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Telstra Dome is a stadium in the developing Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Australia, that caters for both sporting and entertainment events. Opened on 9 March, 2000, as Colonial Stadium, its name was changed on 22 July when the Telstra telecommunications carrier acquired the naming rights.

The stadium features both movable seating and a retractable roof. It can seat from 12,000 to 74,000 people depending on the type of event. The fixed seating number for Australian Football League matches is 53,399.

The stadium was developed as a replacement for Waverley Park. The Seven Network is a major shareholder in the ground.

1 Events hosted at Telstra Dome

Ultimate Rock Symphony , 11 March 2000
Barbra Streisand concert, 15 and 17 March 2000
Australia v South AfricaSouth Africa is a republic at the southern tip of Africa. It is bordered to the north by Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the north-east by Mozambique and Swaziland. Lesotho is contained entirely inside the borders of South Africa. South Africa is one o cricketcricket match in progress. The beige strip is the cricket pitch. The people wearing black trousers on the far right are the umpires. Cricket is a team game played between two teams of eleven players each. It originated in its modern form in England, and i, 16, 18, and 20 August 2000
World Reconciliation Day Tribute Concert, 8 September 2000
Ricky MartinRicky Martin is a popular music singer, born in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico on December 24, 1971. Biography Born as Enrique Martin Morales Martin has achieved worldwide success, starting with his selection to substitute Ricky Melendez in Menudo in 1984 until 19 concert, 25 October 2000
Grand Jubilee Mass, 15 November 2000
Bon Jovi's Universal Appeal Concert, 24 March 2001
Rumba, 17 November, 2001
Rugby Union World Cup, 2003
Regular Australian Football League matches since 2000
RMIT University graduation ceremonies since December 2000
National Rugby League matches since 2001

2 External link

Official website

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