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 Rod Laver Arena at a night session of the 2023 Australian Open | |
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| Full name | Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne Park |
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| Former names | National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park (1988–1996) Centre Court (1996–2000) |
| Address | 200 Batman Ave Melbourne VIC 3004 Australia |
| Location | Melbourne Park |
| Coordinates | 37°49′18″S 144°58′42″E / 37.82167°S 144.97833°E |
| Owner | Government of Victoria |
| Operator | Melbourne and Olympic Park Trust |
| Capacity | 14,820[2] |
| Record attendance | 16,183 – Justin Timberlake, 18 November 2007 |
| Surface | GreenSet (tennis) Hardwood (basketball) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1985 |
| Opened | 11 January 1988 |
| Renovated | 1995 |
| Construction cost | A$94 million (Original) ($305 million in 2022 dollars[1]) $23 million (1996 renovations) ($45 million in 2022 dollars[1]) |
| Architect | |
| Main contractors | Lendlease (formerly Civil & Civic) |
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Rod Laver Arena is a multipurpose arena located within Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The arena is the main venue for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the calendar year.
- ^ a b AU = 1850-1901: McLean, I.W. (1999), Consumer Prices and Expenditure Patterns in Australia 1850–1914. Australian Economic History Review, 39: 1-28 (taken W6 series from Table A1, which represents the average inflation in all of Australian colonies). For later years, calculated using the pre-decimal inflation calculator provided by the Reserve Bank of Australia for each year, input: £94 8s (94.40 Australian pounds in decimal values), start year: 1901.
- ^ "History". Rod Laver Arena. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.