Melbourne Cricket Ground Retractable Roof

The melbourne cricket ground may soon get a retractable roof if stephen gough gets his way.

Melbourne cricket ground retractable roof.

Docklands stadium also known by naming rights sponsorship as marvel stadium is a multi purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the docklands area of melbourne victoria australia construction started in october 1997 and was completed in 2000 at a cost of a 460 million. The melbourne cricket ground could be about to undergo another facelift with a retractable roof being proposed for the famous stadium. The marvel stadium in melbourne has a retractable roof but cricket boards around the world have argued that it is unfeasible and expensive to build such roofs. There is only one retractable roof that is in melbourne cricket ground colonial stadium.

Mcg boss stephen gough has suggested installing a lightweight. The melbourne cricket ground mcg also known simply as the g is an australian sports stadium located in yarra park melbourne victoria founded and managed by the melbourne cricket club it is the largest stadium in the southern hemisphere the 11th largest globally and the second largest cricket ground by capacity after motera stadium the mcg is within walking distance of the city. Because the cost of the retractable roof is very much high and one more important thing no cricket playing nation has come up with this plan. The stadium features a retractable roof and the ground level seating can be converted from oval to rectangular.

The melbourne cricket ground in australia and yorkshire s headingley ground too have retractable roofing system. Retractable roof if it was felt that was what we wanted to have gough said.