग्राउंड”
  • Marathi: “मेलबोर्न क्रिकेट मैदान”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “MCG”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Norwegian: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Persian: “ورزشگاه کریکت ملبورن”
  • Polish: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Portuguese: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Russian: “Мельбурн Крикет Граунд”
  • Russian: “Мельбурн Крикет-Граунд”
  • Russian: “Мельбурнская крикетная площадка”
  • Russian: “Мельбурнский крикетный стадион”
  • Serbian: “Крикет граунд у Мелбурну”
  • Sinhala: “මෙල්බර්න් ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩාංගනය”
  • Spanish: “MCG”
  • Spanish: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Swahili: “Uwanja wa Michezo wa Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Swedish: “MCG”
  • Swedish: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Tamil: “மெல்போர்ன் கிரிக்கெட் மைதானம்”
  • Tamil: “மெல்போர்ன் துடுப்பாட்ட அரங்கம்”
  • Tamil: “மெல்போர்ன் துடுப்பாட்ட மைதானம்”
  • Telugu: “మెల్‌బోర్న్ క్రికెట్ గ్రౌండ్”
  • Thai: “สนามคริกเก็ตเมลเบิร์น”
  • Turkish: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Turkish: “Melbourne Kriket Sahası”
  • Ukrainian: “Мельбурн Крикет Граунд”
  • Ukrainian: “Мельбурн-Крикет-Ґраунд”
  • Urdu: “ملبورن کرکٹ گراؤنڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Vietnamese: “MCG”
  • Vietnamese: “Melbourne Cricket Ground”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân Khúc côn cầu Melbourne”
  • Vietnamese: “The G”
  • Welsh: “Maes Criced Melbourne”
  • Western Panjabi: “ملبورن کرکٹ گراؤنڈ”
  • “मेलबोर्न क्रिकेट ग्रांउड”

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