VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT'S SPORT CASH SPLASH
PROJECT COST:
* Nearly $475 million in total
* Includes: $225 million deal with the AFL, $241.6 million sports facility upgrades
ETIHAD STADIUM:
* $225 million redevelopment
* Timeframe: work could begin in 18 months and be finished by 2022, AFL boss Gillon McLachlan says
* Improved spectator viewing
* Surrounding precinct upgrades
MCG:
* Grand final stays until at least 2057
* Kickstarts a future upgrade of the Great Southern Stand
WOMEN'S FOOTBALL:
* $20 million to redevelop Ikon Park as the home of AFLW
* $15 million to build and upgrade female facilities
* $13 million for ongoing redevelopment of St Kilda's Moorabbin base, to become an AFLW competition ground from 2020
* $10 million to improve AFLW playing conditions at Casey Fields and Whitten Oval
* $2 million in Victoria Park upgrades for AFLW clubs
VICTORIAN AFL CLUBS:
* Bigger share of match-day revenue for MCG and Etihad Stadium tenants
* MCG-based clubs to reap up to an extra $10 million in 2019, according to McLachlan.
BROWNLOW MEDAL:
* Locked in to Victoria for the next decade
AFL FANS:
* Deal keeps the game "affordable", McLachlan says.
OTHER ELITE SPORTS AND MAJOR EVENTS:
* Etihad opened for use year-round
* $64.6 million to upgrade the State Netball and Hockey Centre
GRASSROOTS:
* $60 million for community sports grants
* $5 million for community sports building loans
OTHER MELBOURNE SPORTS PRECINCTS:
* $15.4 million to upgrade Albert Park, Yarra Bend and other key suburban sports areas
* An extra $17.7 million to fund more than 75 national and international sports events
Source: Victorian government, AFL
