Marvel Stadium ( English Docklands Stadium ) - a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in Melbourne ( Australia ). Construction began in October 1997 under the working title of “Victoria Stadium” [2] , and was completed in 2000 for an amount of A $ 460 million.
| Marvel | |
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| original name | Marvel Stadium |
| Former names | Colonial Stadium Telstra House |
| Location | Harbor Esplanade, Melbourne , Australia |
| Pledged | october 1997 |
| Is open | March 9, 2000 [1] |
| Cost of construction | 460 million Australian dollars |
| Architect | Daryl Jackson |
| Owner | |
| Capacity | 56,347 |
| Home team | Melbourne Victory (2006 — present ) ( A-League ) |
| Coating | natural grass |
| Site | etihadstadium.com.au |
It was originally built as a replacement for Waverly Park . The stadium is used for Australian football matches and is the headquarters of the Australian Football League .
The stadium is also the home ground of the Melbourne Victory football club, the venue for the official matches of cricket , rugby , and rugby , as well as a number of special events and concerts .
In October 2014, it was announced that the stadium management had signed a five-year contract for the Australian Speedway Grand Prix [3] .
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History
On October 31, 1996, it was announced that the new stadium would replace Waverly Park and would be the headquarters of the Australian Football League (AFL) [4] . In 2025, the AFL will become the full owner of the stadium [5] .
Docklands, like Waverley, was built primarily for Australian football , unlike most stadiums in Australia of the same size as cricket .
The first match took place in the first round of the AFL season 2000 between the “ Essendon ” and “ Port Adelaide ” [6] . The match was attended by 43,012 spectators, and the game ended in a home win.
On August 16, 2000, a one-day international match was held.
Docklands was the first stadium in Australia to have moving seats . All 4 levels of a single stadium tier can be moved up to 18 meters ahead into a rectangular configuration. For the first time they were used on the game " Melbourne Storm " in July 2001. Although the seats are a key feature of a stadium, they are rarely used due to damage to the sod.
In 2006, he was the home ground of Australia vs New Zealand in the series of the Three Nations tournament. At the 2006 World Cup took the Australian match against the British .
In 2015, LED advertising was added around the perimeter of the stadium at levels 1 and 2.
October 24, 2015 at the stadium passed the Australian stage Speedway Grand Prix (length 346 meters (378 yards )). This was the second time since Sydney in 2002, when Australia held the Grand Prix stage. The winner was 45-year-old American Greg Hancock , who was also the winner in Sydney in 2002. The second was the Dane Nils-Christian Iversen , and the third was the Pole Maciej Janowski .
One-time events
Events that were held at the stadium include concerts of famous performers.
On February 28, 2003, the rock band Kiss, together with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Docklands, recorded the live album Kiss Symphony: Alive IV .
In 2001, the only national football league match between the Melbourne Knights and South Melbourne was held at the stadium.
WWE performed a non-televised live performance at the stadium on August 10, 2002 as part of the WWE Global Warning tour [7] [8] [9] [10] . The event was attended by 56,734 fans.
On November 14, 2015, UFC 193 was held at the Etihad Stadium [11] . This is the first UFC event that took place in Melbourne . It attracted a record attendance of 56,214 fans, breaking the previous record, which was recorded at UFC 129 (55,724 viewers) at the Rogers Center ( Toronto , Canada ) [12] .
Concerts
| date | Artist (s) | Attendance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 1, 2002 | Red hot chili peppers | 21,729 | By the way tour |
| February 28, 2003 | Kiss | 59,958 | Kiss Symphony: Alive IV |
| March 20, 2003 | Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band | The Rising Tour | |
| December 10, 2003 | Robbie Williams | 57,027 | 2003 Tour |
| December 17, 2005 | Green day | American Idiot World Tour | |
| November 18–19, 2006 | U2 | 127,275 | Vertigo Tour |
| December 17–18, 2006 | Robbie Williams | 125,274 | Close Encounters Tour |
| November 13–15, 2008 | Andre Rieux | Together with the Johan Strauss Orchestra | |
| November 20, 2009 | Pearl jam | 45,000 | Backspacer tour |
| March 3, 2010 | George Michael | 47,000 | George Michael Live in Australia |
| 11.13 and 15 February 2010 | AC / DC | 181,495 | Black ice world tour |
| December 1 and 3, 2010 | U2 | 105,312 | U2 360 ° Tour |
| December 11, 2010 | Bon jovi | 54,414 | The circle tour |
| December 31, 2010 | Armin van buuren | 15,000 | 'Armin Only Mirage' |
| December 1, 2011 | Eminem | 61,405 | The Recovery Tour |
| November 13, 2012 | Coldplay | 63,378 | Mylo Xyloto Tour |
| January 5, 2013 | Mariah Carey | 46,500 | Australian tour |
| March 5–6, 2013 | Kiss / Mötley Crüe | Monster tour | |
| December 7 and 8, 2013 | Bon jovi | 91,505 | Because We Can: The Tour |
| December 14, 2013 | Taylor Swift | 47,257 | Red tour |
| February 19, 2014 | Eminem | 59,675 | Rapture tour |
| September 18 and 19, 2014 | Justin Timberlake | 41,777 | The 20/20 Experience World Tour |
| February 14–15, 2015 | One direction | 59,253 | On the Road Again Tour |
| February 28, 2015 | Foo fighters | 56,981 | Sonic highways world tour |
| December 6 and 8, 2015 | AC / DC | Rock or Bust World Tour | |
| February 12-14, 2016 | Royal Edinburgh Military Orchestra Parade | 152,673 | 5 performances |
| November 16, 2016 | Beyonce | Formation World Tour | |
| December 9 and 10, 2016 | Coldplay | A Head Full of Dreams Tour |
In culture
The stadium appeared in the 2007 film Ghost Rider . He also appeared in singer Jessica Mauba 's video for the song Running Back . Present in the murder department serials from the Seven Network and On the Edge TV channels from Network Ten .
Notes
- ↑ Etihad Stadium - World of Stadiums Unreferenced (not available link) . The appeal date is September 15, 2016. Archived September 17, 2016.
- ↑ Linnell, Stephen . City to get $ 200m high-tech stadium , The Age (31 October 1996). Archived June 18, 2005. The appeal date is March 1, 2009.
- ↑ Speedway GP Series Returns to Australia in 2015 . The appeal date is October 21, 2014.
- ↑ Victorian Venues . Australian Football League. The appeal date is May 8, 2009.
- ↑ AFL will fight Docklands all the way: Demetriou , ABC News (25 June 2009).
- ↑ Essendon v Port Adelaide (inaccessible link) . AFL Tables (9 March 2000). The date of circulation is October 27, 2015. Archived October 30, 2015.
- ↑ Wrestling Observer - headlines . Archived November 5, 2002.
- ↑ WON / F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, UFC News, UFC results .
- ↑ WWE Brings' Global Warning Tour to Australia - WWE Corporate . WWE Corporate . Archived May 20, 2015.
- Attendance Record in Australia - WWE Corporate . WWE Corporate . Archived May 20, 2015.
- ↑ UFC193 Unreferenced . UFC . The appeal date is October 5, 2015.
- ↑ UFC Sets All-Time Attendance Record in Melbourne (15 November 2015). The appeal date is November 17, 2015.