Description
Etihad Stadium (previously known as Telstra Dome) is one of Australia’s leading multi purpose venues designed to cater for major sporting and entertainment events hosting up to 55,000 seated patrons. The stadium is situated in the heart of Melbourne’s Docklands precinct, just minutes away from the CBD.
Etihad Stadium is the only football stadium in the Southern Hemisphere with a fully retractable roof, taking only 8 minutes to close. Etihad Stadium not only plays host to AFL matches but has also to many international entertainment acts and sporting events including, U2, Robbie Williams, Barbara Striesand and Bon Jovi, The State of Origin, ICC World XI Cricket Series, The Melbourne Victory Grand Final as well as hosting the International Rugby 7’s at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.