Tag: Australian Football League
AFL Perth Saturday showdown hit the jackpot
Article posted by Coliseum, October 1st, 2021
The Australian Football League's (AFL's) mega windfall from staging the Grand Final in Perth (Australia) has been revealed. The 'perthnow' stated that after two COVID-ravaged years which still continues to claw the world, the league is estimated to have raked in between $35 and $40 million... » Read more
AFL team boss make a case for vaccinations
Article posted by Coliseum, September 7th, 2021
Tony Shepherd, Chairman of the Australian Football League (AFL) team GWS Giants and Venues NSW, has called for unvaccinated fans to be banned from AFL games. The 'Australasian Leisure Management' stated that repeating comments he made last month about unvaccinated fans not being allowed into... » Read more
Fans flock Optus Stadium for AFL fixture
Article posted by Coliseum, May 5th, 2021
A humongous crowd (54,159 fans) gathered at Optus Stadium (Australia) for the recent Australian Football League (AFL) encounter between the West Coast Eagles and the Collingwood Football Club. Greg Sleigh, General Manager (Commercial) at Optus Stadium at VenuesLive stated in his LinkedIn post that... » Read more
AFL 2021 spectacle back again to daytime
Article posted by Coliseum, March 15th, 2021
The 2021 Toyota Australian Football League (AFL) Grand Final will return to its traditional timeslot (read during daytime) and home. AFL club Presidents were told recently that the game would start at 2.30 pm on September 25th, 2021 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in East Melbourne,... » Read more
Marvel Stadium revamp plans set to 'marvel'
Article posted by Coliseum, January 11th, 2021
The Australian State of Victoria may never have had it as good as now. With funds garnered recently for upgrade of Geelong's West Oval Stadium to a regional fixture to Victoria's South West, it's now the turn for a massive makeover of State capital Melbourne's Marvel Stadium (Australia) and... » Read more
Huge crowd for Australia sporting spectacles
Article posted by Coliseum, November 2nd, 2020
Two biggest sporting extravaganzas of the year held in Australia recently were graced by almost 70,000 people. Some 29,707 people attended the Australian Football League (AFL) Grand Final Aussie rules showpiece on October 24th at 'The Gabba' in Brisbane. Meanwhile, more than 37,300 fans were in... » Read more
Optus Stadium ready to greet fans back
Article posted by Coliseum, July 15th, 2020
Optus Stadium in Perth, Australia, is all geared up to welcome Australian Football League (AFL) fans back to its fold this week with two matches to be held with the facility operating at half capacity. Optus Stadium is a multiuse world-class venue, hosting a year-round calendar of major national... » Read more