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Facts and Figures This modern day Colosseum doesn't just come for granted.It takes a great deal of care and management for it to look as fine as it does. This reputable ground is treated like a king, with approximately more than 350 man-hours spent on maintaining the ground which includes cutting, rolling, repairing, irrigating, watering the turf, preparing for matches, planning for schedules and more. Thats not all, around 3000m² of the middle of the ground is relaid every year. What more can a ground want? This must truly be the royal treatment of all time!

As many know, the MCG is the largest cricket ground in the world and can host a crowd of over 100,000 if standing room is included. It actually consists of 95,000 seats and 5000 standing room spaces which are only sold when all the seats are booked out, or for major events such as the finals, grand finals, etc.There are many places were you can sit in the MCG like the AFL members, MCC members, General admission, reserved seating,and standing etc.

AREA and MANAGEMENT   -The MCG's has a total area of 20, 300m². It has also an impressive volume of 1,700,000 m³, that is 1.7 million cubic metres! -The ground holds more than 96 water sprinklers! -Only a mixture of rye grass and couch are used for preparing the ground. -In summer the grass is cut daily, whilst in winter it is cut twice a week. -It takes eight departments to manage the MCG. They are the Member and Customer Service, Events, Executive, Facilities, Finance and Information Systems, Museums (such as the National Sports Museum) and the Human Resources Departments. -130 employees and staff work permanently at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. -The management of the MCG is left in the hands of the Melbourne Cricket Club, which is run by president David Meiklejohn, and Stephen Gough the chief executive officer.

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 * First test-** 15/3/1877-19/3/1877 between Australia v England
 * First ODI-** 5/1/1972 between Australia and England
 * First Twenty20-** 1/2/2008 between Australia v South Africa

** Top Crowd in MCG's History (Cricket) **

|| ** Teams ** || ** Match ** || ** Crowd ** || ** Date ** || || Australia v West Indies || Test || 90,800 || 11/2/1961 || || Australia v England || Test || 89,155 || 26/12/2006 || || Australia v England || Test || 87,789 || 4/1/1937 || || England v Pakistan || World Cup || 87,182 || 25/3/1992 || || Australia v West Indies || Benson and Hedges || 86,133 || 22/1/1984 || || Australia v India || Twenty20​ || 85,824 || 1/2/2008 ||
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Interesting Facts  -Sir Donald Bradman's record at the MCG was having an average of 128 runs of 17 innings. He made at least a nine centuries out of eleven matches played here! -When Melbourne Storms played at the MCG in 2000, they smashed the St.George illawarra Dragons, 70-10! -When Carlton played Collingwood in a Grand Final in 1970, a crowd of 121,696 attended, making it the biggest crowd to ever fit into the MCG! -In 1948, the first Grand Final tie in AFL's history was played between Melbourne and Essendon who both finished 69-69.

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