the MCG

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The MCG, short for the Melbourne Cricket Ground, is a historic and iconic sports stadium in Melbourne, Australia, renowned as one of the world’s largest and most significant cricket and Australian rules football venues.

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the MCG canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf sports stadium ⓘ
brokeGround 1853 ⓘ
cityLandmarkStatus iconic Melbourne landmark ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
fieldShape oval ⓘ
hasFloodlights true ⓘ
hasMuseum Australian Sports Museum ⓘ
hasScoreboard electronic scoreboard ⓘ
hasStand Great Southern Stand ⓘ
Members Pavilion ⓘ
Olympic Stand ⓘ
Ponsford Stand ⓘ
hostsAnnualEvent AFL Anzac Day match ⓘ
AFL Grand Final parade activities ⓘ
hostsCompetition Australian Football League ⓘ
linked to: AFL

Sheffield Shield ⓘ
hostsEventType AFL Grand Final ⓘ
Boxing Day Test ⓘ
One Day International cricket matches ⓘ
Test cricket matches ⓘ
Twenty20 International cricket matches ⓘ
international soccer matches ⓘ
rugby league matches ⓘ
rugby union matches ⓘ
locatedInCity Melbourne ⓘ
locatedInState Victoria ⓘ
locatedInSuburb East Melbourne ⓘ
nearbyLandmark Melbourne Park ⓘ
Yarra Park ⓘ
nickName The G ⓘ
opened 1853 ⓘ
operatedBy Melbourne Cricket Club ⓘ
ownedBy Melbourne Cricket Club ⓘ
primaryUse Australian rules football ⓘ
cricket ⓘ
renovation major redevelopment in early 2000s ⓘ
major redevelopment in the 1990s ⓘ
seatingCapacity approximately 100,000 ⓘ
shortName MCG ⓘ
significance one of the largest stadiums in the Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
one of the most famous cricket grounds in the world ⓘ
surface natural grass ⓘ
transportAccess Jolimont railway station ⓘ
Richmond railway station ⓘ
wasMainVenueFor 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
2006 Commonwealth Games ⓘ

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The G → alsoKnownAs → the MCG ⓘ
The G → shortFormOf → the MCG ⓘ