Olympic Park Stadium News

Olympics
27 May 2020

How Eddie took over two Melbourne Olympic venues

As the feud between Eddie McGuire and everyone else (so it seems) continues, we look at how he orchestrated the takeover of two Melbourne 1956 Olympic venues for his Collingwood Football Club.

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19 Feb 2013

Olympic Park transformation almost complete

The transformation of the site of Melbourne's Olympic Park is almost complete with the new MCG-sized training oval taking shape.

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Athletics
17 Apr 2011

Lewis wins last event at Olympic Park

Tamsyn Lewis was a fitting winner of the final track and field event to be held at Melbourne's Olympic Park.

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Athletics
16 Apr 2011

End of an era amid doubts over new venue funding

Athletics bids farewell to Melbourne's Olympic Park this weekend without guaranteed funding for its new home at Albert Park.

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25 Nov 2009

Historic Olympic Park to be demolished for Collingwood Training Oval

The Collingwood Football Club will be given exclusive use of a new MCG-sized training ground on the site of the Olympic Park athletics track.

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14 Aug 2009

Athletics Victoria kept in dark on park move

Athletics Victoria was kept in the dark about the State Government's controversial decision to move the state athletics centre from its long-term home at Olympic Park, according to the sporting group.

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13 Aug 2009

Collingwood secretly lobbied for park

A series of secret meetings between the State Government and the Collingwood Football Club resulted in the decision to shift the Victorian Institute of Sport from its purpose-built Olympic Park headquarters - just four years after it moved in.

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29 Apr 2008

Athletics centre part of Olympic Park redevelopment

The Victorian Government is poised to spend $50 million building a new state athletics centre at Albert Park.

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29 Apr 2008

Olympic Park: Ready, Set, Go

John Landy and Ron Clarke, two of Australia's greatest athletes, yesterday expressed their disappointment at State Government plans to move athletics from its traditional home at Olympic Park to a new venue at Albert Park.

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4 Mar 2008

Eddie McGuire makes grab for Olympic Park

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has launched a land grab for the historic Olympic Park athletic stadium.

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9 Oct 2007

Melbourne Council stripped of sports precinct control

The Victorian Government will introduce laws stripping Melbourne City Council of any control over the Olympic Park sports precinct.

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9 Jun 2007

Melbourne Rebels aim to become a Super side by 2010

The Victorian Rugby association has stated that for Australian Rugby to go forward they need a successful Victorian side and they hope the Melbourne Rebels will eventually become a Super 14 side by at least 2010.

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22 Jul 2006

Grounds for ill feeling

A four-way tug of war has begun over the relocation of Athletics Victoria to Albert Park. The Collingwood and Melbourne Football Clubs and South Melbourne Soccer Club are also involved in the sports venue puzzle the State Government is trying to solve.

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10 Nov 2005

Olympic Park sets new goal

Designers of a big-ticket sports stadium in Melbourne are promising an iconic venue to help lure large crowds to soccer and rugby. The new Olympic Park stadium could be "wrapped in its skin" with a futuristic design to set it apart from the city's existing stadiums according to Cox Architects.

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2 Nov 2005

Cox wins Olympic Park design deal

Melbourne-based Cox Architects & Planners has been chosen to design a new "state of the art" sports stadium at Olympic Park in Melbourne.

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