May 7, 2020
āOver the past 10 days, 106,000 Victorians have gone and got tested for coronavirus.Ā Or to use our stateās correct unit of measurement - one MCGās worth.
Itāll mean we have data and options when it comes to potential next steps.ā Ed - MCGWatch notes that the generally accepted currentĀ peak capacity of the MCG is 10,024. The all-time record is an unsubstantiatedĀ estimateĀ of Pastor Bill Grahamās 1959 crowd, somewhere between 120,000 and 150,000 people. Regardless of its precise size, it would go on to change Australian political history. The highest verified total was for an AFL match, the 1970 Carlton/Collingwood grand final, at 121,696.
