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The home of Australian football.
The spiritual home of Australian rules football and the stage for every AFL Grand Final since 1902. The Melbourne Cricket Ground hosts more AFL matches than any other venue, and its place in Australian sporting culture runs deeper than any stadium in the country.
Built in 1853 and expanded many times since, the MCG is the largest stadium in Australia and the tenth-largest in the world. It hosted the world's first Test cricket match in 1877, the 1956 Olympics, and the 1877 inaugural VFA match. The current configuration seats 100,024 and includes the redeveloped Great Southern Stand (1992) and the Northern Stand (2006). On Grand Final day, it is the centre of the Australian football universe.
