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{{Infobox cricket ground
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| name = Melbourne Cricket Ground
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| ground_name = Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
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| nickname = The People's Ground
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| nickname = The MCG
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| logo_image = File:Melbourne Cricket Ground logo.png
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| image = Mcg melb.JPG
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| logo_caption =
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| country = Australia
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| image = 
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| location = Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria
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| caption =
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| coordinates = 37°49′12″S 144°59′0″E / 37.82000°S 144.98333°E
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| fullname =
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| establishment = 1854
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| former_names =
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| seating_capacity = 100,018 [1] (includes standing room)
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| location = Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria
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| owner = Government of Victoria
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| coordinates =
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| operator = Melbourne Cricket Club
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| broke_ground =
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| surface = Grass
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| built =
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| dimensions = 171 m x 146 m[2]
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| opened = 1854
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| construction_cost = AU$142 million (1992)
Great Southern Stand
AU$434 million (2006)
Current Ponsford/MCC/Olympic Stands
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| renovated =
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| architect = Various
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| expanded =
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| tenants =
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| closed =
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| end1 = City end (Australian rules, west)
Members end (cricket, north)
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| demolished =
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| end2 = Punt Road end (Australian rules, east)
Great Southern Stand end (cricket, south)
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| owner = Government of Victoria
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| international = true
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| operator = Melbourne Cricket Club
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| firsttestdate = 15 March
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| surface = Grass (Oval)
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| firsttestyear = 1877
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| scoreboard =
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| firsttesthome = Australia
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| construction_cost =
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| firsttestaway = England
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| suites =
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| lasttestdate = 26 December
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| architect = Various
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| lasttestyear = 2009
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| project_manager =
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| lasttesthome = Australia
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| services engineer =
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| lasttestaway = Pakistan
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| general_contractor =
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| firstodidate = 5 January
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| main_contractors =
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| firstodiyear = 1971
- ^ http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/103114/default.aspx
- ^ "MCG Facts and Figures". Melbourne Cricket Ground. 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-26.