South-east Melbourne expansion bidders Team 11 are estimating it would cost roughly $170m to build a 15,000 capacity stadium in Dandenong.
Team 11 revealed their āgame changerā plans on Monday morning as FFA will be introducing two new A-League teams for the 2019/20 season.
The Team 11 committee is confident the proximity from Melbourneās Eastlink highway and Dandenong Railway Station to the stadium strengthens their chances of joining Australian footballās top flight.
Dandenong local, Gerry Ryan, and the founder and owner of Jayco Caravans, said they were exploring all options to get adequate funding for the stadium and were confident they would be able to foot the bill.
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A sneak peak at where the stadium would be. Just next to Cheltenham Road... A couple of minutes off the Eastlink... #ALeagueExpansion #Dandenong pic.twitter.com/7mvxmOKxGw
ā Clement Tito (@ClementGTito) April 30, 2018
āTheyāre talking about $170m for the stadium⦠that is the finished product, you wouldnāt need to start there,ā Ryan said on Monday.
āYouāre probably looking at $120m for a 10,000 seated stadium. Sell-out a 10,000 seated stadium and then you build an extra 5,000 seats.
āIāve already had a word to (Treasurer of Victoria) Tim Pallas and (Premier) Daniel Andrews. No doubt weāve got to go to the feds, but we can look around at the businesses. If we can get the community behind it, Iām sure we can get it funded.

āIt wasnāt all that positive from the treasurer, he said āI havenāt got any more money for another stadiumā. What I did express is, itās not about the stadium, itās about bringing and uniting the community together.
āYoung kids standing around the streets that can come have a home, have a dream as Vince (Grella) did, that one day they can play for the south-east team and hopefully Australia.
āIām involved with the Dandenong Rangers and what weāve done down there has brought some of the kids, the Sudanese boys in, got them playing basketball and itās already working. Weāre finding jobs for them and I think this will unite the 160 different nationalities we have here in Dandenong.ā
Greater Dandenong Councillor and committee member Jim Memeti indicated the stadium needed to be built at the proposed location in order for this project to be successful.

āWeāre saying this stadium must go ahead, we believe without the stadium, thereās no heart, we believe the stadium will unite everyone and it has to be based in Dandenong,ā Memeti said.
āWe think weāre putting up a very good bid, itās not only about a stadium, we believe itās about a community and if weāre lucky enough to get the nod up from FFA, I believe that all parties will come together.
āWeāre looking at different options (of venues for the first season), it could either be in Dandenong or in Casey at the moment. We havenāt confirmed where it would be at the moment. We have identified Casey Fields, we believe it could be a base for the first 12 months until the stadium will be built.ā
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