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Ballarat is one step closer to seeing AFL football with thousands of extra seats and a brand new scoreboard unveiled today (5th June) at Eureka Stadium.

Victorian Minister for Regional Development Jaala Pulford joined Western Bulldogs Chief Executive Garry Kent and Ballarat Engagement Manager Brett Goodes to flick the switch on the new scoreboard and inspect the new seating.

The new electronic scoreboard features a 50 metre² video screen with state-of-the-art capabilities, helping spectators keep a closer eye on the game.

Eureka Stadium also now features 5,000 undercover seats, taking the capacity of the venue to more than 11,000.

With the Victorian Government is working with City of Ballarat, the AFL and the Western Bulldogs to bring premiership season games to regional Victoria, the inaugural match at the redeveloped venue will be played in AFL Round 22 when the Bulldogs’ take on Port Adelaide.

The game is set to be the first of many Western Bulldogs games at Eureka Stadium - with two to three AFL matches to be held at the revitalised stadium every year once it’s opened.

The Eureka Stadium project has a reoriented and resized playing field, installed new light towers at the main oval and North Oval 2, built a new grandstand, and made improvements to the existing Social Club facilities.

In addition, the City of Ballarat is to pay $5.5 million to take control of the Eureka Stadium precinct from the Victoiran Government gazetted the acquisition on Thursday.

The site has been on Crown Land since the first oval was established in 1990 on a site formerly occupied by the Ballarat Showgrounds Harness Racing track.

Once completed, the precinct will be put out to a tender process where current occupants the North Ballarat Football Club, along with other organisations, will be able to bid for the lease. 

Image: Eureka Stadium's new scoreboard.

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