Kardinia Park (Stadium)
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| Former names | Skilled Stadium Shell Stadium Baytec Stadium |
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| Location | South Geelong, Victoria |
| Coordinates | 38°9′29″S 144°21′17″E / 38.15806°S 144.35472°ECoordinates: 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 | 27,000 approx (capacity temporarily reduced due to redevelopment) |
| Record attendance | 49,109 (30 August 1952 Geelong v Carlton) |
| Field size | 170 x 115 m |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Construction cost | Redevelopment: A$28 million |
| Architect | Populous (company), Peddle Thorp (Redevelopment) |
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Geelong Football Club (AFL) (1941–present) Australia national cricket team (2017–present) Melbourne Victory (2013-present) |
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| Only T20I | 19 February 2017: Australia v  Sri Lanka |
| As of 19 February 2017 Source: Cricinfo |
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Kardinia Park (also currently known as Simonds Stadium due to naming rights) is a sporting and entertainment venue located within Kardinia Park, South Geelong, Victoria. The stadium, which is owned and operated by the City of Greater Geelong, is the home ground of the Geelong Football Club. The capacity of the ground is currently temporarily around 27,000 due to the construction of a new grandstand, which will yield a total capacity of 36,000 and make Kardinia Park the largest Australian stadium in a regional city (i.e., outside of a capital city).
Football has been played on Kardinia Park since the 19th century, and prior to the 1940s, Kardinia Park was the secondary football venue in the city of Geelong; Corio Oval was the primary venue, and the Geelong Football Club played its Victorian Football League games at that venue until 1940. Kardinia Park served as the home ground for the Geelong (A.) Football Club in the Victorian Football Association from 1922 until 1925, before that club moved to the Western Oval in Geelong West; local and district football was played regularly on the ground.
The Geelong Football Club began playing its home games at Kardinia Park in 1941 after Corio Oval was commandeered by the military during World War II, and it became its permanent home venue thereafter.
On 23 May 2002, Kardinia Park hosted a visit from the Dalai Lama, who again visited the stadium in June 2007.
Kardinia Park is regarded as a proverbial graveyard for teams playing against Geelong, which has an especially good record at the ground in recent years. Geelong did not lose a single match played at the venue between 26 August 2007 and 27 August 2011. Geelong's Jimmy Bartel credited the home field advantage to the fact that Geelong is one of the few clubs which practices on the same field that it plays on.
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