Arden Street Oval
Interactive map of Arden Street Oval | |
| Address | Arden Street |
|---|---|
| Location | North Melbourne, Victoria |
| Coordinates | 37°47′55″S 144°56′30″E / 37.79863765706385°S 144.94155161295564°E |
| Owner | Melbourne City Council |
| Capacity | 4,000 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Record attendance | 35,116 (27 August 1949) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1850s |
| Opened | 1850s |
| Construction cost | A$16M (redevelopment) |
| Architect | Williams Ross Architects |
| Tenants | |
| North Melbourne Football Club Administration & Training (1882–present) VFL/AFL (1882–1985) AFLW (2018–present) VFL (2018–present) VFLW (2021–present) Other tenants North Melbourne Cricket Club (1868–2008) Irish Hurling (1930s) Melb. Greyhound Racing Association (1957–1962) | |
Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground, North Melbourne Recreation Reserve, or Hotham Recreation Reserve) is an inner-suburban sporting facility and sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australian rules football club.
Arden Street Oval has a long association with the football club, which moved to the ground in 1882 and for 60 years between 1925 and the 1985 season it was used as the team's home ground for Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) matches, known at the time as the Victorian Football League.
The oval is now the site of the club's home AFL Women's (AFLW), Victorian Football League (VFL) and VFL Women's (VFLW) home matches.