AFL News

The Barossa Valley is set to play a role in the 2025 AFL Gather Round, with a $40 million upgrade of the Lyndoch Recreation Park to deliver AFL-standard facilities to host matches.

The $225 million redevelopment of Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium has officially opened, featuring new plazas and a range of restaurants and bars.

The AFL has recorded its biggest attendance for a single round, with 413,405 spectators attending matches across round one on the weekend.

GMHBA Stadium is gearing up to host its first AFL game on Saturday as a 40,000-capacity venue, following the completion of the new Joel Selwood Stand.

The AFL has announced a price freeze on GA tickets for matches at the MCG and Marvel Stadium for the 2024 season, with tickets for rounds 1-15 going on sale Tuesday.

The AFL has reaffirmed its requirement for a new stadium to be built in Hobart in order for Tasmania to join the competition.

The Hawthorn Football Club has reached a significant milestone in the construction of its future home with the official turning of the first sod at the Kennedy Community Centre.

The next step in plans to upgrade UTAS Stadium has been confirmed with the scope of works for the $130 million redevelopment project being announced.

The alternate design for the proposed Hobart’s AFL stadium has hit a major milestone, earning in-principle support of the Hobart City Council.

AFL was the most well-attended sporting competition in 2023, with total crowds exceeding 8 million, almost double that of the NRL.

The redevelopment of Mars Stadium is still scheduled to commence this year, despite the cancellation of the Commonwealth Games by the Victorian Government.

The Adelaide Crows have secured long-term rights to Thebarton Oval where the AFL club intends to establish a new sporting and community precinct.

The Melbourne Football Club has announced a feasibility study to identify a location for the Club’s long term homebase at a redeveloped Caulfield Racecourse.

The new 14,000-seat northern grandstand at GMHBA Stadium will be named in honour of legendary Geelong Football Club captain and record-holder Joel Selwood.

Designs showing the inside of the alternative Hobart AFL Stadium proposal have been revealed.

The 2024 AFL Fixture has been revealed, with the traditional season opener at the MCG to occur the week after ‘round zero’ in NSW and QLD.

The SANFL has flagged a return to its former home at West Lakes as it looks for alternatives to its current base at Thebarton Oval.

While a location is yet to be locked in, design images have been revealed for the future headquarters of the proposed Tasmanian AFL club.

A private development consortium has unveiled an alternate concept for Hobart’s new AFL stadium which reaches 250 metres into the Derwent River on reclaimed land.

With the Gabba set to be bulldozed in 2026, the Brisbane RNA Showgrounds remain as a contender to host AFL and cricket.