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Aurora Stadium
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| York Park | |
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| Location | Launceston, Tasmania |
| Broke ground | 1919 |
| Opened | 1921 |
| Closed | N/A |
| Demolished | N/A |
| Owner | Launceston City Council |
| Operator | AFL Tasmania |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction cost | Unknown |
| Architect | Various |
| Former names | York Park |
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Hawthorn Hawks (AFL) (2001-present) North Launceston Football Club (NTFL) (unknown-present) |
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York Park (now known as Aurora Stadium) is the major Australian rules football ground located in Inveresk, an inner city suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. In September 2004, Aurora Energy secured the naming rights to the stadium for the next six years. The precinct around the stadium will still be called York Park, but the stadium itself will be referred to as Aurora Stadium until 2010.
It was recently re-developed and has a capacity of around 23,000.
It was originally the home of the North Launceston Football Club. In 2000 it was re-developed as part of the bid to get Australian Football League games to Tasmania. The upgrades include additional seating and grandstands, as well as lights for night games.
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- See also: Australian rules football in Tasmania
Aurora Stadium, formally York Park, is the major Australian Rules Football ground located in Launceston, Tasmania. The ground has been redeveloped a number of times with the first major revamp in 2000 to bring it up to AFL standards. This included the EE Gunns Stand - a two level grandstand also with corporate facilities, as well as TV standard lighting.
Since 2002 it has been successful in hosting some AFL games each season - in the most recent (2006) season, Hawthorn played a pre-season NAB Cup quarterfinal and three home games at Aurora, and St Kilda played two home games at the venue. The ground hosts Tasmanian Devils Football Club home games in the Victorian Football League.
The record crowd at the ground is 20,971 at a Hawthorn vs Richmond match on June 18, 2006.
The ground also hosts local Northern Tasmanian Football League and Northern Tasmanian Football Association matches.
- See also: AFL siren controversy, 2006
In April 2006, a bizarre incident occurred when during a St Kilda Saints versus Fremantle Dockers match the final siren went, with Fremantle a point in front. The siren to end the game sounded during a stoppage for a ball-up, but the umpire in charge of the ball at the time did not hear the siren, and carried on play despite the reactions of the Fremantle players around him. According to the laws of the game, the game has not ended until the umpire acknowledges the siren by raising both hands in the air, and that the siren should be sounded by the timekeepers until the umpire acknowledges. What followed was a farcical situation where play continued for approximately six seconds, St. Kilda levelling the scores in that period, that score being cancelled when a St. Kilda player was felled after the ball was kicked, earning a free kick, off which a behind was scored, levelling the scores anyway. After a protest the AFL commission convened and overturned the result to award Fremantle the game, and in the process according to a number of local football identities over ruled the traditional power of the umpires on match day.
This precedent was taken advantage of a few weeks later in a game between Penguin and Latrobe in the NTFL, where the controlling umpire was over ruled by his partner cancelling a goal to Penguin on the siren and giving the game to Latrobe by five points. Penguin protested, and the protest was dismissed due to a lack of evidence - however the NTFL general manager was adamant that the protest would never have been made if the AFL had not over ruled the umpires at Launceston and allowed the draw to stand.
One website forum that collects final scores persists in retaining the result as a draw. [1]
York Park has also hosted:
- A game in the 2003 Rugby World Cup between Romania and Namibia
- A National Soccer League game between Melbourne Knights and Perth Glory.
- The Crusty Demons Tour 06
- A-League pre-season matches between Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United on July 16, 2006 and July 15, 2007.
- Elton John - Rocket Man Solo Tour, 8 December 2007
- 20,971 - Hawthorn Hawks v Richmond Tigers - AFL Season 2006 (18 June) (91% capacity)
- 19,144 - Hawthorn Hawks vs Kangaroos - AFL season 2007 (29 July) (83% capacity)
- 18,112 - Hawthorn Hawks v West Coast Eagles - AFL season 2007 (26 May) (79% capacity)
The following matches are scheduled for 2007 at Aurora Stadium.
The following matches are scheduled at Aurora Stadium in 2008.
| Date | Teams | Sport | Competition |
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| 17 February | Hawthorn Hawks v. Sydney Swans | Australian rules football | NAB Cup |
| 13 April | Hawthorn Hawks v. Adelaide Crows | Australian rules football | AFL premiership |
| 17 May | Hawthorn Hawks v. Port Adelaide Power | Australian rules football | AFL premiership |
| 31 May | Hawthorn Hawks v. Western Bulldogs | Australian rules football | AFL premiership |
| 9 August | Hawthorn Hawks v. Brisbane Lions | Australian rules football | AFL premiership |
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- Aurora Stadium Official Site
- Aurora Stadium at Austadiums
- History of Aurora Stadium (York Park)
- Hawthorn Football Club Official Website
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| Major grounds: | AAMI Stadium · Gabba · Melbourne Cricket Ground · Skilled Stadium · Subiaco Oval · Sydney Cricket Ground · Telstra Dome · Telstra Stadium |
| Minor grounds: | Aurora Stadium · Carrara Stadium · Manuka Oval · TIO Stadium |
| Former AFL/VFL major grounds: |
Arden Street Oval · Brunswick Street Oval · Corio Oval · East Melbourne Cricket Ground · Glenferrie Oval · Junction Oval · Lake Oval · Moorabbin Oval · Princes Park · Punt Road Oval · Victoria Park · WACA Ground · Waverley Park · Whitten Oval · Windy Hill |