Circumference860 m
566Dolly Partons
860,000Poppy seeds
2.9 millionthsLight-seconds
Outer circumference of the stadium
Photo from Wikimedia Commons
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Australia's sporting colosseum and the world's largest cricket ground/Stadiums
The MCG has been Melbourne's sporting heart since 1853 and is the 11th-largest stadium in the world by capacity at 100,024 seats. It hosted the 1956 and 2006 Olympic ceremonies and the annual Boxing Day Test match. Melburnians treat it like a second religion, which is saying something for a city that already worships coffee.
Measurements
Playing surface area19,464 m²
27,033Bath towels
1,497Parking spaces
3.4 millionSticky notes
Oval playing field approximately 171m x 146m
Stadium height55 m
27.5Cattail heights
357 billionCarbon atoms
Height of the highest point of the Great Southern Stand
Total footprint area70,000 m²
2.1 tenthsDisneylands
41.9Hockey rink areas
Approximate ground-level footprint
Light tower height75 m
93.8 millionthsFlorida lengths
246Subway Footlongs
3.1 trillionthsVoyager 1 distances
Six light towers ring the ground
Boundary length (straight)76 m
109 millionRed light wavelengths
253 quadrillionthsOort Cloud edges
Typical straight boundary distance