List of sponsored sports venues
Present naming rights -- Australia
Table:
Name	Location	Type

AAMI Park	Melbourne	Rectangular stadium

AAMI Stadium	Adelaide	Oval stadium

Adelaide Arena	Adelaide	Multi-purpose indoor arena

Allianz Stadium	Sydney	Rectangular stadium

Allphones Arena	Sydney	Multi-purpose indoor arena

ANZ Stadium	Sydney	Multi-purpose outdoor stadium

Bankwest Stadium	Parramatta , New South Wales	Rectangular stadium

Bendigo Bank Stadium	Mandurah , Western Australia	Oval stadium

Blundstone Arena	Hobart , Tasmania	Oval stadium

Brownes Stadium	Lathlain , Western Australia	Oval stadium

Cbus Super Stadium	Gold Coast , Queensland	Rectangular stadium

City Mazda Stadium	Richmond , South Australia	Oval stadium

Dairy Farmers Stadium	Townsville , Queensland	Rectangular stadium

Domain Stadium	Subiaco , Western Australia	Oval stadium

GMHBA Stadium	Geelong , Victoria	Oval stadium

Hisense Arena	Melbourne	Multi-purpose indoor arena

Holden Centre	Melbourne	Multi-purpose indoor arena

Hunter Stadium	Newcastle , New South Wales	Rectangular stadium

Marvel Stadium	Melbourne	Retractable-roof multi-purpose stadium

Medibank Stadium	Leederville , Western Australia	Oval stadium

With reference to the tabular data plus the supplementary paragraphs provided.

Answer the following question: What is the name of the stadium located in the city with slightly more than 240,000 residents ? Return your answer as JSON: {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

