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John Cain Arena Tickets - Australian Open 2023

John Cain Arena is a host venue of the Australian Open and commonly referred to as the 'People's Court. The Arena was also used as part of the 2021 ATP Cup, a lead up tournament for the Australian Open.

John Cain Arena is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena located within Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The arena is the second-largest venue for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the calendar year.


About John Cain

John Cain (April, 1931 - December, 2019) was the 41st Premier of Victoria. He was the Labor Party's longest-serving premier (1982-1990) and his vision to develop the National Tennis Centre in 1988 laid the foundations for the precinct, which would go on to become Melbourne and Olympic Parks.

The vision helped shaped Melbourne as Australia’s home of sport and entertainment, securing the Australian Open in Melbourne for generations to come.


History

Construction of John Cain Arena commenced in the late 1990s, and was completed in 2000. The arena features a cycling track, which is covered over with seating for court events. The tennis court is a GreenSet surface (between 2008 and 2019 the surface was plexicushion) and the roof is retractable, making it one of the few venues where tennis can be played during rain.

The venue is able to hold a maximum spectator capacity of 11,000 for events such as music concerts where general floor seating or standing room is available. For basketball, netball and tennis the capacity is 10,500. When the velodrome is in use the northern and southern banks of seats, which cover the turns of the velodrome, are raised to reveal the track while the floor seating is removed leaving a reduced capacity of 4,500.

The arena has been used for netball for Melbourne Phoenix and Melbourne Kestrels games in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. Melbourne Phoenix and the Melbourne Kestrels played their last home game there before merging to become the Melbourne Vixens who used it for home games in the ANZ Championship until 2016. Since 2017 the Vixens and new team the Magpies use the arena in the National Netball League.

Following the renovation of the Margaret Court Arena as part of a A$363 million upgrade to Melbourne Park in time for the 2015 Australian Open, which included a retractable roof and an increase in capacity from 6,000 to 7,500, both Melbourne United (formerly the Melbourne Tigers) and the Melbourne Vixens announced their intentions to move from the arena to the smaller capacity Margaret Court Arena (MCA) from 2015. However, Melbourne United abandoned their move to MCA after the 2015–16 NBL season and continue to play the majority of their games at John Cain Arena (United play some games at the State Netball and Hockey Centre when the Australian Open takes place each January), while the Vixens will continue to split their games between John Cain and Margaret Court Arenas, with John Cain used for games expected to attract a larger crowd.

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