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CibbuanoPrinces Park unlikely to host AFL matches
August 27th 2008 05:25
THE chances of Carlton's home ground returning as an AFL venue appear to be slim following the Blues' announcement of an $18 million re-development of Princes Park.
The ground will be known as Visy Park as part of former president Richard Pratt's long-running financial support of the club.
The Blues will now have state-of-the-art training facility but the ground's capacity had to drop from 32,000 to around 20,000 to allow the re-development to proceed.
The AFL recently said it was interested in establishing a third ground in Melbourne but Swann said it was 'highly unlikely' that Princes Park would be used again for AFL matches.
"It's a fantastic opportunity for the club and it brings our facilities up to equal of any in the world," he said.
"But it's a training facility, with a whole lot of community facilities within it and that has been the emphasis of the re-development."
"As you can see from that area (which has been demolished) we have lost quite a bit of seating," he said.
"And while it's not beyond the realms (of possibility of the ground again being used as an AFL venue) it's highly, highly unlikely that we would be hosting games here (in the future)."
The ground will be known as Visy Park as part of former president Richard Pratt's long-running financial support of the club.
The Blues will now have state-of-the-art training facility but the ground's capacity had to drop from 32,000 to around 20,000 to allow the re-development to proceed.
The AFL recently said it was interested in establishing a third ground in Melbourne but Swann said it was 'highly unlikely' that Princes Park would be used again for AFL matches.
"It's a fantastic opportunity for the club and it brings our facilities up to equal of any in the world," he said.
"But it's a training facility, with a whole lot of community facilities within it and that has been the emphasis of the re-development."
"As you can see from that area (which has been demolished) we have lost quite a bit of seating," he said.
"And while it's not beyond the realms (of possibility of the ground again being used as an AFL venue) it's highly, highly unlikely that we would be hosting games here (in the future)."
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