The Melbourne Rectangular Stadium , known as AAMI Park for sponsorship reasons , is an outdoor sports stadium on the site of Edwin Flack Field in the Sports and Entertainment Precinct in the Melbourne City Centre . The stadium 's major tenants are NRL team Melbourne Storm , the Super Rugby team Melbourne Rebels , and the A-League teams Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne City FC . AAMI Park became Melbourne 's first large purpose-built rectangular stadium when completed in 2010 . Referred to as Melbourne Rectangular Stadium during its construction , the ground was officially named AAMI Park on 16 March 2010 , in an eight-year sponsorship deal with insurance firm AAMI . When the project to build the new stadium was approved , the largest stadiums in use were the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) and Docklands Stadium . These were venues of oval configuration and best suited to Australian rules football or cricket . The previous largest rectangular stadium in the city , Olympic Park , was a repurposed track and field venue . The stadium was one of five venues for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup , hosting the opening match and six other matches including one Quarter-final game . AAMI Park hosted rugby league Four Nations matches in 2010 and 2014 , and was used for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup .
Melbourne ( /ˈmɛlbən/ ( listen ) MEL-bərn ) [ note 1 ] is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria , and the second most populous city in Australia and Oceania . Its name refers to an urban agglomeration of 9,993 km2 ( 3,858 sq mi ) , comprising a metropolitan area with 31 municipalities , and is also the common name for its city centre . The city occupies much of the coastline of Port Phillip bay and spreads into the hinterlands towards the Dandenong and Macedon ranges , Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley . It has a population of 5 million ( 19% of the population of Australia ) , and its inhabitants are referred to as Melburnians . [ note 2 ] The city was founded on 30 August 1835 , in the then-British colony of New South Wales , by free settlers from the colony of Van Diemens Land ( modern-day Tasmania ) . It was incorporated as a Crown settlement in 1837 , and named Melbourne by Governor General Richard Bourke on 10 April 1837 in honour of the British Prime Minister , William Lamb , 2nd Viscount Melbourne . In 1851 , four years after Queen Victoria declared it a city , Melbourne became the capital of the new colony of Victoria . In the wake of the 1850s Victorian gold rush , the city entered a lengthy boom period that , by the late 1880s , had transformed it into one of the world 's largest and wealthiest metropolises . After the federation of Australia in 1901 , it served as interim seat of government of the new nation until Canberra became the permanent capital in 1927 . Today , it is a leading financial centre in the Asia-Pacific region and ranks 15th in the Global Financial Centres Index . Melbourne is home to many of Australia 's best-known landmarks , such as the Melbourne Cricket Ground , the National Gallery of Victoria and the World Heritage-listed Royal Exhibition Building . It is also the birthplace of Australian impressionism , Australian rules football , and the Australian film and television industries .
Football Park , formerly known commercially as AAMI Stadium , was an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes , a western suburb of Adelaide , the state capital of South Australia , Australia . It was built in 1973 by the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) and opened in 1974 . Until the end of the 2013 AFL season , it served as the home ground of the Adelaide Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club . It also hosted all SANFL finals from 1974 to 2013 . Prior to its demolition that was completed in March 2019 , it had a seating capacity of 51,240 .
Adelaide ( /ˈædəleɪd/ ( listen ) AD-ə-layd ) is the capital city of the state of South Australia , and the fifth-most populous city of Australia . The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide . Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula , between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east . Its metropolitan area extends 20 km ( 12 mi ) from the coast to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges , and stretches 96 km ( 60 mi ) from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south . Named in honour of Queen Adelaide , consort to King William IV , the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely-settled British province in Australia . Colonel William Light , one of Adelaide 's founding fathers , designed the city centre and chose its location close to the River Torrens , in the area originally inhabited by the Kaurna people and known as Tarndanyangga ( place of the red kangaroo ) . Light 's design , now listed as national heritage , set out the city centre in a grid layout , interspaced by wide boulevards and large public squares , and entirely surrounded by parklands . Early colonial Adelaide was shaped by the diversity and wealth of its free settlers , in contrast to the convict history of other Australian cities . Until the post-war era , it was Australia 's third-largest city . It has been noted for its leading examples of religious freedom and progressive political reforms , and became known as the City of Churches due to its diversity of faiths . Today , Adelaide is noted for its many festivals and sporting events , its food and wine , its coastline and hills , and its large defence and manufacturing sectors . Adelaide 's quality of life has ranked consistently highly in various measures through the 21st century .
