Round 1

Geelong Cats v Fremantle Dockers
Saturday 15 March 
Gates: 11.20am
Bounce: 1:20pm
GMHBA Stadium 

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Pre Game: 

Round 1 Footy Festival

11:00am - Join in the fun and festivities before our Round 1 clash at St Marys Oval, where you can enjoy various activities pre-game! 

  • Food Trucks: Smashville - Burgers & Chicken, Pepe's Food Truck, Potato Works, The Lil Dumpling Van, Soft Serve Ice Cream Van!
  • Watch the pre-game coverage on our big screen
  • Giveaways 
  • AFL Playground
  • Face Painting 
  • Kick to Kick 
  • Marching Band
  • Plus more! 

12:45pm – Be in your seats for our tribute to Past Players and Administrators, Bill McMaster, Ken Newland, Michael Turner and Troy Selwood.

1:06pm – Geelong Cats Team Entry

Download the Didi app via the Apple Store or Google Play before you arrive and stay in your seats for your unique offer at 3 Quarter time!

We're excited to welcome Geelong and Surf Coast Vietnamese favourite Pholklore to the Selwood Stand for season 2025, offering a bespoke GMHBA Stadium menu including some of their menu favourites.

Post Game:

Head back to St Marys Oval post-game to continue to enjoy all the pre-game festivities! 

The Cats Shop 

We've got your mighty blue and white merch needs covered! Now available across all stands at GMHBA Stadium on match day!

Visit our Cats Shop outlet in the Reg Hickey Stand, located near the food outlets.

You'll also be able to shop the latest styles in the Cats Shop (accessible via Gate 13 and the Level 1 concourse), outlets in the Joel Selwood Stand and Players Stand, and from the merch van outside Gate 13.

 

Getting here by Train  

Geelong is approximately one hour from Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station, with the Geelong Railway Station situated 1.8 kilometres to the north of the stadium and South Geelong Station located 450 metres to the east. Making ‘getting to the stadium’ simple and convenient.



Additional services may be provided by V/Line on Major Event days. Patrons are encouraged to visit the V/Line and/or Public Transport Victoria websites, for more information.

Getting here by Car 

Geelong is 75 kilometres from Melbourne accessible via the Westgate Bridge and following the Princes Freeway.

In Geelong, the Princes Freeway becomes Latrobe Terrace (no turns required). Once you reach the set of traffic lights directly adjacent to 7-Eleven turn left onto Kilgour Street and make an immediate right. This will take you straight into Kardinia Park’s main entry being Kilgour Street.

Parking

There is an update to parking arrangements on matchday at GMHBA Stadium for 2025. 

There will be no public parking within the Kardinia Park Precinct this season, however there will continue to be accessible parking in B6 (St Mary’s) with overflow in C7.

Park and Ride shuttle service will however operate on matchdays, for this Saturday's game shuttle busses will run between 10.50am (1.5 hours pre-game) up until the start of the game, and will run again for 1 hour post-game.

Pre-Game - Pick up location 
Barwon Valley Activity Centre – 1 Barwon Heads Road, opposite Kmart (subject to capacity) 

Post game – pick up location 
Park Crescent returning to Barwon Valley Activity Centre 

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