Best facilities in the VFL?

:D Caseyscorp you are correct, Aurora Stadium at Launceston stands out as the best of all Vfl grounds with having the backing of their state govt. to make it so. The oval was firm and dry only minor fault was the ground marking lines were very hard to see as even Tassy f/back kicked out twice over the hard to see line but aparently they had to be as a soccer match due to be held soon didn't want other lines visible. The change rooms are very good size and like the coaches and statts areas very comfortably heated. Always a pleasure to go to Launie as the night life really kicks on especially if you are lucky enough to win. go zebs zebra :wink:

zebraman wrote:[quote:f93fa3a0fe="caseyscorp"][quote:f93fa3a0fe="zebraman"]I reckon North Ballarat's are the best....most probably better than most AFL teams....the Kangaroos must look at them in envy

You must be kidding. I went there on the weekend, and the facilities simply do not meet AFL Vic requirments. I can't believe the pathetic excuse for a scoreboard (with the main one not working), and no player and umpire races. The players have go up and down steps to get to the field. The social facilities are awesome, but is that really the measure? Apparently they've just spent a couple of million improving the social facilities, which I thought were already pretty good. They need to spend some of their undoubted almost unlimited funds fixing up some of the basics.[/quote] Well...the original post asked about social facilities,changerooms so that's why I nominated North Ballarat...... Did you go into the visitor's changerooms there?...they are massive...fantastic for a pre match warm up...better thany other team that I've seen....mosy visiting teams rooms are tiny...Sandy's included...you could have fitted 4 of Coburg's room into North Ballart's visitors rooms Yes...the scoreboard isn't working...apparently they are waiting for a part from overseas to get it fixed... So what if there isn't a race for players and umpires to go out on...I wouldn't call a race a "facility"... I'll stand by my comments re North Ballarat...and we can agree to disagree[/quote] North Ballarat's home rooms are 1/3 the size of the visitors rooms, though there is a seperate coaches room. The umpires rooms are nearly as big as some Club's away rooms and are the only ones that cater for female umpires. Also, as far as I know, the only Club to provide showers/changerooms for female staff (home and away), ie. trainers. The away coaches box doesn't look flash from the outside but is 4 times bigger than the home box and has a much better view. (Away coaches boxes at Sandringham, Casey and Box Hill are disgraceful!) Scoreboard has been temporarily repaired .. parts still have not arrived!

I'd say Sandy's coaches box far exceeds Box Hill's! The ground's continually undergoing improvements, with lots to come, and i'm sure a new away coaches box will be included in this!

Just on the home coaches box at Box Hill, Stanga do u think maybe Damien Christensen might decide to make some "renovations" to it himself in the near future? He has been known to do that before.

Yes, I remember hearing about that Anthony.