Tag: AFL

Fans flock Optus Stadium for AFL fixture

Article posted by Coliseum, May 5^th, 2021

A humongous crowd (54,159 fans) gathered at Optus Stadium (Australia) for the recent Australian Football League (AFL) encounter between the West Coast Eagles and the Collingwood Football Club. Greg Sleigh, General Manager (Commercial) at Optus Stadium at VenuesLive stated in his LinkedIn post that... » Read more

AFL 2021 spectacle back again to daytime

Article posted by Coliseum, March 15^th, 2021

The 2021 Toyota Australian Football League (AFL) Grand Final will return to its traditional timeslot (read during daytime) and home. AFL club Presidents were told recently that the game would start at 2.30 pm on September 25th, 2021 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in East Melbourne,... » Read more

AFL hails Victoria Govt decision on fans

Article posted by Coliseum, March 3^rd, 2021

The Australian Football League (AFL) has welcomed the Victorian State Government’s decision to endorse 50 percent capacity crowds at the 100,024-capacity Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and the 53,359-capacity Marvel Stadium for AFL matches to begin the season – the largest crowd capacity... » Read more

Marvel Stadium revamp plans set to ‘marvel’

Article posted by Coliseum, January 11^th, 2021

The Australian State of Victoria may never have had it as good as now. With funds garnered recently for upgrade of Geelong’s West Oval Stadium to a regional fixture to Victoria’s South West, it’s now the turn for a massive makeover of State capital Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium (Australia) and... » Read more

Huge crowd for Australia sporting spectacles

Article posted by Coliseum, November 2^nd, 2020

Two biggest sporting extravaganzas of the year held in Australia recently were graced by almost 70,000 people. Some 29,707 people attended the Australian Football League (AFL) Grand Final Aussie rules showpiece on October 24th at ‘The Gabba’ in Brisbane. Meanwhile, more than 37,300 fans were in... » Read more

AFL Queensland’s ambitious facilities’ plan

Article posted by Coliseum, October 21^st, 2020

AFL Queensland Facilities Plan 2020-2025 The Australian Football League (AFL) is soaring in popularity across Queensland with 2019 participation numbers reaching a record high of 277,703. This translates into an increase of 54 percent in total participation (community, Auskick and school... » Read more

COVID-19 make a hotchpotch of AFL fixtures

Article posted by Coliseum, July 20^th, 2020

As Melbourne (Australia) grapples with surge in coronavirus cases, six Australian Football League (AFL) teams will relocate from Victoria to Queensland as the AFL scrambles to ensure the season is able to continue. The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent and only fully professional... » Read more