The Melbourne Cricket Ground is the biggest stadium in Australia. The Melbourne Cricket Ground is situated in YarraPark, inner Melbourne. The stadium is the home grounds for the Melbourne Cricket Club. The Melbourne Cricket Ground has the record for the tallest lighting pillars for any sport site in the world. The Melbourne Cricket Ground is ranked eighth in the largest stadiums of the world. It stands ahead of Malaysia’s Bukit Jalil National Stadium and Iran’s Azadi Stadium. The ground plays host to the famous Boxing Day test match in Australia held on the 26^th of December every year. During the winter times the Melbourne Cricket grounds are used for Australian Rules football matches. The stadium is at maximum capacity during the ANZAC Day clash in April and the AFL Grand Final in September.

The capacity of the Melbourne Cricket Grounds stands at 100, 000. The construction cost of the Melbourne Cricket ground is said to be $ 142 million (1992) and $434 million (2006). The field dimensions are 174 by 149 meters. The Melbourne Cricket Ground is colloquially called by the locals as “The G”. On January 30^th 2009 the Melbourne Cricket Ground was listed in the seven world wonders of sport. The Melbourne Cricket Club was created in November 1838 and was the Melbourne Cricket Ground was formed in 1853.

When visiting Melbourne a stay at one of the hotels in Melbourne is well advised. Out of the hotels Melbourne the Langham Hotel Melbourne would be one of the good places to stay at.