the MCG

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The MCG, short for the Melbourne Cricket Ground, is a historic and iconic sports stadium in Melbourne, Australia, renowned as one of the world’s largest and most significant cricket and Australian rules football venues.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf sports stadium
brokeGround 1853
cityLandmarkStatus iconic Melbourne landmark
country Australia
fieldShape oval
hasFloodlights true
hasMuseum Australian Sports Museum
hasScoreboard electronic scoreboard
hasStand Great Southern Stand
Members Pavilion
Olympic Stand
Ponsford Stand
hostsAnnualEvent AFL Anzac Day match
AFL Grand Final parade activities
hostsCompetition Australian Football League
linked to: AFL

Sheffield Shield
hostsEventType AFL Grand Final
Boxing Day Test
One Day International cricket matches
Test cricket matches
Twenty20 International cricket matches
international soccer matches
rugby league matches
rugby union matches
locatedInCity Melbourne
locatedInState Victoria
locatedInSuburb East Melbourne
nearbyLandmark Melbourne Park
Yarra Park
nickName The G
opened 1853
operatedBy Melbourne Cricket Club
ownedBy Melbourne Cricket Club
primaryUse Australian rules football
cricket
renovation major redevelopment in early 2000s
major redevelopment in the 1990s
seatingCapacity approximately 100,000
shortName MCG
significance one of the largest stadiums in the Southern Hemisphere
one of the most famous cricket grounds in the world
surface natural grass
transportAccess Jolimont railway station
Richmond railway station
wasMainVenueFor 1956 Summer Olympics
2006 Commonwealth Games

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