Rod Laver Arena
Rod Laver Arena is a multipurpose arena located within Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The arena is the main venue for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the calendar year.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stadium
- Description: tennis stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Historically known as: “Centre Court” and “National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park”
- Address: 200 Batman Avenue, Melbourne, VIC
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Melbourne Cricket Ground and Margaret Court Arena.
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Stadium
Photo: Flickerd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Melbourne Cricket Ground, also known locally as the 'G', is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. 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. Melbourne Cricket Ground is situated 450 metres northeast of Rod Laver Arena.
Margaret Court Arena
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Margaret Court Arena is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue located in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The arena, which was built in 1987 and redeveloped in the mid-2010s, has a capacity of 7,500. It is named after Margaret Court.
Melbourne Park
Sports venue
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Melbourne Park is a sporting venue in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Since 1988, Australia's bicentenary, Melbourne Park has been home of the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament played annually in January. Melbourne Park is situated 250 metres east of Rod Laver Arena.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jolimont and Chinatown.
Jolimont
Neighborhood
Jolimont is an unbounded neighbourhood of the suburb of East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Situated to the south east of the city's primary axis, Jolimont features parks, business precincts and a limited amount of residential accommodation.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the central business district of Melbourne, 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
Photo: Scott Cresswell, CC BY 2.0.
Melbourne is Australia's cultural capital and second biggest city, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens.
Rod Laver Arena
- Categories: arena, tennis, building, recreation area, sports location, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-37.8216° or 37° 49′ 18″ southLongitude
144.97858° or 144° 58′ 43″ eastElevation
81 metres (266 feet)Height
30 metres (98 feet)Operator
Melbourne and Olympic Park TrustOpen location code
4RJ65XHH+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 45738964OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=stadiumOpenStreetMap feature
sport=tennis
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Rod Laver Arena” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رود لافر أرينا”
- Basque: “Rod Laver Arena”
- Bulgarian: “Род Лейвър Арена”
- Chinese: “罗德·拉沃竞技场”
- Czech: “Rod Laver Arena”
- Dutch: “Rod Laver Arena”
- French: “Rod Laver Arena”
- German: “Rod Laver Arena”
- Hindi: “रॉड लेवर एरिना”
- Indonesian: “Arena Rod Laver”
- Indonesian: “Centre Court”
- Indonesian: “National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park”
- Indonesian: “Rod Laver Arena”
- Italian: “Rod Laver Arena”
- Japanese: “ロッド・レーバー・アリーナ”
- Korean: “로드 레이버 아레나”
- Persian: “راد لیور آرنا”
- Polish: “Rod Laver Arena”
- Portuguese: “Rod Laver Arena”
- Russian: “Арена Рода Лейвера”
- Serbian: “Род Лејвер арена”
- Slovak: “Rod Laver Arena”
- Spanish: “Arena Rod Laver”
- Spanish: “Rod Laver Arena”
- Swedish: “Rod Laver Arena”
- Vietnamese: “Rod Laver Arena”
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