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Rectangular MCG?


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By johnny come lately - 7 Dec 2009 9:15 AM

Just heard Andrew Demetriou on Neil "I'm so outraged" Mitchell's program this morning and he was saying that the FFA want to make the MCG temporarily rectangular for the world cup. He was worried about the impact on the AFL season which is fair enough from his point of view. I haven't heard anything about this idea though - it sounds expensive but it would be awesome!
By melbourne_terrace - 7 Jun 2018 10:23 PM

marconi101 - 7 Jun 2018 5:34 PM
paladisious - 7 Jun 2018 6:05 AM

Didn't mention the free tickets did they? Rabbits had a stiffy every-time there was a crowd shot. 

MCG doesn't need to rectangular-ised - it's already massive as fuck and WC games have been played at oval stadiums before with no drama (see Olympiastadion in Berlin WC 06) 

Saying the Olympiastadion is an oval like AFL grounds is not accurate. It is far better for Football than the MCG and you don't feel like you're as far away. AFL ovals are far more bloated than a athletics track, especially along the sidelines.