Kardinia Park (stadium)

GMHBA Stadium
Kardinia Park/The Cattery
	Kardinia Park as viewed from the Players Stand at a Geelong–Greater Western Sydney match on 25 May 2024.
Former names	Skilled Stadium; Shell Stadium; Baytec Stadium; Simonds Stadium
Location	South Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates	38°9′29″S 144°21′17″E / 38.15806°S 144.35472°E
Owner	Kardinia Park Stadium Trust
Operator	Kardinia Park Stadium Trust/Geelong Football Club
Capacity	40,000
Record attendance	49,109 (30 August 1952 Geelong v Carlton)
Field size	170 m × 115 m (558 ft × 377 ft)
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1941
Construction cost	A$319 million redevelopment (2003–2024)
Architect	Populous (company), Peddle Thorp (Redevelopment)
Tenants
	Australian rules football Geelong Football Club; VFL/AFL (1941–present) ; VFL (2000–present) ; AFLW (2019–present) Cricket Melbourne Renegades (BBL) (2018–present) ; Australia national cricket team (2017) Association football Melbourne Victory (A-League) (2013–2019) ; Western United (A-League) (2019–2021) Rugby union Melbourne Rising (NRC) (2015, 2018)
Ground information
International information
First T20I	19 February 2017:; Australia v Sri Lanka
Last T20I	20 October 2022:; Namibia v United Arab Emirates
Only WT20I	19 February 2017:; Australia v New Zealand
	As of 20 October 2022; Source: Cricinfo

Kardinia Park (also known as GMHBA Stadium due to naming rights) is a sporting and entertainment venue located within Kardinia Park, South Geelong, in the Australian state of Victoria. The stadium, which is owned and operated by the Kardinia Park Stadium Trust, is the home ground of the Geelong Football Club, an Australian rules football club who compete in the Australian Football League (AFL). Kardinia Park can accommodate 40,000 spectators, making it the largest-capacity Australian stadium in a regional city, and the third largest-capacity stadium in Victoria behind the Melbourne Cricket Ground (100,024) and Docklands Stadium (56,347).^[2]

^ Atkinson, Cody; Lawson, Sean (15 June 2022). "From the SCG to Kardinia Park — do ground sizes contribute to the end result in AFL games?". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
^ "GMHBA Stadium". Austadiums.

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[1] Atkinson, Cody; Lawson, Sean (15 June 2022). "From the SCG to Kardinia Park — do ground sizes contribute to the end result in AFL games?". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

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