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//The MCG has gone through lots of changes to its seating arrangements since the Melbourne Cricket Club first moved to the ground as they were forced to move there in the 1850s.// // There have been over 14 grandstands erected at the ground since the first members’ pavilion which was built in 1854. This Pavilion seated around 60 people – as shown in very early photos, which was a long, long way away from the 100,000 seat stadium that it is today. A second larger members grandstand was built in 1881 which was later extended at a cost of around £6,000, which was quite a lot of money in those days. The whole stand was then demolished in 1927 to be replaced by the third and most famous members stand. This third stand cost about £60,000 and lasted until 2004 at which point it was replaced by part of the Northern Redevelopment Stands. //  //The first public grandstand was built on the northern side in 1876 but it was destroyed by fire in 1883. A new stand, simply called “The Grandstand” was built in its place. The Grandstand held 450 members and 4500 public spectators, and they later added a second deck on to it to double its capacity.// //The construction of the southern stand in 1937 allowed 48,000 people to sit and watch the cricket, or football depending on the time of year. The good thing about the southern stand was that 18,200 of the seats were undercover so people could still go to watch even though there was bad weather. Of course, cricket stops during bad weather so in the summer it would mainly help with keeping the sun off people. These stands made the numbers in attendance at the MCG go up dramatically after its completion.// MCG Home| History| Construction| Sports & Events| Famous Faces| MCG Reflection| [|Reflective Blog]| Mindmap| Bibliography