Marrara Oval (TIO Stadium)

Capacity: 12,500 (approx)
Record Crowd: 17,500 – Indigenous All-Stars vs Carlton (February 7^th, 2003)
Home Teams:

• NT Thunder (QAFL/NEAFL)
• Parramatta Eels (NRL)
• Adelaide Football Club (AFLW)
• Gold Coast Suns (AFL)

Marrara Oval, currently branded TIO Stadium under a naming rights agreement (and previously also known as Football Park), is a sports ground in Darwin, the capital of Australia’s Northern Territory. The ground primarily hosts Australian rules football, cricket, and rugby league.

Marrara Oval was opened in 1991. It has a capacity of 12,500 people, making it the largest stadium in the Northern Territory. However, the ground has a record attendance of 17,500, set in 2003 for a football game featuring the Indigenous All-Stars. Marrara Oval has hosted at least one Australian Football League (AFL) game in every season since 2004 and at least one National Rugby League (NRL) game in every season since 2012. The ground has also hosted both Test and One Day International (ODI) cricket fixtures, most recently in 2008.

TIO Stadium has also hosted AC/DC for their “Ballbreaker” tour in November 1996, when 13,000 fans and 170 tonnes of equipment packed the ground. Sir Elton John also performed for the first time in the Northern Territory, at TIO Stadium on 17 May 2008 as part of his Australian Tour.