Adelaide Arena ( known commercially as Titanium Security Arena ) is a multipurpose indoor sports stadium located in Findon , an inner western suburb of Adelaide , South Australia . It is the home stadium for the Adelaide 36ers of the NBL and the Adelaide Lightning of the Women 's National Basketball League ( WNBL ) . In the past it has served as an alternate venue for Adelaide 's Suncorp Super Netball team , the Adelaide Thunderbirds . Although it can be a multipurpose venue catering to both sports and other events , the Titanium Security Arena is currently the largest arena in Australia primarily built for basketball , and as of the 2016-17 NBL season is the 6th-largest out of 11 venues currently used in the league , though it remains the only basketball specific venue . The arena is also the largest venue currently used in the WNBL .
The Sydney Football Stadium , commercially known as Allianz Stadium and previously Aussie Stadium , was a football stadium in Moore Park , Sydney , Australia . Built in 1988 next to the Sydney Cricket Ground , the stadium was Sydney 's premier rectangular field venue for rugby league , rugby union , and football . The Kangaroos , the Wallabies , and the Socceroos occasionally played at the stadium , while the Sydney Roosters , NSW Waratahs , and Sydney FC were the ground 's major tenants . The stadium usually held both National Rugby League semi finals and one preliminary final , and also held the annual pre-season Charity Shield football match between South Sydney and St George Illawarra for a number of years . It hosted all New South Wales Rugby League/Australian Rugby League rugby league grand finals , as well as the first grand final under the NRL banner , between 1988 and 1998 . The NSW Government announced plans in November 2017 for the stadium to be knocked down and rebuilt . The stadium closed in October 2018 , with the last event being a Michael Buble concert . Demolition began in early 2019 , continuing after several legal challenges and becoming a major issue during the 2019 New South Wales state election .
Sydney ( /ˈsɪdni/ ( listen ) SID-nee ) is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania . Located on Australia 's east coast , the metropolis surrounds Port Jackson and extends about 70 km ( 43.5 mi ) on its periphery towards the Blue Mountains to the west , Hawkesbury to the north , the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west . Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs , 40 local government areas and 15 contiguous regions . Residents of the city are known as Sydneysiders . As of June 2017 , Sydney 's estimated metropolitan population was 5,230,330 and is home to approximately 65% of the state 's population . Indigenous Australians have inhabited the Sydney area for at least 30,000 years , and thousands of engravings remain throughout the region , making it one of the richest in Australia in terms of Aboriginal archaeological sites . During his first Pacific voyage in 1770 , Lieutenant James Cook and his crew became the first Europeans to chart the eastern coast of Australia , making landfall at Botany Bay and inspiring British interest in the area . In 1788 , the First Fleet of convicts , led by Arthur Phillip , founded Sydney as a British penal colony , the first European settlement in Australia . Phillip named the city Sydney in recognition of Thomas Townshend , 1st Viscount Sydney . Penal transportation to New South Wales ended soon after Sydney was incorporated as a city in 1842 . A gold rush occurred in the colony in 1851 , and over the next century , Sydney transformed from a colonial outpost into a major global cultural and economic centre . After World War II , it experienced mass migration and became one of the most multicultural cities in the world .
The Sydney Super Dome ( currently known as the Qudos Bank Arena ) is a large multipurpose arena located in Sydney , Australia . It is situated in Sydney Olympic Park , and was completed in 1999 as part of the facilities for the 2000 Summer Olympics . The A $ 190 - million facility was designed by COX Architecture & Devine deFlon Yaeger , and constructed by Abigroup Ltd & Obayashi Corporation Bob Carr , premier of New South Wales , officially opened the stadium in November 1999 . The development of the stadium was part of three subsites which also included a 3,400-space carpark which cost A $ 25 million , and a plaza with external works , also costing $ 25 million . The roof 's masts reach 42 metres ( 138 ft ) above ground level , and the stadium occupies a site of 20,000 m2 ( 220,000 sq ft ; 4.9 acres ) . The arena is ranked in the top 10 arenas worldwide . It is currently managed by AEG Ogden . For three consecutive years the venue was a finalist for the Billboard Touring Awards in the top venue category . The arena has a total capacity of 21,032 with a seating capacity of around 18,200 making the Super Dome the largest permanent indoor sports and entertainment venue in Australia .
Stadium Australia , commercially known as ANZ Stadium , is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Sydney Olympic Park , in Sydney , Australia . The stadium , which in Australia is sometimes referred to as Sydney Olympic Stadium , Homebush Stadium or simply the Olympic Stadium , was completed in March 1999 at a cost of A $ 690 million to host the 2000 Summer Olympics . The Stadium was leased by a private company the Stadium Australia Group until the Stadium was sold back to the NSW Government on 1 June 2016 after NSW Premier Michael Baird announced the Stadium was to be redeveloped as a world-class rectangular stadium . The Stadium is owned by Venues NSW on behalf of the NSW Government . The stadium was originally built to hold 110,000 spectators , making it the largest Olympic Stadium ever built and the second largest stadium in Australia after the Melbourne Cricket Ground which held more than 120,000 before its re-design in the early 2000s . In 2003 , reconfiguration work was completed to shorten the north and south wings , and install movable seating . These changes reduced the capacity to 83,500 for a rectangular field and 82,500 for an oval field . Awnings were also added over the north and south stands , allowing most of the seating to be under cover . The stadium was engineered along sustainable lines , e.g. , utilising less steel in the roof structure than the Olympic stadiums of Athens and Beijing .
