Rod Laver Arena is a tennis stadium, which is part of the Melbourne Park complex located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and has become a major event for the Australian Open in tennis since 1988, replaces the aging Kooyong Stadium. Originally called Flinders Park or Centre Court, the arena's name officially changed in January 2000 to honor Rod Laver, the winner of the Australian Open three times and one of the world's greatest tennis players. Arena was completed in 1988 with a seating capacity of 14 820. In place currently attracts more than 1.5 million visitors per year.
Arena has a retractable roof allows the player to continue playing in the rain or extreme heat. It is the center of Melbourne Park Tennis Centre, and in addition to tennis, the arena hosts motorbike super-crosses, music concerts, conferences, World Wrestling Entertainment event (since 2005), and ballet. Lod Laver Arena is equipped with Hawk-Eye electronic system which allows tennis players to challenge the decision of the referee about calls made throughout championships.
In 2009, nine of the 50 surveyed arena arena over the entire world for ticket sales the first quarter, so the second highest box office in Australia. For you lovers of the sport of tennis or to idolize players world-class tennis player, then Australia is not far from Indonesia to visit, you can see first hand all the activities here pertenisan world. When we get into this stadiom we can choose to watch in the arena or outside, of course, cheaper tickets to watch from outside the arena.
Arena has a retractable roof allows the player to continue playing in the rain or extreme heat. It is the center of Melbourne Park Tennis Centre, and in addition to tennis, the arena hosts motorbike super-crosses, music concerts, conferences, World Wrestling Entertainment event (since 2005), and ballet. Lod Laver Arena is equipped with Hawk-Eye electronic system which allows tennis players to challenge the decision of the referee about calls made throughout championships.
In 2009, nine of the 50 surveyed arena arena over the entire world for ticket sales the first quarter, so the second highest box office in Australia. For you lovers of the sport of tennis or to idolize players world-class tennis player, then Australia is not far from Indonesia to visit, you can see first hand all the activities here pertenisan world. When we get into this stadiom we can choose to watch in the arena or outside, of course, cheaper tickets to watch from outside the arena.
