Melbourne Park

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The Melbourne Park is a sports complex in the Australian city of Melbourne. He is known primarily as a venue for the annual Australian Open.

History

The Australian Open took place on the grounds of the Tennis Club of Kooyong since 1973. In order to meet after the start of the Open Era rapidly rising spectators and players interests meet and keep up with the other three Grand Slam tournaments in the development step was the beginning of the 1980s, the construction of a new sports complex modeled after the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows decided. 1988, the sports complex was officially still under the name Flinders Park. In 1997, he was renamed Melbourne Park.

Location and area

The Melbourne Park is located about three kilometers east of the city center in East Melbourne area. With the Cricket Stadium (Melbourne Cricket Ground ), the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium and the Olympic Park Stadium, it forms the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct.

The park includes three major stages - Rod Laver Arena ( 15,000 seats), the Hisense Arena (10,000 seats) and the Margaret Court Arena ( 6,000 seats). In addition, a further 19 outdoor tennis courts and six indoor courts and a multi -purpose hall (Melbourne Park Function Centre ) located on the site. When covering the tennis courts comes from the Australian Open 2008 Plexicushion used previously Rebound Ace was used.

Use

In addition to the Australian Open in January, the stages of Melbourne Park are mainly used for the alignment of music concerts. The Hisense Arena is the home of the basketball team from Melbourne ( Melbourne Tigers ). Furthermore, were held several competitions of the Commonwealth Games in 2006 on the site.