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Examples of these organisations are Victorian Major Events Company, Events New South Wales and Tourism and Events Queensland. The cost of bidding and hosting sporting events has sometimes come under scrutiny. It was reported that Melbourne's 2014 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix cost taxpayers almost $60 million.
As well as Olympic and Commonwealth Games, Melbourne has hosted numerous sporting events which rotate host cities. Melbourne co-hosted the 2003 Rugby World Cup, including many pool matches as well as a quarter final – all of which were played at the Telstra Dome; hosted the 1975, 1979, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2015 events of the basketball ...
It broadcasts some of Australia's most prominent sporting events, such as the AFL and cricket, as well as horse racing and motor racing. Seven Sport previously broadcast tennis (headlined by the Australian Open ) and the Olympics & Paralympics for the best part of half a century, exclusively since the early 1970s and Moscow 1980 respectively.
It broadcasts a sports radio format to Melbourne, and to much of Victoria through various repeater stations. First broadcast as 3UZ on 8 March 1925, it was sold in 1986 to the state's racing harness and greyhound racing bodies, as well as the three Melbourne-based throughbred clubs ( Victoria Racing Club , Melbourne Racing Club and Moonee ...
Since 2001, the AFL has scheduled Melbourne against Collingwood at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as the only match played on the public holiday each year, and this is considered the start of the modern Queen's Birthday match as a stand-alone event. Prior to this, Melbourne and Collingwood had faced each other on the King's/Queen's Birthday ...
0–9. 1898 VFL grand final; 1909 Inter-State Series; 1911 Goodall Cup Finals; 1913 Goodall Cup Finals; 1922 Goodall Cup Finals; 1956 Summer Olympics; 1959 Canada Cup
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.
10 Sport is the brand that all sporting events broadcast on Network 10, an Australian free-to-air commercial television network.Sports streamed on Paramount+ in Australia since August 2021 are also broadcast under the 10 Sport banner.