Melbourne will continue to play host to the giving of the Brownlow Medal prize.
Travellers on flights to Melbourne will still get to see some of the most famous names in Australian football vie for the coveted Brownlow Medal.
The Australian Football League (AFL) and Crown Casio has reached an agreement which will see the awards ceremony, which each year gives a medal to the player judged to have been the fairest and best, held at the venue’s Palladium Ballroom until at least 2016.
“Melbourne has always been and always will be the home of AFL football and as such should be the home of iconic AFL events such as the Brownlow Medal count,” said Crown chief executive officer Rowen Craigie.
The awards were founded in 1924 when first prize was given to Edward ‘Carji’ Greeves of Geelong, with Chris Judd winning the prize for the second time in 2010.
While people on flights to Melbourne may appeal to football fans, those who prefer rugby could head to Sydney as the city’s football stadium has been named as the home of the national team.
Written by Nicholas Scott