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VFL Park was first conceived in 1959 when delegates from the 12 VFL Clubs requested the VFL to find land that was suitable for the building of a new stadium. In September 1962, the VFL had secured a 212 acre block of land at Mulgrave. This area was chosen because it was believed that with the effects of urban sprawl, and the proposed building of the South-Eastern (or Monash) freeway, the area would become the demographic centre of Melbourne.
The original plans were for a stadium catering for up to 160,000 patrons, which would have made it one of the biggest, if not the biggest, stadium of its time. However, the second stage of construction was never completed and the capacity was set at just over 70,000 patrons.
Work was started at the site on January 5, 1966 when the VFL President Sir Kenneth Luke turned the first sod. On construction of the stadium, a total of 378,000 cubic yards of topsoil was excavated and the surface of the oval was lowered to a depth of ten meters from the surrounding area.
The foundations for the K.G. Luke stand were laid in 1969 and more than 20 kms of solid concrete terracing was laid around the ground.
Finally, on April 18, 1970, Fitzroy and Geelong played the first game at VFL Park. However, the stand was far from completed. in fact, the only section of the actual grandstand that was built was the first level of the K.G. Luke stand. the rest of the stadium had only been completed on the ground level. This said, the size of the ground and the fact that the playing surface was levelled at a depth of 10 meters, this was not such a hassle. The Public Reserve Stands encircling the rest of the stadium were finished at a cost of $4.5 million in 1974 and the car parking was extended to fit a total of 25,000 cars. Lighting was added in May 1977 at a cost of $1.2 million.
The first finals matches were played at VFL Park in 1973Events January events January 1 United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community now known as the European Union January 3 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led, with night series matches also played there on a regular basis.
The only AFL (previously known as VFL) Grand Final to be held at VFL Park was in 1991 when HawthornThe Hawthorn Football Club known by their nickname The Hawks are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. Their name refers to their home and training ground at Glenferrie Oval in Hawthorn, an inner-eastern suburb of Me and West CoastThe West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian Rules Football club that is a member of the Australian Football League. The club is based at Subiaco Oval in Perth, Western Australia and was formed when the AFL (then the Victorian Football League) dec clashed for the premiership, which Hawthorn won by 53 points. This attracted 75,230 people to the ground.
As VFL Park was onwed by the VFL, it was considered a netural ground. The first tennants were Hawthorn, who moved to the ground in 1990 from Optus Oval . St KildaThe St Kilda Football Club known by their nickname The Saints is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. With only the one premiership in 1966 (beating Collingwood by one point), St Kilda have been the perennial dysfun joined them in 1993, moving from Moorabbin Oval .
The last AFL match was contested at VFL Park in 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep, since then the ground and surronding car park has been transformed into a housing estate. However the football aspect has not been lost to the site with Hawthorn moving their training base to the ground for the start of the 20062006 is a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has been designated: The International Year of Deserts and Desertification Predicted events January 9 Planned launch date of New Horizons February 28 Mardi Gras February 9 Independence r season. Four bays of the K.G. Luke stand still remain for the use of the Hawthorn Football Club
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