KGV Oval

KGV Oval is the home headquarters of the Glenorchy football and cricket clubs, as well as the Southern Football League.The ground is a former TFL and now Tasmanian State League and also a Southern Football League finals venue.It is located in the heart of Glenorchy less than 1 kilometre from the Glenorchy CBD, and 7 kilometres from Hobart City. It is also the third largest capacity venue in Tasmanian football after North Hobart Oval (18,000), and Aurora Stadium (20,000).KGV Oval is not to be confused with KGV Park, an adjoining association football (soccer) ground, which serves as the home of soccer in Tasmania and the base of Football Federation Tasmania.History1950–2007KGV Oval was opened in 1950 by the then Glenorchy Council (Glenorchy gained City status in 1964) to provide a professional standard Australian Rules venue for the Glenorchy District and was originally home to the former Glenorchy Rovers Football Club which had relocated from the nearby Eady Street Ground.After a merger between Rovers and TFL club New Town after the 1956 season, the club was known as the Glenorchy Football Club and it relocated to KGV from 1957 onwards.