page_title: Melbourne Park
section_title: Redevelopments
hierarchical_section_title: Melbourne Park / Redevelopments
caption_attribution_description: A view of Melbourne Park as seen from the MCG.
context_page_description: Melbourne Park is a sports venue in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Since 1988, Australia's bicentenary, Melbourne Park has been home of the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament, which is played annually in January. The park has facilities capable of hosting basketball, netball, music concerts and other events. In the past Melbourne Park has hosted ice skating, cycling, international swimming and motorsport events.
  Melbourne Park is owned by Melbourne & Olympic Parks, which also runs the adjacent Melbourne Rectangular Stadium. The Yarra Park section of the Sports and Entertainment Precinct is run separately.
context_section_description: The Melbourne Park Master Plan has been the process by which the precinct has undergone three significant stages of redevelopment since 2010. The Stage 1 redevelopment included the construction of a new Eastern Plaza to host an elite tennis training facility and a new bridge linking Melbourne Park to the nearby AAMI Park stadium and Olympic Park Oval, as well as an upgrade to Margaret Court Arena. The Eastern Plaza Tennis Training Facility, which was later named the National Tennis Centre and features eight indoor and 13 outdoor courts (including eight European-style clay courts) was unveiled in January 2013. Margaret Court Arena (which had its seating capacity expanded to 7,500 and a retractable roof installed) was opened ahead of the 2015 Australian Open. The cost of the Stage 1 redevelopment was $366 million.
  Stage 2 of the redevelopment began in June 2015, when it was announced that Rod Laver Arena would undergo a redevelopment of its exterior facade and interior features, such as bars and other player facilities. The broader second stage upgrade included a new footbridge linking Melbourne Park and Birrarung Marr and an Administration and Media Building, to house Tennis Australia and Melbourne & Olympic Parks Trust headquarters. The new footbridge, named Tanderrum Bridge, was unveiled in December 2016 and the Administration and Media Building was completed two months earlier. The Rod Laver Arena refurbishment, which included a new four-level training and leisure facility for athletes at the Australian Open, was completed by in December 2018. Rod Laver Arena's retractable roof was also upgraded to allow for it to be closed for inclement weather in five minutes, dropping from the 30 minutes it took to close beforehand. The Stage 2 redevelopment cost $338 million and was fully completed in September 2019.
  The final phase of redevelopment (Stage 3) was announced in April 2017 by the Victorian Government. A further $271.3 million was invested to complete upgrades for Melbourne Park. The third stage features:
  A new multi-purpose 5,000-seat sunken show court and arena
  Central terrace with a new elevated outdoor public space
  New function centre
  A media centre and broadcast studios
  Central kitchen, loading dock and logistics hub
  Two additional match courts to the north of the park
  Construction of this stage began in April 2019. Overall, a total of $972 million was spent on the multi-year redevelopment of the Melbourne Park precinct. Completion of all works at the precinct is anticipated in time for 2023 Australian Open.
caption: A view of Melbourne Park from the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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