AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou has flagged the AFL’s intention to host more finals at Simonds Stadium in the future.
 
Speaking after announcing the Cats will have a home final for the first time since 1897, Demetriou believes that Simonds Stadium could host finals involving four lower drawing non-Victorian teams.
 
"Upon consideration, it is the AFL's intention that Metricon Stadium and Skoda Stadium will also host finals in future seasons, should Gold Coast and the GWS respectively earn the right to do so, and therefore Geelong should have the same right for matches to be considered at its home venue in circumstances where there were multiple finals in Melbourne on a weekend of the Finals Series meaning that the MCG may host other matches, and when the expected crowd can be accommodated in the stadium -- that being games against Fremantle, Port Adelaide, the Suns and the Giants,” Demetriou said.
 
"A finals match in the Geelong region for the first time in more than a century, now that the ground has the capacity to host some finals matches, will also provide a significant boost to the local economy and region and further push the ambitions of the club and the competition to complete the remaining redevelopment work at the ground and further expand its capacity towards 40,000."
 
Geelong last hosted a final in 1897, when the Cats took on Essendon at Corio Oval.