The Narendra Modi Stadium in India had a recent redevelopment, and now holds 132,000 people. The Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in North Korea had a seating capacity of 150,000 until it’s redevelopment, and now it seats approximately 114,000 people. The Great Strahov Stadium in Czech Republic has a capacity of 250,000 spectators, of which 56,000 is seating. So at this proposed size, Waverley would’ve been the biggest stadium seat capacity wise. Most worldwide sporting attendance records held are for racing events. The highest crowd for a soccer game was around 200,000 held at Maracanã Stadium in Brazil, I couldn’t see an event at Waverley get near that number unless it was heavily papered. But non racing wise, Waverley could’ve held some record attendance crowds in a few different events.

@@historyofwaverleyvflpark8517 very well said, thanks for the information 👍

You were already far enough away from the play on the bottom level. Imagine being it the top, you’d need a telescope to watch the match.

@@MrMagicmatt05 probably 😂

Which suburb affords that much space?

not true

@@westnblu I'm talking about the fact That VFL Park was built in Waverley which was always freezing cold and always raining, it was nicknamed Artic Park because it was so cold, should have been built north of Melbourne......

A monster indeed. Although the design would require the spectators in the upper tiers to need binoculars, such was the size of the playing surface (very deep boundaries) and the expansiveness of the lower bowl. Still, imagine the roar of 157,000 fans!

126000 seats 31000 standing

@@jecos1966 The figures were always rubbery, suffice to say that the league understood that only the GF could attract such a crowd & it was impractical to have a stadium with such a massive capacity that would only be utilized once per year. Hence the high number of standing room.

From the video, I can't see much standing room so I'm not sure where you could fit the 45k standing spectators.

@@aussieboy77 The video is a modern concoction. How many times a year do you think that you'd get 157k people at a footy match. No point having that many seats. Back when the MCG's capacity was 120k, much of that was standing room, perhaps 35k.

Nah, the file would've become way too big 😅, although I'd probably have finished the model quicker than the time it would've taken to find one's car and get out of there.

70, 000 was bad enough exiting that ground; Imagine a crowd of 150,000 trying exit that ground only accessible by car!?

John Cain was a member of the MCC and he also had mates in the MCC , who obviously wanted to the GF to remain at the MCG, hence the reason he blocked the expansion plans.

@@aussieboy77 Spot on - it was both sides of State politics that had far too much pro-MCC influence to ever allow Waverley to be fully realised. The original plan also had a spur rail line going off near Huntingdale Station - this is why North/Wellington Road has such a wide median strip, which was to allow a rail line up it. It was to be used on match days only (like the Flemington spur line for the racecourse). Whilst it would have been extraordinary to see a finished stadium, it would only ever be filled once a year, which seemed rather extravagant versus the cost. (Little bit of trivia - there was also a plan for a smaller 25-30k stadium in the SW corner too, for smaller attended games. They started the earthworks in the late 60s but never went through with it.)

@@cameronjones7240 Thanks, I didn't know about the rail line plan. It would have been useful given that Waverley was not very accessible via public transport and car parking was a nightmare. I don't think it would have cost that much either since a straight 8km line running along a median strip would have been easy to build. I do know the VFL/Allen Aylett/Ross Oakley lobbied the state government for it but their requests were always denied and as you mentioned, we can thank the boys in the MCC for that (although Victoria was broke by '92 so once Kennett was in, any rail line plan would have been dead and buried by then anyway). All that said, I do think the expanded VFL park would have looked amazing in it's day although it would look quite dated by today's standards.

Mulgrave was chosen for the specific reason that the geographical centre of Melbourne was nearby & the city's development was moving east. That's how they thought in the early 60s, that the ground needed to be in the centre of the suburbs. Of course we know today that the CBD remains as the true centre of the city but they thought differently back then.

@@sentimentalbloke185 Mulgrave was chosen because someone on the vfl board owned the land

@@taimarg who was that?

More sad pansies complaining about the rain, how limp wristed can you get . . Oh no I can't get wet. no wonder Australia has become such a namby pamby country.

Ahh it's surrounded by houses now......🏘🏘🏘🏘🏘🏘🏘🏘🏘🏘🏘🏘

not enterily true

Cheers mate.

No it doesn't. It looks like a soul-less for concrete bowl

​@dwblurb what?

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Appreciate that, thanks. I agree about the lack of roofing, but this was their design for whatever reason. Being in the rainbelt it does warrant more cover for the spectators. Still, it had more roofing than most 'outdoor' NFL stadiums where heavy snowfall is common.

Coming in at a 45 degree angle and soaking even the people under cover.

Another football myth. Went to many games there, only rain occasionally, just like any other ground

And COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊

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It got bigger as was the intention.

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Wayne Jackson nailed that final nail in VFL Park coffin, he along with Jeff Kennett and Channel 7, that is why the ground was abandoned, those 3 piles of shit should of been demolished instead of the ground.

At least its a dome so if is rain, everyone is sheltered but then again, they could have made waverly like a dome in its own right....

There were no light towers on the original plans.

@@Tomdel1965 No, they came during the 70's with night footy beginning and World Series Cricket, long after the plan for the arena was designed.......💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡💡