Docklands Stadium (Melbourne)
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| place | 740 Bourke Street 3008 Docklands, Melbourne , Australia
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| Coordinates | 37 ° 48 '59.3 " S , 144 ° 56' 51.3" E |
| owner | James Fielding Funds Management |
| start of building | October 1997 |
| opening | 9th of March 2000 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | AU $ 460 million |
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Populous Daryl Jackson Architects |
| capacity | 56,347 seats |
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The Docklands Stadium (through sponsorship agreement officially Marvel Stadium ) is a stadium with closable roof in the district of Docklands the Australian metropolis of Melbourne , State of Victoria . The capacity is 56,347 spectators.
history
The stadium opened in 2000 as the Colonial Stadium (named after a financial services company). It was renamed Telstra Dome after a telecommunications company in 2002. The owner is James Fielding Funds Management , which acquired the stadium in 2006 for 330 million Australian dollars from the television station Channel Seven . As of March 1, 2009, the stadium was called Etihad Stadium after a contract with Etihad Airways , an airline from the United Arab Emirates , was concluded. After the AFL bought the stadium in mid-2018, otherwise it would have been demolished, the venue was renamed Marvel Stadium in October of that year .
The arena is mainly used by clubs in the Australian Football League - St. Kilda, Carlton, Essendon, North Melbourne, West Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs . The A-League football club Melbourne Victory also plays its home games here. In addition to other sports such as one-day cricket and rugby , entertainment events take place there, such as B. the spectacular concert of the American rock legend KISS together with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. On October 24, 2015, the Australian Speedway World Championship Grand Prix took place as the season finale at the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne as part of the Individual Speedway World Championship.
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The stadium under construction at Christmas 1998
The arena with a closed roof (2005)
Docklands Stadium and surrounding area
See also
Web links
- marvelstadium.com.au: Official website (English)
- austadiums.com: Marvel Stadium (English)
- stadiumdb.com: Marvel Stadium (Docklands Stadium )
- stadionwelt.de: Detailed picture gallery