Western Sydney Stadium , commercially known as Bankwest Stadium , is a multi-purpose rectangular stadium in Parramatta , New South Wales , Australia . It replaced the demolished Parramatta Stadium . The stadium opened in April 2019 . It has a 30,000 seat capacity . The stadium is owned by the NSW Government , operated by VenuesLive , designed by Populous Architects and built by Lendlease with a build cost of $ 360 million . The stadium hosts games across the major rectangular field sports in Sydney . The primary uses of the stadium are to host rugby league , soccer , rugby union as well as concerts and special events . The foundation teams are National Rugby League club Parramatta Eels and A-League club Western Sydney Wanderers . Other tenants include NRL team Wests Tigers and Super Rugby team New South Wales Waratahs . Some clubs , such as Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and South Sydney Rabbitohs , are relocating games while the rebuilding of the Sydney Football Stadium and the redevelopment of Stadium Australia goes ahead . The stadium was opened by NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian on 14 April 2019 . The first sporting event at the stadium saw Parramatta Eels defeat Wests Tigers in an NRL premiership match on 22 April 2019 .
Parramatta ( /ˌpærəˈmætə/ ) is a suburb of the City of Parramatta , in Greater Sydney which is located in the state of New South Wales , Australia . It is located approximately 24 kilometres ( 15 mi ) west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River . Parramatta is the administrative seat of the City of Parramatta and is often regarded as commercial centre for both the Greater Parramatta region as well as the broader Greater Western Sydney region . Parramatta , founded by the British in 1788 , the same year as Sydney , is the oldest inland European settlement in Australia and the economic capital of Greater Western Sydney . Since 2000 , government agencies such as the New South Wales Police Force and Sydney Water have relocated to Parramatta from the centre of Sydney . Established in 1799 , the Old Government House is a world heritage site and museum within Parramatta Park and is Australia 's second oldest surviving building after Wiebbe Hayes Stone Fort . It is also commonly referred to as the cradle city because of its significant farming contribution to help feed the whole colony . Parramatta is a major business and commercial centre , and home to Westfield Parramatta , the tenth largest shopping centre in Australia . Parramatta is also the major transport hub for Western Sydney , servicing trains and buses , as well as having a ferry wharf and future light rail and metro services . Major upgrades have occurred around Parramatta railway station with the creation of a new transport interchange , and the ongoing development of the Parramatta Square local government precinct .
New South Wales ( abbreviated as NSW ) is a state on the east coast of Australia . It borders Queensland to the north , Victoria to the south , and South Australia to the west . Its coast borders the Coral and Tasman Seas to the east . The Australian Capital Territory is an enclave within the state . New South Wales ' state capital is Sydney , which is also Australia 's most populous city . In March 2019 [ update ] , the population of New South Wales was over 8 million , making it Australia 's most populous state . Just under two-thirds of the state 's population , 5.1 million , live in the Greater Sydney area . Inhabitants of New South Wales are referred to as New South Welshmen . The Colony of New South Wales was founded as a British penal colony in 1788 . It originally comprised more than half of the Australian mainland with its western boundary set at 129th meridian east in 1825 . The colony then also included the island territories of New Zealand , Van Diemen 's Land , Lord Howe Island , and Norfolk Island . During the 19th century , most of the colony 's area was detached to form separate British colonies that eventually became New Zealand and the various states and territories of Australia .
Rushton Park ( also known as David Grays Arena and formerly as Bendigo Bank Stadium under ground sponsorship arrangements ) is an Australian rules football ground located in Mandurah , Western Australia . Having been in use as a football ground since the early 1960s , the ground is currently used as a home ground by three clubs : the Peel Thunder , competing in the West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) , the Mandurah Mustangs , competing in the Peel Football League ( PFL ) , and the Peel Thunderbirds , competing in the West Australian Women 's Football League ( WAWFL ) . Rushton Park is the only regularly-used ground in the WAFL that falls outside the Perth metropolitan area .
