Melbourne Park — Attraction in Melbourne

I'm reviewing the AO24. It's a classy and sophisticated event that has carefully selected food and drinks outlets. All were good, except the Italians ran out of food by early evening so I could not get the Arancino Bolognese (at least it had salad and rice), and I noticed their $20ish pizza is just a slice, not a full pizza, so essentially very little topping value and you're paying for mostly baked dough. I can understand they need to pay for the expensive set up, but $13.50 for chips? I went to a Spanish/Asian fusion place and got a chorizo hot dog with chips for $19 - not the nicest or healthiest food, but enjoyable to try. The coffee at the chain outlet was the most foul I've tasted in a long time in Melbourne - the flavour of burnt rubber boots. There is a coffee place in John Cain Arena near the exit to go to the outside practice courts which looked like a better option. I had popcorn from Uncle Charlie's too. The flavour sachet was hard to open and was enough to cover maybe half of the popcorn but it stuck quickly and was hard to spread around the popcorn. The taste was tangy and not as delicious as I imagined, but not strong and I couldn't really taste the "nutty" flavour. I had the 1st day ground pass thinking it's going to be the hugest day as I recall that's how it usually works. However, unusually, the 1st day did not have as many matches as scheduled for the 2nd. So, it was a bit disappointing as there were only a handful of popular players scheduled. Another thing, there are too many mediocre Australian players entered who can't dominate a match and win in straight sets, or win at all, which makes it a let down if you're Australian. The bogans at some Australian matches were bad-mannered, calling out between serves and making noise at time of serve and through points, so it was embarassing to be on the same side - they should stick to watching Cricket. If you have more cash to spend, I think the experience would be better because there's a lot of shopping opportunities, and you could book dining in advance or lounge in the bars and eateries all day (if watching tennis in person wasn't your priority). The venue is great, experience pretty good, but having a fuller schedule for the 1st day, and making sure there is enough food and selecting a better coffee provider are...

My experience at this place is limited to my time spent attending Australian Open in January 2019.

I attended the evening sessions at Rod Laver arena during quarter final plays. In addition to watching games inside the arena, I spent some time walking the ground before and after the scheduled matches.

As a venue for major events, the park is not sufficiently spacious for the number of people attending. A case in point is that crowd noise eminated from the place can be heard while tennis plays are in session inside Rod Laver arena. As with other tennis venues, one of referees' duties is to keep crowd noise to a minimum so players can concentrate. What took place often is that the crowd inside the arena is quiet but noises, including singing, from outside the arena can clearly be heard.

Another example for the lack of sufficient space is the wait time for restroom break is often more than ten minutes. To make matter worse, the restrooms are outdated and quite dirty.

The ushers who control access to my section of the arena are very rude. Aside from not having pleasant demeanor, many ushers were not doing a good job controlling entries as there were many instances where spectators were let in while plays are already in session.

The saving grace is the design of Rod Laver arena that enables good view of the actions even for my seat which is only ten rows from the...

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Located in the heart of Melbourne

State-of-the-art sound and lighting

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