Page 18 of the AFL's 1997 annual report states that" During march the AFL announced it had reached an agreement with the Melbourne Docklands Authority to ultimately acquire the unencumbered freehold title of Dockland Stadium."

https://secure.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/86509/AFL_Annual_Report_1997.pdf

The onus is on me?

The AFL takes over full ownership in 2025.

Make of that what you will.

One of the early owners was a TV station.

Hands up here anyone who thinks the government would hand over a $500M dollar facility to a TV station for nothing?

We've got some live ones on here tonight.

Sure mate.

Witty response.

I'm guessing that since you don't know it's two separate words you're probably one such person.

It was actually written as one word by a regular correspondent on the previous page.

He wrote it that way because they spelled the street that way.

Fine - and I did it the same way and asked the obvious question: would people have trouble pronouncing Westham.

Clearly yes.