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Melbourne Park is a sports venue in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Since 1988, Australia's bicentenary , Melbourne Park has been home of the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament played annually in January.
John Cain Arena is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena located within Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.It is the second-largest venue and show court for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam professional tennis tournament held each calendar year.
Show Court Arena, also known by naming rights sponsorship as Kia Arena, is an open-air tennis stadium located in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The arena opened in advance of the 2022 Australian Open. It seats 5,000 spectators and is the fourth-largest tennis venue at Melbourne Park.
Margaret Court Arena (capacity 7,500; retractable roof), the third-largest capacity tennis court in Melbourne Park. Also used for netball, basketball, music and other types of events. Show Court Arena (capacity 5,000; no roof), the fourth-largest capacity tennis court in Melbourne Park, was opened prior to the 2022 Australian Open.
Show Court 2 was constructed along with the rest of the original Melbourne Park precinct in 1987, debuting at the 1988 Australian Open. The court has always been available on a walk-up basis for spectators at the Australian Open with a ground pass.
The Melbourne Sports and Entertainment precinct on the banks of the Yarra River in 2010. The Australian Open is played at Melbourne Park, which is located in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct; the event moved to this site in 1988. Currently three of the courts have retractable roofs, allowing play to continue during rain and ...
Rod Laver Arena is the focal point of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park, and besides tennis, the arena has hosted basketball, motorbike super-crosses, music concerts, conferences, professional wrestling events and ballet. Other than for tennis, during sporting events or concerts, a section of the southern lower seating bowl is retracted to ...
It is also utilised by members of the general public outside of the Australian Open, as is the case for all other outdoor courts at Melbourne Park. Prior to commencement of the 2020 Australian Open , the court was installed with a $1 million shaded grandstand covering most of the seating, allowing spectators to seek relief from the hot ...