Bellerive Oval
Bellerive Oval Profile
| LOCATION: Bellerive, Tasmania | COUNTRY: Australia | YEAR OPENED: 1914 |
| CAPACITY: 16,200 | OWNER: Clarence City Council | GAME: Cricket |
Bellerive Oval is primarily a cricket and Australian Rules Football ground located in Bellerive, City of Clarence, on the eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania.It is the only venue in Tasmania which currently hosts international cricket matches, and has a capacity of approximately 16,000, although a record crowd of 16,719 watched Australia play England in 2003.It is well known by its sponsored name Blundstone Arena. It is one of the venues for Cricket World Cup 2015.
It is best known as the home ground for the state cricket team, the Tasmanian Tigers, and as a venue for international Test matches since 1989 and one-day matches since 1988. Bellerive Oval underwent a $16 million re-development at very start of the 21st century and that was completed at the end of 2002. The re-development includes: state-of-the-art indoor nets, a 6,000 seat Southern Stand that contains the new television media centre, Members Area that features press and radio media areas, as well as corporate boxes and lunchrooms, members bar, TCA offices and a players area.
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