The day however is more remembered for the infamous Batmobile and singer Daryl Braithwaite forgetting the words of Advance Australia Fair. In the lights went out at the stadium in a night game between Essendon and St Kilda, during the third quarter. After declaring the match finished for the evening the AFL commission held an emergency meeting to decide what should happen as there was no provision in the official rules for an event like this.
They decided to continue the match three days later. In Waverley Park closed and the new Docklands Stadium took over it's position. In , anticipating complete demolition, the National Trust of Victoria moved quickly to nominate the K. Luke Stand stand for heritage listing on the basis that the stadium was the first major stadium purpose built for football.
This nomination was successful, and only the outer stands were demolished. After having made such memories in Waverley Park Hawthorn decided to take up residence in the old Stadium for administration and training purposes, In a way perhaps Waverley assisted by helping Hawthorn achieve premiership success in and maybe still has a lot more to offer. Footy Explore. Main Page All Pages Community. Wiki Content. Explore Wikis Community Central.
Plans by the stadium's owner, the Australian Football League, to sell the venue were met with strong criticism. Concepts included converting it into a theme park, turning it into housing, and the slight possibility remained in keeping it as an AFL ground. From this point on, Waverley Park's days as a professional sporting venue seemed doomed. The site now includes some dwellings and is home to people. Demolition work commenced in December and Hawthorn Football Club's new headquarters was completed in March Eight bays of the Sir Kenneth Luke Stand have been retained and turned into a training and administrative facility for the Hawks as well as a community facility.
The facility, which incorporates an MCG-dimension oval the size of the playing arena has been reduced from the original size , includes a 25m heated indoor pool plus four refrigerated ice tanks, gymnasium with 60m running track and a warm-up area with projection and screen facilities to simulate match-day conditions.
The grandstand has seating for around patrons with plenty of standing room in front of the stand as well as around the ground. The seating in the top level of the grandstand has also been retained. States Aust. Waverley Park held many special events in its 30 year life that were not related to Australian rules football.
These included:. Most of the stadium has now been demolished. While the surrounding parking lot is to be replaced by suburban housing, the oval itself, and the remaining section of the K. Luke stand is to be redeveloped as a training base for Hawthorn.
The remaining stand can be seen from the Monash Freeway. Categories : Australian Rules football grounds Stadiums.
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