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Waverley Park — Melbourne's car-dependent suburban AFL stadium with a planned seated capacity of over 150,000 (not a typo!) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by ajsadauskas@lemmy.ml to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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cross-posted from: https://aus.social/users/ajsadauskas/statuses/112121946640090153

Waverley Park — Melbourne's car-dependent suburban AFL stadium with a planned seated capacity of over 150,000 (not a typo!)

A really good run down by @philip on the plans by the AFL (and its predecessor, the VFL) to build the world's largest stadium in outer-suburban Melbourne.

Unfortunately, a planned railway line past the stadium to Rowville was never built. That meant a massive 25,000-spot car park as the only real means to get there.

While most of it has been demolished and redeveloped for housing, the oval itself still used by Hawthorn Football Club as a training and administration centre.

https://youtu.be/LvvLwiRCx4s?si=x2QvxepgPtBtJZfx

@fuck_cars #AFL #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #cars #stadium #stadia #Melbourne #sport #footy #football #stadiums #history #Victoria #VicPol #Australia #planning #Hawthorn #AusPol #CarBrain

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[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I remember watching my dad direct traffic there. It took a full police unit to pull it off.

I'm glad they do better things with their time now.

[–] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world 0 points 7 months ago

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !fuck_cars@lemmy.ml

[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That’s fucking disgusting, just more American style bullshit to ruin our country.

[–] Railison@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago

Well it’s gone now. And part of the reason was precisely due to the American style bullshit