Stadium Spotlight: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
That is unlikely to be the final name for the stadium, but “rectangular” is a fitting working name as the 31,500 capacity stadium, which will host soccer and rugby, is being made in part to replace the reliance on the oval stadia of Melbourne suitable for Australian Rules Football and cricket.
Construction on the new stadium began last year, and here’s the progress so far (live webcam here), with a scheduled opening of May 2010. Check out the LED roof lighting.
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium rendering
September 6, 2009. By rosscova on Flickr.
November 20, 2009. By Dave and Bec on Flickr.
October 31, 2009. By Victory In Melbourne on Flickr.
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It doesnt look rectangular to me though.
The field is!
pink floyd laser light show… real big
Wait. Don’t they play in oval cricket grounds? I mean wasn’t the Aussie Rules football final played on Melbourne Cricket ground?
As far as I know, AFL is tailored to be played at oval grounds and are typically their winter sport (since it’s the southern hemisphere, it’s around May, June July etc). I don’t know how football grounds would fit in their ovals in the first place. MCG and SCG might be fine. Not sure about the others.
Of course, it’s very weird to be watching football on oval grounds anyway.
RR — note sure what your question is referring to exactly. Cricket grounds are oval too, indeed. The issue is soccer has typically been played in oval Aussie Rules and cricket grounds, that’s why it’s kind of a big deal they are building a rectangular shaped stadium here specifically for the rectangular sports of soccer and rugby.