Stadium
The club's home ground is the Melbourne Cricket Ground where they play most of their home matches in the regular season. The MCG has capacity of 100,000, and the club usually draws large attendances against Victorian clubs, particularly against rivals such as Essendon, Collingwood and Carlton.
Richmond train at their home ground, the Punt Road Oval, which is located only a few hundred metres away from the MCG.
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Famous quotes containing the word stadium:
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—Walter Wellesley (Red)
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—Patricia K. Page (b. 1916)