MCG Could Host ‘World’s Biggest Crowd’ Since Pandemic Began

The large crowd is seen during the round five AFL match between the Collingwood Magpies and the Essendon Bombvers at Melbourne Cricket Ground on April 25, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. Michael Dodge/Getty Images

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) looks set to host the world’s biggest sports crowd since the start of the pandemic, with up to 75,000 footy fans allowed into the stadium from this Thursday.

The move comes just hours after the Australian Football League (AFL) conceded that crowd numbers for round two between Carlton and Collingwood this Thursday would remain at 50 percent (or 50,000 spectators), under the Victorian government’s COVIDsafe guidelines.