Melbourne Victory fans could be left out in the cold if club hosts grand final Melbourne Victory trains at the 30,000 capacity AAMI Park. The club could be forced to play there in the finals series. MORE than 20,000 Melbourne Victory supporters are set to be denied a seat at this year's grand final should their team win hosting rights for the decider. And there is no guarantee Etihad Stadium will host any Victory game throughout the A-League finals series given the ground's commitment to the AFL. An AFL match will be played at Etihad Stadium and the MCG on the Saturday and Sunday of each of the three weeks of the A-League finals in April. That would mean any final Victory hosts would have to be played at the 30,000 capacity AAMI Park or on a Friday night at Docklands. A Friday night elimination or semi-final is feasible, but it is understood Football Federation Australia's preferred day for the grand final is Sunday, April 21, making AAMI Park the likely venue should the game be played in Melbourne. It forms part of a wider problem for FFA, with Sydney's ANZ Stadium also unavailable for the weekend of the grand final, meaning Allianz Stadium may have to host the decider should Central Coast or Western Sydney win the right to host the game. "FFA currently has tentative bookings for football venues in all the markets that may host the finals series," an FFA spokesperson said. While we cannot predict the permutations of the finals series or grand final venue, we are confident the venues available will again deliver an exceptional finals series. Victory has played three grand finals at Etihad Stadium, each of which was sold out. A crowd of 55,436 attended the club's 2007 triumph and 53,273 saw the club win its second championship in 2009. A year later, when retractable seats were brought in - reducing capacity - 44,560 saw Victory lose to Sydney FC on penalties. Should Victory win hosting rights to the grand final, some 25,000 fans face the prospect of being locked out based on these figures. Even an elimination or semi-final at AAMI Park would prove problematic, given crowds of 47,413 and 34,736 attended semi-finals in 2007 and 2009 respectively and that games against Sydney and Heart this season sold out at the smaller ground. AFL spokesman Patrick Keane said there was no way the league could shift its games. "We have a broadcast agreement which significantly underpins the health of our competition," Keane said. We design the fixture as best we can with the best fit around capacity at stadiums as well as meeting contractual requirements we have for the amount of games we must play at Etihad, the MCG and other venues. Victory is third on the A-League ladder and on track to host at least one final.