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Olympic Park Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located in Swan Street in inner Melbourne. It currently is host to Melbourne Storm (NRL), Melbourne Rebels (ARC). It served as the home of Melbourne Victory (A-League) home games for one season (2005-2007). It has a capacity of 18,500 spectators with 11,000 seats.^[1] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x1024, 95 KB)Took the photo myself, Melbourne Victory game. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Olympic Park is a sporting precinct located a few kilometres from the CBD of Melbourne, Australia. ... The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... The National Rugby League (NRL) is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. ... Union website www. ... The Australian Rugby Championship rugby union competition that will commence in Australia in July 2007. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... The National Rugby League (NRL) is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. ... Union website www. ... The Australian Rugby Championship rugby union competition that will commence in Australia in July 2007. ... Melbourne Victory FC is a football (soccer) club based in Melbourne, Australia. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

The stadium was built as a training venue for the 1956 Olympic Games.^[2] It has a top class athletics track that was refurbished in 1997, and is interestingly the first and only^[2] stadium in Australia to be recognised officially by FIFA. The stadium was last redeveloped in 1998. In the past the stadium has held FIFA World Cup qualification matches, NSL Grand Finals and rugby league internationals. The Melbourne Storm's nickname for the stadium is "The Graveyard", due to their excellent record at this stadium. (Redirected from 1956 Olympic Games) There were two Olympic Games in the year 1956. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The International Federation of Association Football (French: FÃ©dÃ©ration Internationale de Football Association), commonly known by its acroymn, FIFA, is the international governing body of association football. ... FIFA World Cup qualification is the process a national football (soccer) team goes through to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Finals, or, more commonly known as the FIFA World Cup. ... The National Soccer League, or NSL, was the former national football (soccer) competition in Australia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. ... Rugby league football (often shortened to rugby league) is a full-contact team sport played with a prolate spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field. ...

Melbourne Victory FC have already moved out of the stadium as of 2007, where they have moved to the much larger, 56 000 capacity Telstra Dome. This move is due to the very large crowds the club have been getting at home due to the onfield success of the club. Melbourne Storm will also follow in 2009 and move into the new state-of-the-art, 31,000 seat Melbourne Rectangular Stadium being purposely built adjacent to the Olympic Park Stadium.^[1] , as the stadium is poorly suited for rugby league as the dimensions of the pitch is too small. There has been some controversy as to whether Melbourne Victory will actually move there or not due to the stadium still being too small however the construction will still go ahead regardless of whether the Victory decide to join as a tenant or not.^[3] Melbourne Victory FC is an Australian professional football (soccer) club based in the city of Melbourne, Australia. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... {{Infobox_Stadium | stadium_name = Telstra Dome | nickname = The Dome, Docklands Stadium| image = | location = Docklands, Melbourne | broke_ground = 1996| opened = 2000| closed = N/A| demolished = N/A| owner = James Fielding Funds Management| operator = Melbourne Stadiums LimitedAccess One| surface = Grass| construction_cost = $250 million AUD|lbourne. ... The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Melbourne Rectangular Stadium is to be a purpose built outdoor stadium located in Swan Street in inner Melbourne. ... Melbourne Victory FC is a football (soccer) club based in Melbourne, Australia. ...

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