Marvel Stadium to stage golf experience event in September

Marvel Stadium is to stage a Stadium Golf event that will see Australian Football and golf combine to present a new twist to the familiar driving range experience .

In a Melbourne first, Stadium Golf will see Marvel Stadium’s pitch, known for hosting internationally acclaimed concerts and Australia’s most loved sporting codes, including AFL, football, rugby and cricket, transformed into an interactive nine-hole golf course.

Presented by Sportsbet, Stadium Golf will run exclusively from 14th to 24th September and give people from the age of 18 and over the chance to show off their skills by driving golf balls onto the very pitch where sporting heroes have made history.

Announcing the new initiative, AFL and Marvel Stadium’s Head of Consumer Business, Scott Fitzgerald stated “we are pleased to launch Stadium Golf in Melbourne and offer an incredibly unique and an unforgettable experience for fans in the sporting and entertainment capital.

“Marvel Stadium is a true entertainment hub fans can enjoy all year round, and we are eager to welcome guests on site to interact with the stadium in a way we have never seen before."

Stadium Golf participants will have the chance to tee off from all levels of Marvel Stadium.

Teeing off from multiple locations around the Stadium, including exclusive areas such as corporate boxes and the player entrance, fans will be able to test their talents with 18 strokes for the nine- holes set out on the famous green below.

Six partners have joined the initiative as hole-sponsors including Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Mountain Goat Brewing, Resimax Telstra, MJ Bale and AFL Connect. TaylorMade has come on board to supply premium golfing equipment, while Resimax is awarding $10,000 to the first person to score a hole-in-one on its sponsored hole of the course in September.

Sportsbet General Manager - Marketing, Tim Hernadi said Stadium Golf was an exciting opportunity, noting “it’s a really exciting opportunity for Sportsbet to align to this brand new entertainment concept, housed within a brilliant stadium, operating over arguably one of the most exciting times of the year in Melbourne.”

The experience will also feature clubhouse inspired food and beverages such as club sandwiches and more that will fuel guests ahead of their ultimate Stadium Golf experience, just in time for AFL Finals season.

Image: Melbourne Football Club premiership player Steven May launches Stadium Golf at Marvel Stadium today (top, credit: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos) and the different holes that Stadium Golf participants will be able to enjoy (below).