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| Former names | Marrara Stadium |
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| Location | Darwin, Northern Territory |
| Opened | 1991 |
| Owner | AFLNT |
| Operator | TIO Insurance and Banking |
| Surface | Grass |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
Marrara Stadium (also known as Football Park and currently as TIO Stadium) is a sports ground in Darwin, Australia.
The ground was built in 1991 and Australian rules football is primarily played at the venue. This includes Northern Territory Football League matches, pre-season Australian Football League matches, and also one AFL Premiership match each year - a 'home' game for the Western Bulldogs. The record crowd of 17,500 was set in 2002 for an AFL pre-season practice match between the Aboriginal All-Stars and Carlton Football Club which the All-Stars won.
It also hosted two cricket Tests in 2003 with Australia against Bangladesh and 2004 against Sri Lanka, not to mention a one day international against Bangladesh also in 2003. The ground is schedule to hold a further 3 one day internationals again against Bangladesh in late August, early September.
The current total capacity is around 15,000 including 5,000 seats.
In 2007 the Western Bulldogs played the Fremantle Dockers, in the Dockers first home and away season game at the ground.
A round 14 AFL Match in 2008 is held at TIO. It is between the second placed Western Bulldogs and the struggling Port Adelaide Power. This is the third time (the other two were in 2004 and 2006) they are meeting at TIO with Port grabbing the two matches so far.
TIO Stadium has also hosted AC/DC for their "Ballbreaker" tour in November 1996, when 13,000 fans and 170 tonnes of equipment packed the ground.
Chugg Entertainment announced Sir Elton John will be performing for the first time in the Northern Territory, at TIO Stadium on the 17 May 2008 as part of the his Australian Tour.[1][2]
References
- ^ "Elton John to rock with the crocs". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
- ^ "Sir Elton rolls in for crocodile rock". Northern Territory News. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
External links
- Marrara Stadium at Austadiums
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