Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval from the air in 2007 (during redevelopment)
Former names	Hotham Cricket Ground North Melbourne Recreation Reserve Aegis Park
Location	Arden Street, North Melbourne, Victoria
Coordinates	37°47′57″S 144°56′28″E / 37.79917°S 144.94111°E / -37.79917; 144.94111
Owner	Melbourne City Council
Operator	North Melbourne Football Club
Capacity	4,000[1]
Record attendance	35,116 (27 August 1949)
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	1850s
Opened	1850s
Construction cost	A$16 m (Redevelopment)
Architect	Williams Ross Architects
Tenants
North Melbourne Football Club Administration & Training (1882–1964), (1966–present) VFL/AFL (1882–1964), (1966–1985) AFLW (2018–present) VFL (2018–present) VFLW (2021–present) Other Tenants North Melbourne Cricket Club (1868–2008) Irish Hurling (1930s) Melbourne Greyhound Racing Association (1957–1962)
Ground information
International information
Only women's Test	8 February 1996:  Australia v  New Zealand
As of 8 September 2020 Source: CricketArchive

Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground or North Melbourne Recreation Reserve) is an inner-suburban sporting facility and sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australian rules football club. It has a long association with the club and league, with the club first moving to the ground in 1882; 142 years ago (1882)^[2] and for 60 years between 1925 and the 1985 season it was used as the team's home ground for Victorian Football League (VFL) matches.