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I nope you enjoy this article Digs and other Nth Ballarat supporters.In Norths mind you dont exist even though you are involved with them and its YOUR home ground!!

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Eureka! AFL digs in Ballarat Glenn McFarlane

From: Sunday Herald Sun July 25, 2010 12:00AM

COUNTRY footy fans are set to score a $50 million goal, with the State Government believed to have secretly committed to a new AFL-standard stadium in the goldfields city of Ballarat.
Premier John Brumby this week confirmed long-term plans to upgrade Eureka Stadium.

The suburban football ground would be transformed into a big multi-purpose venue in one of regional Victoria's fastest-growing areas, in the belief it can potentially host a handful of AFL games each season.

The North Melbourne Football Club is keen to play several home and away matches in Ballarat, with the Ballarat City Council.given its partnership

North Melbourne chief executive Eugene Arocca said the Roos could play interstate clubs there such as Western Sydney, Gold Coast, Fremantle and Port Adelaide.

"Ballarat has been on our radar for two years and we have been lobbying the Government to consider the possibility and the logistics of creating a regional-based stadium, particularly in Ballarat," Mr Arocca said.

But the State Government hopes other Victorian-based AFL clubs would be tempted to play several other games