Capacity
Venue Capacity: 56,347Seating Capacity: 53,359Cricket and rectangular mode: 47,000
Type
Outdoor
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Surface Type
Grass
Marvel Stadium is a multipurpose sports and entertainment venue in Melbourne’s Docklands precinct. It is equipped with a retractable roof and flexible Level 1 seating that can be repositioned to accommodate different sporting configurations, including rectangular-field sports. The stadium has a current listed seating capacity of approximately 53,343. In 2018, the venue was renamed Marvel Stadium following a naming-rights agreement with The Walt Disney Company, which uses the Marvel brand for the stadium.
Over the years, Marvel Stadium has hosted a variety of sporting events, including cricket, soccer, rugby union and rugby league. The Melbourne Renegades used the venue as their BBL home from 2011 through 2026, before shifting their primary home fixtures to the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the 2026–27 season. Melbourne Victory also played its A-League home matches at the stadium from the 2006–07 season until the club moved its home fixtures to AAMI Park from the 2021–22 season.
Trivia
The Dockland's Stadium is the first stadium in Australia to have movable seating. All the four level-one tiers of the stadium can be moved up to 18 m forward into a rectangular configuration.
Significance
Initially, the stadium was used as a rugby league stadium when it served as the home ground of the "Melbourne Storms" in the season 2001. The Storms have played in this stadium for years.
The stadium has also served for several international cricket matches as on 16th August 2000, Australia played South Africa in the "Super Challenge" and the VB Series matches in 2006.
WWE conducted a non-televised live event match at the stadium on 10th August 2002.
The first match played was a Round 1 match of the 2000 AFL season between Essendon and Port Adelaide where Essendon won by 94 points.
The stadium hosted Australia's home game against New Zealand in the 2006 Tri-Nations Series.
It also witnessed the "State of Origin" Series for three times (in 2006, 2009 and 2012).
The stadium hosted the Motorcycle Speedway event of the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia.
On 14th November 2015, UFC 193 was held at the stadium as the first UFC event ever held in Melbourne.
The stadium hosted several musical concerts by famous musical faculties such as KISS, Green Day, One Direction, Coldplay, Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift.
It is also the headquarter of the Australian Football League.
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