The Melbourne Cricket Ground is one of the great sporting venues in the world. With a capacity of nearly 100,000, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hemisphere and the tenth-largest in the world. It hosted the 1956 Olympic Games, has hosted seven Cricket World Cup finals, and is the spiritual home of Australian Rules Football. On AFL Grand Final day in late September, it fills completely — the atmosphere is unlike any other sporting event in Australia.
The National Sports Museum inside the MCG is excellent, with displays covering cricket, AFL, the 1956 Olympics, and other sports, including the baggy green caps of Australia's great cricketers and the Don Bradman collection. Tours of the ground run daily except on major event days. The MCG is in Yarra Park, just across the river from the CBD, and is easily reached by tram along Wellington Parade.