Mandurah ( /ˈmændʒərə/ ) is a coastal city in the Australian state of Western Australia , situated approximately 72 kilometres ( 45 mi ) south of the state capital , Perth . It is the state 's second-largest city , with a population of approximately 97,000 , ahead of that of nearby Bunbury . Mandurah 's central business district is located on the Mandurah Estuary , which is an outlet for the Peel Inlet and Harvey Estuary . The city 's name is derived from a Noongar word meaning meeting place or trading place . A townsite for Mandurah was laid out in 1831 , two years after the establishment of the Swan River Colony , but attracted few residents . Until the post-war boom of the 1950s and 1960s it was little more than a small fishing village . In subsequent years , Mandurah 's reputation for boating and fishing attracted many retirees , especially to the canal developments in the city 's south . The 1000-hectare suburb of Halls Head was developed during the 1980s by the Parry Corporation and the state Government Employees Superannuation Board - one of the notorious WA Inc deals which later gave rise to a royal commission . :4-69 Along with four other local government areas ( Boddington , Murray , Serpentine-Jarrahdale , and Waroona ) , the City of Mandurah is included in the wider Peel region . Mandurah is sometimes grouped together with Perth for statistical purposes , especially since the extension of the Kwinana Freeway and the completion of the Mandurah railway line in the late 2000s . The two cities now form a conurbation along the Indian Ocean coastline , although the Perth metropolitan area officially ends at Singleton .
Western Australia [ a ] ( abbreviated as WA ) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west , and the Southern Ocean to the south , [ b ] the Northern Territory to the north-east , and South Australia to the south-east . Western Australia is Australia 's largest state , with a total land area of 2,529,875 square kilometres ( 976,790 sq mi ) , and the second-largest country subdivision in the world , surpassed only by Russia 's Sakha Republic . The state has about 2.6 million inhabitants - around 11 percent of the national total - of whom the vast majority ( 92 per cent ) live in the south-west corner , 79 per cent of the population living in the Perth area , leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated . The first European visitor to Western Australia was the Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog , who visited the Western Australian coast in 1616 . The first European settlement of Western Australia occurred following the landing by Major Edmund Lockyer on 26 December 1826 of an expedition on behalf of the New South Wales colonial government . He established a convict-supported military garrison at King George III Sound , at present-day Albany , and on 21 January 1827 formally took possession of the western third of the continent for the British Crown . This was followed by the establishment of the Swan River Colony in 1829 , including the site of the present-day capital , Perth . York was the first inland settlement in Western Australia . Situated 97 kilometres ( 60 miles ) east of Perth , it was settled on 16 September 1831 . Western Australia achieved responsible government in 1890 and federated with the other British colonies in Australia in 1901 . Today , its economy mainly relies on mining , oil and gas , services and construction .
Bellerive Oval ( currently known as Blundstone Arena for sponsorship reasons ) is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Bellerive , a suburb on the eastern shore of Hobart , Tasmania . It is the only venue in Tasmania which hosts international cricket matches , and has a spectator capacity of 19,500 . The venue is best known as the home ground for the state cricket teams , the Tasmanian Tigers and Hobart Hurricanes , as well as a venue for international Test matches since 1989 and one-day matches since 1988 . It is also the secondary home ground for AFL club North Melbourne , who play three home games a season at the venue . The stadium has undergone significant redevelopment to accommodate such events .
Hobart ( /ˈhoʊbɑːrt/ ( listen ) ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania . With a population of approximately 240,342 ( over 45% of Tasmania 's population ) , it is the least populated Australian state capital city , and second smallest if territories are taken into account ( after Darwin , Northern Territory ) . The city is located in the state 's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent , making it the most southern of Australia 's capital cities . Its skyline is dominated by the 1,271-metre ( 4,170 ft ) Mount Wellington , and its harbour forms the second-deepest natural port in the world , with much of the city 's waterfront consisting of reclaimed land . The metropolitan area is often referred to as Greater Hobart , to differentiate it from the City of Hobart , one of the five local government areas that cover the city . Founded in 1804 as a British penal colony , Hobart is Australia 's second oldest capital city after Sydney , New South Wales . Prior to British settlement , the Hobart area had been occupied for possibly as long as 35,000 years , by the semi-nomadic Mouheneener tribe , a sub-group of the Nuennone , or South-East tribe . The descendants of these Aboriginal Tasmanians often refer to themselves as 'Palawa ' . Since its foundation , the city has expanded from the mouth of Sullivans Cove in a generally north-south direction along both banks of the River Derwent , from 22 km inland from the estuary at Storm Bay to the point where the river reverts to fresh water at Bridgewater . Penal transportation ended in the 1850s , after which the city experienced periods of growth and decline . The early 20th century saw an economic boom on the back of mining , agriculture and other primary industries , and the loss of men who served in the world wars was counteracted by an influx of immigration . Despite the rise in migration from Asia and other non-English speaking regions , Hobart 's population remains predominantly ethnically Anglo-Celtic , and has the highest percentage of Australian-born residents among Australia 's capital cities .
