Melbourne Greyhound Racing Association (Mgra) The Meadows

The Melbourne Greyhound Racing Association (MGRA) is one of Australia's premier Greyhound Racing Clubs. Located at 'The Meadows', a state-of-the-art purpose built racetrack and Events and Conference Venue in Melbourne's north, The Melbourne Greyhound Racing Association presides over 104 greyhound race meets annually (more than 1000 races). Race meets occur every Wednesday afternoon and every Saturday night and are free to attend. 10 Group 1 Races are contested across the racing calendar and include a variety of well known and established premier greyhound races, including the World's Richest Greyhound Race – The $1.65 Million Phoenix, The Australian Cup, Top Gun and Silver Chief. HISTORY: The Melbourne Greyhound Racing Association (MGRA) is a not-for-profit (NFP) organisation and was inaugurated last century in 1955. The MGRA first home and track was in Maribyrnong before moving to North Melbourne and then into the heart of Melbourne’s sporting precinct, Olympic Park. Monday nights from 1962 become an institution for Melbourne’s Greyhound Racing Community. The association held race meetings at Olympic Park up until 1999 when it then shifted out to Broadmeadows to a state-of-the-art purpose designed and built track aptly named ‘The Meadows’. The meadows remains the association’s home today. The building of ‘The Meadows’ was a huge investment, but was also underpinned the local City of Hume community. THE MEADOWS CONFERENCE & EVENTS CENTRE: Offering seven superb venue spaces, each with their own unique size, aspect, shape, decor and integrated facilities, it’s an undeniable fact that 'The Meadows' as a Conference & Events Centre is truely one of a kind. To gain a deeper look at the space available, the hospitality that can be provided and and exactly how you can be catered for visit MGRA dedicated website www.themeadowsevents.com.au for more details. We’re sure, you like many, learn it’s more that you’d expect from a racing venue.