Eureka Stadium
Mars (Eureka) Stadium aerial 2022 | |
| Former names | Northern Oval #1, AUSTAR Arena and Eureka Stadium |
|---|---|
| Location | Midland Highway, Wendouree, Victoria, Australia |
| Coordinates | 37°32′22″S 143°50′53″E / 37.53944°S 143.84806°E |
| Public transit | Bus CDC Route 30 and CDC Route 12 |
| Owner | City of Ballarat |
| Operator | City of Ballarat |
| Seating type | Individual |
| Capacity | 11,000 (5,127 seated) |
| Record attendance | 10,412 (23 April 2022) |
| Field size | 160 m × 129 m (525 ft × 423 ft) |
| Field shape | Oval |
| Surface | Grass |
| Scoreboard | Video-electronic (50 m2 [540 sq ft]) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1990 |
| Built | 1990 |
| Renovated | 2016–17, 2020–21, 2025-26 |
| Expanded | 2017 |
| Construction cost | $21.976 million (AUD) (Stage 1); $6.35 million (AUD) (Stage 2); and $80 million (AUD) (Stage 3 (Including the regional athletics centre)) |
| Architect | Stages 1 and 2 Peddle Thorp (Melbourne), Stage 3 Cox Architecture and Morton Dunn |
| Builder | Stage 1 - AW Nicholson Constructions, Stage 3 - Kane Constructions and AW Nicholson Constructions |
| Project manager | Stage 1 - Atelier Projects |
| Tenants | |
| North Ballarat Football Club (VFL/BFL) (1990–) GWV Rebels (NAB League) (1993–) North Ballarat Cricket Club (BCA) (1993–) Western Bulldogs (AFL) (2017–) Western United FC (A-League) (2019–) Western Bulldogs (AFLW) (2022–) | |
Eureka Stadium, known commercially as Mars Stadium, is an oval-shaped sports stadium located in the Eureka Sports Precinct of Wendouree, 2.9 km (1.8 mi) north of the CBD of the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.