Casey Fields
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Casey Fields is a $30 million 70 hectare multi-sports complex in the City of Casey
at Cranbourne East a southeastern suburb of Melbourne
.
The complex is home to Australian rules football
, cricket
, netball
, tennis
, cycling
and golf
.
Rugby football
and soccer fields are also planned as part of future development.
The main oval is home to the Casey Scorpions
Victorian Football League
side and also the Cranbourne Football Club in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League
's Casey-Cardinia Division.
The current capacity is around 4,000 with plans to add more stands.
NAB Cup pre-season regional challenge matches have been played there, with the record crowd being 3,500 set in 2007 when Hawthorn
played Essendon
.
It has been touted as a potential training base for several Australian Football League
clubs, notably the Melbourne Football Club
and the AFL is touting it to be the future site for a boutique stadium in Melbourne of similar size to Optus Oval or Skilled Stadium to be a third option for games behind the Melbourne Cricket Ground
and Etihad Stadium.
The ground also hosted many of the games from the 2008 AFL National Under 18 Championships
and will also host games in 2009
.
In February 2009 Melbourne Football club played the Western Bulldogs in front of a crowd of 3,000 on a very wet day. The Western Bulldogs won by 38 points. Many other pre season games have been staged here with plans to build more stands to possible become a boutique ground for future AFL regular season matches.
City of Casey
The City of Casey is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Casey is Victoria's most populous municipality, with a 2006 census population of 214,960. The municipality's population growth rate during both 1996-2001 and 2001-2006 was...
at Cranbourne East a southeastern suburb of Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
.
The complex is home to Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
, cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
, netball
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, cycling
Cycling
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
and golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
.
Rugby football
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
and soccer fields are also planned as part of future development.
Australian rules football
There are two ovals in the complex. The first stage cost $4.2 million and opened on 29 April 2006.The main oval is home to the Casey Scorpions
Casey Scorpions
The Casey Scorpions Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the Victorian Football League . The club was founded in 1903 as the Springvale Football Club and played under the name Springvale. In its history it has won 21 premierships...
Victorian Football League
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...
side and also the Cranbourne Football Club in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League
Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League
The Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League is an Australian rules football competition, governed by the Victorian Country Football League. The MPNFL contains teams near the south eastern region of Victoria, Australia...
's Casey-Cardinia Division.
The current capacity is around 4,000 with plans to add more stands.
NAB Cup pre-season regional challenge matches have been played there, with the record crowd being 3,500 set in 2007 when Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
played Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
.
It has been touted as a potential training base for several Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
clubs, notably the Melbourne Football Club
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
and the AFL is touting it to be the future site for a boutique stadium in Melbourne of similar size to Optus Oval or Skilled Stadium to be a third option for games behind the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
and Etihad Stadium.
The ground also hosted many of the games from the 2008 AFL National Under 18 Championships
2008 AFL National Under 18 Championships
The 2008 AFL National Under 18 Championships is the 2008 series of the AFL National Under 18 Championships, a state and territory based Australian rules football competition which showcase the best junior footballers in Australia, primarily with the aim for them to be drafted into the Australian...
and will also host games in 2009
2009 AFL National Under 18 Championships
The 2009 AFL National Under 18 Championships is the 2009 series of the AFL National Under 18 Championships, a state and territory based Australian rules football competition which showcase the best junior footballers in Australia, primarily with the aim for them to be drafted into the Australian...
.
In February 2009 Melbourne Football club played the Western Bulldogs in front of a crowd of 3,000 on a very wet day. The Western Bulldogs won by 38 points. Many other pre season games have been staged here with plans to build more stands to possible become a boutique ground for future AFL regular season matches.