Tasmania ( /tæzˈmeɪniə/ ; abbreviated as TAS , nicknamed Tassie ) is an island state of Australia . It is located 240 km ( 150 mi ) to the south of the Australian mainland , separated by Bass Strait . The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania , the 26th-largest island in the world , and the surrounding 334 islands . The state has a population of around 533,308 as of March 2019 [ update ] . Just over forty percent of the population resides in the Greater Hobart precinct , which forms the metropolitan area of the state capital and largest city , Hobart . Tasmania 's area is 68,401 km2 ( 26,410 sq mi ) , of which the main island covers 64,519 km2 ( 24,911 sq mi ) . It is promoted as a natural state , and protected areas of Tasmania cover about 42% of its land area , which includes national parks and World Heritage Sites . Tasmania was the founding place of the first environmental political party in the world . The island is believed to have been occupied by indigenous peoples for 30,000 years before British colonisation . It is thought Aboriginal Tasmanians were separated from the mainland Aboriginal groups about 10,000 years ago when the sea rose to form Bass Strait . The Aboriginal population is estimated to have been between 3,000 and 7,000 at the time of colonisation , but was almost wiped out within 30 years by a combination of violent guerrilla conflict with settlers known as the Black War , intertribal conflict , and from the late 1820s , the spread of infectious diseases to which they had no immunity . The conflict , which peaked between 1825 and 1831 , and led to more than three years of martial law , cost the lives of almost 1,100 Aboriginals and settlers .
Lathlain Park ( also known as Mineral Resources Park and formerly as Brownes Stadium and Eftel Oval under ground sponsorship arrangements ) is an Australian rules football ground , located in Lathlain , an inner-eastern suburb of Perth , Western Australia . Since its opening in 1959 , it has been the home ground for the Perth Football Club of the West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) . Since 2019 it has been the administrative and training headquarters of professional Australian Football League ( AFL ) club the West Coast Eagles .
Lathlain is an inner south eastern suburb of Perth , Western Australia . Its local government area is the Town of Victoria Park .
Robina Stadium , also known by its sponsored name Cbus Super Stadium , is a rectangular football stadium in the Gold Coast suburb of Robina , Queensland . The main usage is as the home ground to the National Rugby League 's Gold Coast Titans . Robina Stadium is also used for Rugby Union , Soccer , Rugby Sevens , Rugby league Test Matches and has hosted Rugby league World Cup matches . Construction of the venue started in 2006 , and finished in February 2008 , in time for the 2008 National Rugby League season , when it became the new home of the Titans .
The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the Australian state of Queensland , approximately 66 kilometres ( 41 mi ) south-southeast of the state capital Brisbane and immediately north of the border with New South Wales . With a estimated population of 679,127 , at June 2018 ( including 76,779 in the adjacent Tweed Valley of New South Wales ) , the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia , making it the largest non-capital city , and Queensland 's second-largest city . Gold Coast is a major tourist destination with its sunny subtropical climate and has become widely known for its surfing beaches , high-rise dominated skyline , theme parks , nightlife , and rainforest hinterland . The city is part of the nation 's entertainment industry with television productions and a major film industry . The city hosted the 2018 Commonwealth Games which ran from 4 to 15 April 2018 .
Richmond Oval ( currently Hisense Stadium , formerly City Mazda Stadium and Broadspectrum Oval ) is an Australian rules football oval in Richmond , a western suburb of Adelaide , South Australia . It has been the home of South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) club West Adelaide for training since 1956 and home games since 1958 .
Richmond is an inner urban suburb of Adelaide , South Australia . It is located in the City of West Torrens .
The Willows Sports Complex , currently known as 1300SMILES Stadium through sponsorship , is a grass football stadium situated in Townsville , Queensland , Australia . It has been a predominantly rugby league ground as the home ground of the North Queensland Cowboys National Rugby League club . The ground has also been used for rugby union and soccer . From 2009 to 2011 , A-League football club North Queensland Fury called it home . Since inception as a rugby league ground , the ground has had sponsored naming rights : Stockland Stadium ( 1995-97 ) , Malanda Stadium ( 1998 ) and Dairy Farmers Stadium ( 1999-2013 ) . The last ever NRL match to be played at 1300Smiles Stadium was on Thursday 29th August 2019 at 7:50pm between the North Queensland Cowboys and the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs ( Fulltime Score : 15-8 )
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland , Australia . Townsville is Australia 's largest urban centre north of the Sunshine Coast , with a population of 180,820 as of June 2018 . Considered the unofficial capital of North Queensland by locals , Townsville hosts a significant number of governmental , community and major business administrative offices for the northern half of the state . It is in the dry tropics region of Queensland , adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef . The city is also a major industrial centre , home to one of the world 's largest zinc refineries , a nickel refinery and many other similar activities . The Port of Townsville is also being expanded to allow much larger cargo ships from Asia and the world 's largest passenger ships to visit . It is an increasingly important port due to its proximity to Asia and major trading partners such as China . Popular attractions include The Strand , a long tropical beach and garden strip ; Riverway , a riverfront parkland attraction located on the banks of Ross River ; Reef HQ , a large tropical aquarium holding many of the Great Barrier Reef 's native flora and fauna ; the Museum of Tropical Queensland , built around a display of relics from the sunken British warship HMS Pandora ; Castle Hill or as it was originally known Cootharinga , the most prominent landmark of the area and a popular place for exercise ; The Townsville Sports Reserve ; and Magnetic Island , a large neighbouring island , the vast majority of which is national park .
