Marvel Stadium
Melbourne (Docklands), Victoria, Australia
Marvel Stadium, Melbourne (Docklands), Australia — opened 2000 (as Colonial Stadium), 32 rugby league games hosted, home of Melbourne Storm (NRL) used it as their full-time home ground for the 2001 NRL season only, returning intermittently afterward: the first three home games of the 2010 season (while AAMI Park was under construction), and two games in 2023 while AAMI Park was unavailable during the FIFA Women's World Cup.
Sourcing caveat: Search results also referenced a 2018 World Club Challenge and 2007/2016/2023 NRL Grand Final or State Championship connections to this venue, but these were not independently fetched and confirmed in this research pass, so they are deliberately omitted rather than stated as fact.
Ground facts
| Opened | 2000 (as Colonial Stadium) (Primarily an AFL venue with a retractable roof; rugby league usage has been sporadic.) |
| Home club | Melbourne Storm (NRL) used it as their full-time home ground for the 2001 NRL season only, returning intermittently afterward: the first three home games of the 2010 season (while AAMI Park was under construction), and two games in 2023 while AAMI Park was unavailable during the FIFA Women's World Cup |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 32 |
| Top recorded crowd | 56,021 |
| Capacity | over 53,000 for sporting events |
| Test matches hosted | 3 |
| Floodlights installed | Present, over 700 x 2,000-watt lights |
| Surface | Oval-shaped turf, approx. 19,053 sq m (approx. 170m x 140m); retractable roof, 38m above the pitch, opens/closes in about 8 minutes |
| Years used | 2001–2023 |
| Location | Melbourne (Docklands), Victoria |
Name history
- Colonial Stadium — 2000-2002
- Telstra Dome — 2002-2009
- Etihad Stadium — 2009-2018
- Marvel Stadium — since 2018
Rugby league history
Marvel Stadium is primarily an AFL venue (used by multiple AFL clubs); its rugby league usage has been sporadic — Melbourne Storm's brief initial tenancy in 2001, occasional State of Origin hosting in the 2000s-2010s, and stand-in home games when Storm's regular ground has been unavailable.
Primarily an AFL venue.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 2006 — State of Origin (deciding Game III)
- 2009 — State of Origin
- 2012 — State of Origin, attendance 56,021, a rugby league attendance record for the stadium at the time
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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