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The demise of Waverley Park was due to the Cain Governments refusal to approve plans for the completion of the stadium in 1982/83. The plan was to hold the Grand Final at Waverley Park from 1985. The refusal came the year after the record crowd for Waverley Park was broken twice, with the second...

Here is a combined picture for Waverley Park.

Here are some more YouTube videos with Waverley Park in them. Waverley Park – before and after Waverley Park 2004 Lights go out at Waverley 2000 Ansett Cup North Melbourne v Richmond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PaeABERdvE The day 'Arctic Park' froze over...

Added some links to YouTube videos. V.F.L Waverley Opens 1970 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gM4g2hV8Tc 3D model with accompanying snippets of commentary to help preserve the memory of a stadium that I remember fondly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Pu15WFyfM Waverley Park visit 2004...

Put some pictures back onto this thread.

The thing I hate about Sponsors names on stadiums is the changing of them. Like Etihad Stadium/Telstra Dome/Colonial Stadium. Etihad Stadium is the worst because it wasn't known as a stadium before it was called Colonial Stadium. It was called Victoria Stadium at proposal stage. If you call the...

The mural was taken down during the redevelopment of the Sir Kenneth Luke Stand. Four bays of the stand were to be kept because they were seen as historically significant by the National Trust. Mirvac kept eight bays of the sixteen bays of the stand. The mural was suggested to be moved to were...

What is good about the Adelaide Oval deal is that it never looked like happening. The SANFL and SACA never saw eye to eye. The likelihood of those two agreeing to a stadium deal together was not on the radar. Then, they announce the deal is done. The cost to the two organisations to continue on...

This is what they said about the SANFL and the SACA in South Australia. Hell would freeze over before they reached an agreement. Now they have agreed and soon there will be a new Adelaide Oval that the Crows, the Power, the Redbacks and the Strikers can call home. Why do I say to get cricket...

Why build a stadium that is only for football. The ground will host 22 home and away matches a year, with upto three finals. How can a stadium justify a price tag of $600 million + for just 25 games a year? Adelaide has a great new stadium in the process of being made. The new 50,000 seat...

So what is done at the MCG is so bad. The players are asking for games to be moved from the ground. They ain't, and the former captain of Australia says it is his favourite ground. To have a ground that is good and stays good through redevelopment you have to have it used all year round. The...

I was using the views that are often expressed about the MCG and are given for reasons for the redevelopment of the Adelaide Oval. The problem I see with having the stadium across the river is that people will have to cross bridges to access the stadium. I have seen the suggestion for...

Your looking at the transport situation and population growth how it is today. Back in the 1960's when Waverley was built the centre of Melbourne's population was going further and further east. I heard it got to Warrigal Road in the early 1990's. Transport was dependent on the car, but their...

Looking at the best location for a stadium in Perth, I think I found one close to the City Centre, and that the WACA will find it hard not to move cricket matches to the new stadium. The location is Gloucester Park. Being located so close to the current WACA Ground it would be difficult for the...

Having been at the top of the Sir Kenneth Luke (Members) Stand at Waverley Park when football was played there and the top on the Great Southern Stand, I would say that the distance would be about equal. The problem with the Great Southern Stand and probably the new Northern Grandstand is the...

Here is a collection of pictures of Waverley Park over the years. More will be added as they found. 1959 - The VFL Executive Committee is instructed by the clubs to proceed to obtain a ground for the League. 1962 September - The Executive report that they have secured over 212 acres of grazing...

Waverley Park had problems from various angles. First there was train line between Ferntree Gully on the Belgrave line to Huntingdale on the Dandenong line. This line would have had stops at Monash University, Waverley Park and Rowville. It was never built. The was suppose to be a bus terminal...

Waverley Park (VFL Park) Ground Dimensions during time as actual AFL Ground: 200 m x 160 m (fence to fence). Playing area: 182 m 142 m. Goals run North to South. Record Crowd: 92,935 for Hawthorn v Collingwood in 1981. Ground Capacity: 76,000. Car Park spaces: 25,000. Lighting: Four light...