Configuration For Sea Eagles Games
Seating at the ground is in one of three linked grandstands. The Jane Try stand houses those season-ticket holders of the Manly-Warring ah Sea Eagles and is located on the western side of the ground. The JaneTry Stand opened in 1971 and was built at a cost of $250,000.
The second grandstand addition to Brookvale Oval was the Southern Stand built in 1979, located at the Southern end of the ground. The Southern Stand houses some corporate facilities. This stand was renamed at the eend of the 2008 season. It became the Fulton-Menzies Stand after club legends Bob Fulton and Steve Menzies.
The most recent structural addition to the ground is the Ken Arthurson stand. The Ken Arthurson Stand was officially opened on Sunday 14 June 1995. It was built at a cost of $3.3 million and seats 1,250 people. The stand is named for the greatest administrator in the club's history and contains corporate boxes as well as reserved seating for fans. The Ken Arthurson stand is located in the south-western corner of the ground between the Jane Try and Southern stands.
There is some limited general admission seating around the perimeter concourse of the ground with a depth of between 3 and 5 rows. Other general admission areas include the Eastern Hill, which spans the length of the eastern side of the ground, and the Scoreboard Hill (Family Hill) which is located is the behind underneath the scoreboard and temporary replay screen.
In 2011 Brookvale Oval proved to be a graveyard for opposition teams with Manly winning every single match at home on its way to winning the 2011 premiership. Not since the Bulldogs has a team won at Brookvale Oval, that coming in Round 26, 2010.
As of Round 13 of the 2012 NRL season, Fortress Brookvale as it has been nicknamed by Manly fans and the rugby league media, has hosted five NRL games with the reigning premiers winning four of them. The only loss coming against the Gold Coast Titans who were starting to find form after a miserable 2011 season.
Ground improvements over the off-season following the 2011 premiership win, primarily the extending of the Jane Try Stand to run the full length of the western touchline and the inclusion of much needed corporate facilities, meant that the Manly Sea Eagles were forced to play their first five games of the season away from home.
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