Middle Park Stadium
| Middle Park Stadium | |
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| Data | |
| place |
 Melbourne , Australia
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| Coordinates | 37 ° 50 '59 " S , 144 ° 58' 6" O |
| opening | 1959 |
| demolition | 1994 |
| surface | race |
| capacity | 18,000 |
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The Middle Park Stadium was a football stadium in Melbourne , Australia . It was built in 1959 and served the club South Melbourne FC as the venue for its home games. The stadium had a capacity of around 18,000 seats, of which 2,000 were on the main stand. In 1994, the stadium was in preparation for the construction of the Formula 1 -Rennstrecke Albert Park Circuit demolished.
South Melbourne FC first moved to the Olympic Park Stadium until their new home ground, the Bob Jane Stadium , was completed.