Casey Fields

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.

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 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.

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