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 The Grandstands The first stand built in the MCG was the orginal wooden Members Pavilion in 1854. Later came the stands such as the: Second Pavilion** This stand was erected at the time the first pavilion was being demolished in 1882. This stand was made longer to accommodate more people in 1887. It cost a total of 5,928 pounds but got demolished for the building of the Third Members Stand in 1927.
 * __Members Pavillion__


 * Third Pavilion**[[image:stands_from_far.jpg align="right"]]
 * It was built right after the Second Pavilion was destroyed. It cost 60,000 pounds in total. It had 4311 seats and standing spots for 2120 which add up to a total of 6431 spots available for the spectators.

__Northern Stand__ First Stand This stand unfortunately led a short life of only eight years as it was built in 1876, but got destroyed by fire in 1884. It was the first of the Northern Stands.

Second Stand Also known as "The Grandstand", this stand was erected in 1884, which got renovated thirteen years later to add a double deck. It then, got demolished for the construction of the Third Stand.

Third Stand The third stand had a capacity of 23,723 of which 504 of them were in the dining rooms, 1006 in corporate boxes and 22,213 were seats. It was erected in 1956 and was renamed from being known as the Third Pavilion to now what is called as the Olympic Stand, in 1987. It had cost a total of 700,000 pounds to construct this stand, of which 100,000 pounds was funded by the government.

__Open Wooden__ Much information couldn't be found on this stand. What is known is that it was built in 1907 and lasted for 29 years until 1936, when it had to be demolished so the Southern Stand could be built in its place.

__Grey Smith Stand__ ** ** Built two years after the Grey Smith Stand and cost £1850. It held a total capacity of 4000 seats. This stand too was demolished alongside with the Grey Smith Stand for the construction of the Southern Stand. ** The Wardill Stand was constructed by 1926 with a cost of £5256. It has a capacity of holding a crowd of 8,000. It too was demolished due to the construction of the Southern Stand. __Concrete Stand__ Cost a total of £9,842. It was built in 1926 with a capacity of holding 10,000 spectators. It was sadly destroyed in 1966 with the Grey Smith Stand for the construction of the Western Stand.
 * Costing a total of £15,700, it had a ** ** capacity of holding 2084 people. It was erected in 1906 and got demolished 60 years later in 1966, so that the Western Stand could be built.
 * __Harrison Stand__
 * __Wardill Stand__

__Southern Stand__ Held a capacity of 48,000 and cost over 100,000 pounds to make. It was built between 1936-1937. Like most other stands it was demolished, but to allow the construction of the Great Southern Stand.

__Western Stand__ The Western Stand, currently known to us as the Ponsford Stand, cost $2,300,000 or $2.3 million to erect. It was built between 1967-1968 and held a capacity of 22, 707 seats.

__Great Southern Stand__ ** This huge stand can hold a capacity of up to 44,469 spectators, which is more than a third of the MCG's seats. It opened in 1992 and was built in 1991-1992. The budgeted cost for its construction was $150 million but ended up paying $8 million less. This stand contains 23 food stalls, seven dining rooms and two bars. The gates and the dining rooms are named after Australia's greatest sporting heroes such as- Dick Reynolds, Sir Donald Bradman, Haydyn Bunton, Ron Barassi, Tom Wills, Bill Woodfull, Gordon Coventry, Keith Miller, Jack Ryder and Linsday Hasett.

__**The Major Redevelopment**__ This isn't actually a stand, but a major activity that took place between 2002-2006. What it was, was a massive redevelopment of the Members Pavilion, Olympic Stand and the Ponsford Stand. It opened in February 17, 2006 and cost a total of $434 million.

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