Queensland ( locally /ˈkwiːnzlænd/ KWEENZ-land , [ note 1 ] abbreviated as Qld ) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia . Situated in the north-east of the country , it is bordered by the Northern Territory , South Australia and New South Wales to the west , south-west and south respectively . To the east , Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean . To its north is the Torres Strait , with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland . The state is the world 's sixth-largest sub-national entity , with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres ( 715,309 sq mi ) . As of 15 May 2018 , Queensland had a population of 5,000,000 , concentrated along the coast and particularly in the state 's South East . The capital and largest city in the state is Brisbane , Australia 's third-largest city . Often referred to as the Sunshine State , Queensland is home to 10 of Australia 's 30 largest cities and is the nation 's third-largest economy . Tourism in the state , fuelled largely by its warm climate , is a major industry . Queensland was first inhabited by Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders . The first European to land in Queensland ( and Australia ) was Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606 , who explored the west coast of the Cape York Peninsula near present-day Weipa . In 1770 , Lieutenant James Cook claimed the east coast of Australia for the Kingdom of Great Britain .
Subiaco Oval ( /suːbiˈækoʊ/ ; nicknamed Subi ) was a sports stadium in Perth , Western Australia , located in the suburb of Subiaco . It was opened in 1908 and closed in 2017 after the completion of the new Perth Stadium in Burswood , Western Australia . The demolition of the stadium was completed in December 2019 , although the historic oval playing surface is planned to remain . Subiaco Oval was the highest capacity stadium in Western Australia and one of the main stadiums in Australia , with a final capacity of 43,500 people . It began as the home ground for the Subiaco Football Club and from the 1930s onward was the home of Australian rules football in Western Australia . It hosted the annual grand final of the West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) , with the ground record attendance of 52,781 set at the 1979 Grand Final . It later served as the home ground of the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Football Club , the two Perth teams in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . Other events included Perth Glory soccer games ( including two National Soccer League grand finals ) , Western Force rugby games , international rules matches , and rock concerts . Under naming rights the stadium was known as Patersons Stadium ( 2011-2014 ) and Domain Stadium ( 2015-2017 ) in its final years .
Subiaco ( known colloquially as Subi ) is an inner western suburb of Perth , Western Australia , north-west of Kings Park . Its local government area is the City of Subiaco .
Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong , Victoria . A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park : a major AFL stadium , a secondary football oval , a cricket field , an open air swimming pool , a number of netball courts , various sporting clubrooms , and a senior citizens centre . The park is bounded by Moorabool Street , the Geelong railway line , Kilgour Street , Latrobe Terrace , and Park Crescent .
Geelong ( /dʒɪˈlɒŋ/ ) is a port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River , in the state of Victoria , Australia . Geelong is 75 kilometres ( 47 mi ) south-west of the state capital , Melbourne . It is the second largest Victorian city , with an estimated urban population of 268,277 as of June 2018 . Geelong runs from the plains of Lara in the north to the rolling hills of Waurn Ponds to the south , with Corio Bay to the east and the Barrabool Hills to the west . Geelong is the administrative centre for the City of Greater Geelong municipality , which covers urban , rural and coastal areas surrounding the city , including the Bellarine Peninsula . [ note 1 ] Geelong was named in 1827 , with the name derived from the local Wathaurong Aboriginal name for the region , Djillong , thought to mean land or cliffs or tongue of land or peninsula . Geelong City is also known as the 'Gateway City ' due to its central location to surrounding Victorian regional centres like Ballarat in the north west , Torquay , Great Ocean Road and Warrnambool in the southwest , Hamilton , Colac and Winchelsea to the west , and the state capital of Melbourne in the north east . The area was first surveyed in 1838 , three weeks after Melbourne . The post office was open by June 1840 ( the second to open in the Port Phillip District ) . The first woolstore was erected in this period and it became the port for the wool industry of the Western District . During the gold rush , Geelong experienced a brief boom as the main port to the rich goldfields of the Ballarat district . The city then diversified into manufacturing , and during the 1860s , it became one of the largest manufacturing centres in Australia with its wool mills , ropeworks , and paper mills .
Melbourne Arena is an Australian sporting venue with a retractable roof that is part of the National Tennis Centre at Melbourne Park in Melbourne , Victoria .
