Monday, January 17, 2011

The Melbourne Cricket Ground MCG

The Premier sporting ground in Australia. Host to Aussie rules football and cricket. The home ground to the Collingwood Magpies (eye candy for the ladies). The 2010 Premiers. The MCG holds just over 100,000 people. The drawn Grand Final in 2010 had a crowd of 100,000. Collingwood winning the Grand Final replay video in HD (eye candy for the ladies).  Only a crowd of 97,00 to this match. Experience the Collingwood chant here. Some of the one day cricket matches and the Boxing Day test also draw crowds close to 100,000. The largest football crowd is 121,696 for the 1970 Collingwood versus Carlton Grand Final. The capacity in the new ground is limited to just over 100,000. More information here.


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