Eureka Stadium
Sports stadium in Victoria, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eureka Stadium, known commercially as Mars Stadium, is an oval-shaped sports stadium located in the Eureka Sports Precinct of Wendouree, 2.9 km (1.8 mi) north of the CBD of the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
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Former names | Northern Oval #1, AUSTAR Arena and Eureka Stadium |
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Location | Midland Highway, Wendouree, Victoria, Australia |
Coordinates | 37°32′22″S 143°50′53″E |
Public transit | Bus CDC Route 30 and CDC Route 12 |
Owner | City of Ballarat |
Operator | City of Ballarat |
Seating type | Individual |
Capacity | 11,000 (5,127 seated)[1] |
Record attendance | 10,412 (23 April 2022) |
Field size | 160 m × 129 m (525 ft × 423 ft)[2] |
Field shape | Oval |
Surface | Grass |
Scoreboard | Video-electronic (50 m2 [540 sq ft]) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1990 |
Built | 1990 |
Renovated | 2016–17, 2020–21, 2025-26 |
Expanded | 2017 |
Construction cost | $21.976 million (AUD) (Stage 1) and $6.35 million (AUD) (Stage 2) |
Architect | Stages 1 and 2 Peddle Thorp (Melbourne), Stage 3 Cox Architecture and Morton Dunn |
Builder | Stage 1 - AW Nicholson Constructions |
Project manager | Stage 1 - Atelier Projects |
Tenants | |
North Ballarat Football Club (VFL/BFL) (1990–) GWV Rebels (NAB League) (1993–) North Ballarat Cricket Club (BCA) (1993–) Western Bulldogs (AFL) (2017–) Western United FC (A-League) (2019–) Western Bulldogs (AFLW) (2022–) |
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