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​ Etihad Stadium Home__|__Arenas__|__Sport Retailers__|__Student Pages The Etihad Stadium is a sporting complex located in Docklands. It was commissioned by Stadium Operations Ltd and was to be called Docklands Stadium. The Etihad Stadium cost $425 million dollars to construct. It was designed by architectures HOK + LOBB. The capacity of the arena is 53 000. The arena was officialy opened in the year 2000. Since then the Etihad Arena has gone through a couple of changed names like Colonial Stadium and most recently the Telstra Dome. The Etihad Arena was also the first sporting complex to have retractable roof in the southern hemisphere. The capacity is 53000 seats. The purpose of this arena is to be a multi sporting complex. Some examples of sport played in this arena is AFL, A-League soccer and rugby. This arena was finished construction in the year 2000. This arena was designed by HOK + LOBB in association with Bligh Voller Nield and Daryl Jackson. It was first named Telstra Dome but after losing its sponsorship deal it was named etihad stadium.