Ground sizes - the real facts

[Forward Press]

The area of an elliptical isn't actually that simple, of the numbers you quoted the SCG is actually 93.4% of the size of the MCG.

16.556km2 compared to 17.718km2

No wonder the players get tired so quickly nowadays.

 

[citizen-erased]

technically they aren't wrong. 6m may not be much, but it is smaller

GMHBA is a bit of a joke though. esp given the money poured into it.

 

[Joao]

17 square kilometers would be closer to a nuclear blast radius than it is to a footy oval.

Would ease congestion for sure, especially combined with starting zones. Would take a few minutes to run it from the centre square to the 50.

 

[Taylor]

Lets call it 16,556m2 compared to 17,718m2 then

A square 155m x 136m is 21,080m2 isn't it?

 

[blue harvest]

Lets call it 16,556m2 compared to 17,718m2 then

A square 155m x 136m is 21,080m2 isn't it?

Correct.
You can't just divide by 1,000 and change it to km2 like you did earlier.
There are actually 1 million square metres in a square km, so you need to divide by 1 million.
MCG = 17,718m2 or .017718km2 or 1.7718 hectares.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

The area of an elliptical isn't actually that simple, of the numbers you quoted the SCG is actually 93.4% of the size of the MCG.

16.556km2 compared to 17.718km2

It also doesn't factor that grounds have different depth of pockets.


Someone one have an overlapping graphic to show how the grounds compared to each other which illustrated this very well

 

[Taylor]

Correct.
You can't just divide by 1,000 and change it to km2 like you did earlier.
There are actually 1 million square metres in a square km, so you need to divide by 1 million.
MCG = 17,718m2 or .017718km2 or 1.7718 hectares.

Thanks

 

[blue harvest]

So the goal line is 5.5m from the fence line at each end, don’t think that’s right.

That's about right.
Most grounds aim for about 5m between boundary and fence.
If you look on Google Earth you can see the gap is a little more than half the goal square.

 

[SloppyJoe]

At the scg the fences are only 50cm from the boundary line

No way

 

[Billy ray]

 

[Billy ray]

Oh just saw this doesnt have scg. It had anz

 

[Harris 10]

That's about right.
Most grounds aim for about 5m between boundary and fence.
If you look on Google Earth you can see the gap is a little more than half the goal square.

not a chance

 

[blue harvest]

It also doesn't factor that grounds have different depth of pockets.


Someone one have an overlapping graphic to show how the grounds compared to each other which illustrated this very well

True, if you look on Google Earth you can see the G is pretty much a perfect ellipse, so that area calculation would be pretty accurate.
However the SCG is an odd shape, 2 of the pockets/flanks are shallower. On of the wings is narrower, the longest part of the ground is off centre. That area calculation would be slightly out.

 

[blue harvest]

not a chance

How so? Do you think it's more or less?

 

[J_Moore]

Also the 50m line is definitely 50m, its just that the ball travels further in Sydney which means players that normally cant kick over a jam jar can give it a roost from 53

lol mate you can measure from the 50m to the goal on google maps if you like. It’s 50m

Unless you’re suggesting AFL house have got their hands on google’s satellites.

Can’t rule it out.

 

[blue harvest]

Found the one with the SCG on it.

 

[Rotayjay]

Funny how ovals look a bit like footies

 

[HTT]

GMaps suggests the SCG has one really flat wing and one that is almost circular. Weird s**t.

 

[Billy ray]

Found the one with the SCG on it.

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i wonder why they don't put the cameras on the other side of docklands?
can clearly see the orientation is the wrong way compared to mcg, perth, subi
would that help with broadcasts, shadows etc?

 

[kranky al]

Funny how ovals look a bit like footies

Its a conspiracy

 

[blue harvest]

i wonder why they don't put the cameras on the other side of docklands?
can clearly see the orientation is the wrong way compared to mcg, perth, subi
would that help with broadcasts, shadows etc?

Not really.
They try and have the cameras on the North/West side of the ground to avoid looking into the sun in the afternoon. They are on the west side at Etihad.

 

[Hoops]

SCG 155m long and 136m wide.

MCG 160 x 141m

So the MCG is 5m x 5m larger. That's 25 square metres more space. There's nothing crap about commentators saying the SCG is smaller. It clearly is.

Maths fail

 

[Billy ray]

Not really.
They try and have the cameras on the North/West side of the ground to avoid looking into the sun in the afternoon. They are on the west side at Etihad.

rather than build aami park where they did, I wonder if they should have reconfigured docklands to be a rectangular ground, and built a 40000 capacity footy ground where aami is instead...

 

[Final Siren]

I don't believe any dimensions unless they're accompanied by Google Maps screenshots.

 

[Hoops]

Lets call it 16,556m2 compared to 17,718m2 then

A square 155m x 136m is 21,080m2 isn't it?

wouldn't be a square but rectangle