Blundstone Arena News

Blundstone Arena’s recent hosting of the fifth Ashes test brought international attention, however being Australia’s southernmost first-class cricket and AFL venue presents some challenges when it comes to maintaining its playing surface.

Hobart has won the race to host the fifth Ashes Test match, with Blundstone Arena named as the venue for the final game of the Australia-England series. Tickets are now on sale.

The home of Tasmanian cricket will continue to be known as Blundstone Arena for a further three years, following an extension of the current naming rights deal with the brand.

A new entity, to be known as Stadiums Tasmania, will be created to manage the state’s major venues, while also investigating the feasibility of adding a roof to one of them.

The redevelopment at Hobart's Blundstone Arena is underway with demolition of the old grandstands commencing.

Cricket Tasmania has unveiled its updated plans for the Blundstone Arena redevelopment, which is expected to cost more than $30 million.

Bellerive Oval, or Blundstone Arena as it's now known, will be upgraded to hold 20,000 spectators by 2015 after the Government announced $15m in funding.

Bellerive Oval, home of Tasmanian cricket and second home of North Melbourne Football club, has been given the boot. It is now called Blundstone Oval.

The North Melbourne Football Club is delighted to announce it has secured a landmark deal to play home games in Hobart from 2012.

A major $21 million redevelopment of Bellerive Oval will put Hobart in the mix to host an Ashes Test, and without it the state risks losing all international cricket.