When it opened in 2010, the 30,000-seat state-of-the-art stadium was a long-overdue addition to Melbourne's sporting environment, with events formerly hosted next door at the now-demolished Olympic Park. The new venue is the home of the Australian Football League's Richmond Tigers and the National Rugby League's Melbourne Storm. It took almost a decade to design, build and finance the stadium. The AFL and NRL had been pushing for another football stadium to be built in Melbourne to replace the one at MCG which was being used for other sports. The new stadium was needed because MCG can hold only 100,000 people while the city population is nearly 500,000. The stadium is owned by the City of Melbourne which hired Spanish company ACS to manage it. It is designed by Dutch architects MVRDV who also designed Amsterdam's Odeon and Austin's Texas Stadium. The first game was between Richmond and Carlton on March 24, 2010. More than 25,000 fans turned up to see the opening match which was won by Richmond 9 points margin. Since then, both Richmond and Melbourne have enjoyed huge success on the field while the stadium has earned a reputation as one of the best venues in world sport.