The Holden Centre ( originally known as the Swimming and Diving Stadium and formerly known as the Olympic Swimming Stadium , Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre , Holden Centre , is a sports administration and training facility located in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in Melbourne , Australia . The facility opened in 1956 as an aquatic centre for the 1956 Olympic Games . In 1983 , the Olympic-sized pool was replaced with a parquetry floor and the facility became Melbourne 's home to numerous basketball events until 1998 , most notably as the home venue for several National Basketball League teams including the North Melbourne Giants and Melbourne Tigers . The venue served as Melbourne 's primary indoor concert arena from 1984 to 1988 , until the completion of the Rod Laver Arena . The centre is the administrative headquarters of the Collingwood Football and Netball Club , who also train on the adjacent Olympic Park Oval .
Newcastle International Sports Centre , known as McDonald Jones Stadium for sponsorship reason , is a multi-purpose sports stadium located in Newcastle , Australia . The ground is home to the Newcastle Knights ( National Rugby League ) and Newcastle Jets FC ( A-League ) . It is owned by the New South Wales Government and is administered by Venues NSW ( which consolidates the operations and responsibilities of the former Hunter Region Sporting Venues Authority and other regional sporting venues authorities into one authority managed by one governing board ) . Due to past sponsorship deals , the ground has been previously known as Marathon Stadium , EnergyAustralia Stadium , Ausgrid Stadium and Hunter Stadium . Newcastle International Sports Centre is also known as Newcastle Stadium when in use during AFC competitions due to conflicting sponsorship reasons .
The Newcastle ( /ˈnuːkɑːsəl/ NEW-kah-səl ) metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas . It is the hub of the Greater Newcastle area which includes most parts of the local government areas of City of Newcastle , City of Lake Macquarie , City of Cessnock , City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council . Located at the mouth of the Hunter River , it is the predominant city within the Hunter Region . Famous for its coal , Newcastle is the largest coal exporting harbour in the world , exporting 159.9 million tonnes of coal in 2017 . Beyond the city , the Hunter Region possesses large coal deposits . Geologically , the area is located in the central-eastern part of the Sydney basin .
Docklands Stadium , also known by naming rights sponsorship as Marvel Stadium , is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands area of Melbourne , Victoria , Australia . Construction started in October 1997 , under the working name Victoria Stadium , and was completed in 2000 at a cost of A $ 460 million . Originally built as a replacement for Waverley Park , the stadium is primarily used for Australian rules football and is the headquarters of the Australian Football League ( AFL ) which , since 7 October 2016 , has had exclusive ownership of the venue . Also headquartered in the stadium precinct is Seven Network 's digital broadcast centre . The stadium also hosts a number of other sporting events , including some domestic Twenty20 cricket matches , Melbourne Victory soccer home matches , one-off rugby league and rugby union matches as well as number of special events and concerts .
A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events . While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event , this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multifunctionality over specificity . It is used most commonly in Canada and the United States , where the two most popular outdoor team sports - football and baseball - require radically different facilities . Football uses a rectangular field ( Canadian football fields are larger than American ones ) , while baseball is played on a diamond and large outfield . This requires a particular design to accommodate both , usually an oval , while some later designs used an octorad . While building stadiums in this way means that sports teams and governments can share costs , it also imposes some challenges . In North America , multipurpose stadiums were built primarily during the 1960s and 1970s as shared home stadiums for Major League Baseball and National Football League or Canadian Football League teams . Some stadiums were renovated to allow multipurpose configurations during the 1980s . This type of stadium is associated with an era of suburbanization , in which many sports teams followed their fans out of large cities into areas with cheaper , plentiful land . They were usually built near highways and had large parking lots , but were rarely connected to public transit . As multipurpose stadiums were rarely ideal for both sports usually housed in them , they had fallen out of favor by the 1990s , with the SkyDome that opened in 1989 being the last such stadium completed to accommodate baseball and football . With the completion of the Truman Sports Complex in Kansas City in 1973 , a model for purpose-built stadiums was laid down .
Leederville Oval ( known as Medibank Stadium under a naming rights agreement between 2006 and 2016 ) is an Australian rules football ground located in Leederville , a suburb of Perth , Western Australia . The ground is used as a home ground by two clubs : the East Perth Football Club and the Subiaco Football Club , both competing in the West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) . The ground was previously home to the West Perth Football Club from 1915 to 1993 , before the club moved to Arena Joondalup , its current home ground . The ground is serviced by the Joondalup railway line , with the nearest stop being the Leederville station .
Leederville is a locality within the City of Vincent in the Perth metropolitan region of Western Australia . It is home to Aranmore Catholic College , the School of Isolated and Distance Education , North Metropolitan TAFE , Trinity Theological College , and St Mary 's Church . The suburb was named after William Henry Leeder , the original grantee of land that encompassed the area .