{"id":345070,"date":"2025-12-13T09:33:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T09:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/345070\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T09:33:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T09:33:20","slug":"afl-house-to-potentially-move-away-from-docklands-headquarters-afl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/345070\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL House to potentially move away from Docklands headquarters &#8211; AFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/games-centre\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"305\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" style=\"float:right;\" class=\"play-games-banner\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ZeroHanger_GamesCentre.png.webp.webp\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speculation is mounting that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFL<\/a> is eyeing a departure from its Docklands headquarters to an office in Melbourne&#8217;s CBD along Collins Street.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realcommercial.com.au\/news\/afl-weighs-headquarters-switch-as-site-to-be-redeveloped\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Australian<\/a>, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFL<\/a> commission is yet to sign off on the shift into the heart of the city of Melbourne, the 34-story 695 Collins Street address is widely viewed as the league&#8217;s new headquarters, given its customisability that could &#8220;suit the AFL&#8217;s needs&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Commercial and residential real estate service, Colliers, have been advising the league with the move, with several inner-city options scouted in the process but the Collins Street option looms as the final call, with its closeness to the Docklands location allowing for a smooth transition.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the tower is home to Google and Seven Network, making communications between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFL<\/a> and two of its biggest partners much more streamlined.<\/p>\n<p>The move is yet to be confirmed, however, with\u00a0The Australian\u00a0reporting that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFL<\/a> have declined to comment on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFL<\/a> has been based at the Docklands since 2000, while prior to that they occupied office space within the MCG&#8217;s Great Southern Stand.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Speculation is mounting that the AFL is eyeing a departure from its Docklands headquarters to an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-345070","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}