Telstra Dome is situated in the Docklands area at Melbourne in Victoria of Australia that hosts great cricketing action and is one of the most popular cricket grounds in the world. The stadium opened in 2000 was known as the Colonial Stadium and also Victoria Stadium. Since 2002, the stadium is known as Telstra Dome. The Stadium though built for Australian rules football and being home ground for good teams also hosts cricket, rugby, sporting and entertainment action. Another alternative name is Docklands stadium.

The Telstra Dome has done wonders for Melbourne and Australian cricket as it is a fully covered system and cricket can be played indoors when there are rains. The highlights of the Telstra Dome are:

Retractable roof 38 meters high
Movable seating
Colosseum style arena structure
Two massive internal replay screens for scores and advertisements.
External super screen
1,000 video seats
13 function rooms
66 corporate boxes
The Medallion Club - Premium Club membership area

The Telstra Dome is a very sophisticated stadium though it took only four years in the making:

2,500 car parks below the ground
Oval shaped, 19,053 square meters turf surface of
Dimensions of 170 meters by 140 meters
Over seven hundred 2000-watt lights for arena illumination
A varying capacity of 12,000 to 74,000- depending on the event. Eg: Seats can be laid on the ground for entertainment shows
Australian Football League `capacity of 53,355

Genuine cricket lovers who enjoy the thrill of a cricket one-day match will know the agony of a halt in the match due to rain. Now with the retractable state of the art roof which fully opens and closes in a mere 8 minutes, the Telstra Dome becomes simply unbelievable to play a cricket match in. You have not enjoyed cricket to the fullest if you have not seen a match at the Telstra Dome.


Popular Cricket Grounds

Lord’s	Eden Gardens
Eden Park	Telstra Dome
Sabina Park	The Gabba
National Stadium at Karachi	Sydney Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Queens Park Oval
Kensington Oval

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