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CibbuanoClubs to benefit from new stadium deal
September 4th 2009 00:37
THE AFL has entered a new ten-year stadium deal with the MCG which will see Victorian-based clubs guaranteed at least $100,000 from every home game played at the home of football.
Clubs and the AFL will also receive incentive-based payments when crowd numbers reach certain levels.
They will receive $1.50 per attendee for each attendee between 2.1 million and 2.5 million per annum, $2.00 per attendee between 2.5 million and 3.0 million per annum and $3.00 per attendee over 3.0 million per annum.
The agreement also means the AFL grand final will remain at the MCG until at least the end of 2037 while 10 of the 12 biggest attended matches will be played at the ground.
The Victorian Goverment will spend $30 million on refurbishing the Great Southern Stand and $6 million to a redevelopment of the Yarra Park area surrounding the MCG.
Mangement of Yarra Park will be transferred from the Melbourne City Council to the MCG Trust.
AFL chairman Mike Fitzpatrick said the deal benefited all parties.
"This revised arrangement is good for the MCG, good for the AFL clubs using the ground and improvements to the Great Southern Stand will be good for AFL supporters," Fitzpatrick said.
Clubs and the AFL will also receive incentive-based payments when crowd numbers reach certain levels.
They will receive $1.50 per attendee for each attendee between 2.1 million and 2.5 million per annum, $2.00 per attendee between 2.5 million and 3.0 million per annum and $3.00 per attendee over 3.0 million per annum.
The agreement also means the AFL grand final will remain at the MCG until at least the end of 2037 while 10 of the 12 biggest attended matches will be played at the ground.
The Victorian Goverment will spend $30 million on refurbishing the Great Southern Stand and $6 million to a redevelopment of the Yarra Park area surrounding the MCG.
Mangement of Yarra Park will be transferred from the Melbourne City Council to the MCG Trust.
AFL chairman Mike Fitzpatrick said the deal benefited all parties.
"This revised arrangement is good for the MCG, good for the AFL clubs using the ground and improvements to the Great Southern Stand will be good for AFL supporters," Fitzpatrick said.
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