An announcement on increased crowd capacities at Melbourne AFL matches will be made on Tuesday, according to Sportsday’s Sam McClure.
Crowds of up to 50 per cent capacity were allowed to attend matches in Melbourne during the opening round of the season, with the first two games of the year attracting a combined 95,269 fans at the MCG.
After a successful opening weekend, speculation has mounted about how many more fans will be let in for the coming rounds.
McClure believes government and health officials are trying to explore whether it’s possible to increase capacity in Melbourne ahead of Thursday night’s blockbuster between Carlton and Collingwood.
“There will be an announcement tomorrow on crowd increases,” he said on Sportsday.
“The health authorities and government are willing to do what they can to try and bring the crowd increases from this week – we could go from 50 per cent to up to 75 per cent.
“My information is we’ll have a crowd increase from 50 per cent at the latest by round 3.”
Essendon great Matthew Lloyd welcomed the upcoming increase in crowds and was hoping fans weren’t locked on from the opening clash of Round 2.
“Carlton versus Collingwood is on Thursday night and there should be 75,000 (people there),” he said.
"It’s just locking out 25,000 people (if it doesn't happen).”
