page_title: 2006 Commonwealth Games
section_title: Melbourne venues
hierarchical_section_title: 2006 Commonwealth Games / Preparation and development / Venues / Melbourne venues
caption_attribution_description: The HiSense Arena
context_page_description: The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 and 26 March 2006. It was the fourth time Australia had hosted the Commonwealth Games. It was also the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.
  More than 4,000 athletes from 71 Commonwealth Games Associations took part in the event. Zimbabwe withdrew its membership from the Commonwealth of Nations and Commonwealth Games Federation on 8 December 2003 and so did not participate in the event. With 245 sets of medals, the games featured 17 Commonwealth sports. These sporting events took place at 13 venues in the host city, two venues in Bendigo and one venue each in Ballarat, Geelong, Lysterfield Park and Traralgon.
  The site for the opening and closing ceremonies was the Melbourne Cricket Ground which was also used during 1956 Summer Olympics. The mascot for the games was Karak, a red-tailed black cockatoo.
context_section_description: Docklands Precinct: Walks
  Melbourne Cricket Ground: Opening and Closing Ceremonies, and Athletics
  Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre: Badminton, Boxing and Weightlifting
  Melbourne Gun Club: Clay Target Shooting
  Melbourne International Shooting Club: Small Bore and Pistol Shooting
  Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre: Aquatics, Squash and Table tennis
  Multi Purpose Venue (Melbourne Park): Basketball Finals, Track Cycling and Netball Finals
  Rod Laver Arena (Melbourne Park): Gymnastics
  Royal Botanic Gardens Circuit: Cycling Road Race events
  State Lawn Bowls Centre: Lawn Bowls
  State Netball and Hockey Centre: Netball preliminaries and Hockey
  St Kilda Foreshore and Beach Road: Triathlon and Cycling Time Trial
  Docklands Stadium: Rugby 7s
caption: Multi Purpose Venue (Melbourne Park)
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