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Is it though? Perhaps if they removed their traditional marquee games that only serve a single state for a start then maybe they could make it work for everyone. You'd think public holidays only occurred in Victoria.
Whilst you're 100% correct, I think the simple reason is that the MCG can hold the most people and they're guaranteed a healthy crowd. While a West Coast marquee game could get 60k you will probably get that at the MCG, with potential to go higher. Here are the games which are deemed marquee and years which they pulled above 55k.
Carlton vs Richmond (Opening day, started 2007): 2007-2019
Richmond vs Essendon (Dreamtime, started 2005): 2005-2019
Essendon vs Collingwood (ANZAC day, started 1995): 1995-2019
Collingwood vs Melbourne (Queen's bday, started 2001): Every year except 2013 (50,853) and 2020
Geelong vs Hawthorn (Easter Monday, started 2009 (At least started hosting it at the MCG): 2009-2019
It's easier to have Melbourne based teams in marquee games cause the AFL get's more money off of it because crowd revenue is generally higher.