Stadiums
Every venue the AFL has ever called home — current cathedrals, suburban grounds long-bulldozed, and everything in between.
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Football Park (AAMI Stadium) — Adelaide’s Lost Concrete Bowl
Football Park (AAMI Stadium) was West Lakes’ concrete contribution to South Australian footy, and it’s now a memory and a…
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Subiaco Oval — Perth’s Demolished AFL Cathedral
Subiaco Oval was Perth’s footy fortress for over a century, and West Australians still mourn its demolition. A 43,500-seat heritage…
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Princes Park (Optus Oval) — Carlton’s Spiritual Home
Princes Park is Carlton’s spiritual home — and Carlton fans will tell you they should still be playing here. A…
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Waverley Park (VFL Park) — The AFL’s Lost Suburban Cathedral
Waverley Park is the AFL’s most-mourned ghost — a concrete monolith out at Mulgrave that hosted 30 years of VFL/AFL…
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Norwood Oval (Adelaide) — SANFL’s Heritage Heart
Norwood Oval is South Australia’s heritage footy ground, and it sits in inner-eastern Adelaide like a quiet rebuke to anyone…
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Riverway Stadium (Townsville) — North Queensland’s AFL Outpost
Riverway Stadium in Townsville is the AFL’s North Queensland outpost, and it’s a venue most southern fans couldn’t find on…
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UTAS Stadium (York Park, Launceston) — Country Tasmania’s Footy Fortress
UTAS Stadium in Launceston is country footy at its absolute finest. A 21,000-seat ground in Tasmania’s second city, surrounded by…
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Blundstone Arena (Bellerive Oval, Hobart) — Tasmania’s AFL Home
Blundstone Arena in Hobart is the AFL’s Tasmanian outpost, and it’s about to be supplanted by a brand-new stadium that…
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Manuka Oval (Canberra) — The Capital’s Heritage Footy Ground
Manuka Oval is Canberra’s footy ground, and it’s the prettiest spot in the AFL when the autumn leaves turn. Built…
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Cazaly’s Stadium (Cairns) — Far North Queensland’s AFL Home
Cazaly’s Stadium in Cairns is a 13,000-seat boutique footy ground named after Roy Cazaly himself, the bloke immortalised in “Up…
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