Editing Melbourne Cricket Ground (section)

=== Miscellaneous ===
* [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] visited the MCG in 1954 twice for an assembly and display. She attended a Richmond versus Fitzroy match on 5 April 1970,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Memorable Moments |url=http://www.mcg.org.au/History/Australian%20Football/Memorable%20Moments.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717034457/http://www.mcg.org.au/History/Australian%20Football/Memorable%20Moments.aspx |archive-date=17 July 2014 |access-date=9 June 2014 |publisher=Melbourne Cricket Ground}}</ref> and also attended the Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony at the ground on 15 March 2006.
* A record for attendance at the grounds was set by religious leader [[Billy Graham]] whose [[Billy Graham's 1959 South Cross Crusades|event in 1959]] was attended by at least 143,000 people.<ref name="Wirt60">{{Cite book |last=Sherwood Eliot Wirt |url=https://archive.org/details/billypersonalloo00wirt/page/60 |title=A Personal Look at Billy Graham, the World's Best-loved Evangelist |publisher=Crossway Books |year=1997 |isbn=978-0891079347 |location=Wheaton, Illinois |page=[https://archive.org/details/billypersonalloo00wirt/page/60 60] |url-access=registration}}</ref>
* [[Pope John Paul II]] held a service at the MCG on 27 November 1986, and a celebration there of the Polish community the next day
* On 5 November 2010, the MCG hosted the Starting Line and opening challenge for ''[[The Amazing Race Australia 1]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 November 2010 |title=Amazing Race Australia filming in Melbourne |url=http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/11/05/amazing-race-australia-filming-in-melbourne/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110182207/http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/11/05/amazing-race-australia-filming-in-melbourne/ |archive-date=10 November 2010 |access-date=24 January 2011 |publisher=The Spy Report}}</ref> This episode aired on 16 May 2011.
* On 6 October 2018, the MCG hosted [[Super Show-Down (2018)|WWE Super Show-Down]].
* On 30 March 2022, the MCG hosted the [[Shane Warne state memorial service|state memorial service]] for [[Shane Warne]].