B.T. Connor Reserve (also commonly known as Genis Steel Stadium due to

naming rights Naming rights are a financial transaction and form of advertising or memorialization whereby a corporation, person, or other entity purchases the right to name a facility, object, location, program, or event, typically for a defined period of t ...

) is the home of the

Preston Lions Preston Lions Football Club (formerly Preston Makedonia Soccer Club) is a association football, soccer club from Preston, Victoria, Preston, a northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The club was established in ...

football club. It has room for about 8,000 spectators with 1,000 seats. B.T. Connor Reserve has four football (soccer) pitches, and is where the juniors and the women's teams of the

train and play their matches.

Redelvopment

The new pavilion at B.T. Connor Reserve will feature four change rooms equipped with toilets and showers, and a new community space for social purposes. The club's facilities at B.T Connor Reserve will undergo a $3 million re-development which will tie in nicely with the start of the

National Second Division The National Second Division (NSD) – also referred to under the working title The Championship – is a proposed Australian national second-tier men's, soccer league, to be run by Football Australia and the Association of Australian Football ...

. The new look ground will include upgraded change rooms, medical facilities, a purpose built social area with a new bar and kitchen, undercover seating for fans, media facilities, disability friendly access to the pavilion and top notch lighting.

Women's international soccer

References

External links

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Preston Lions FCPreston Lions Archive Page
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