Renegades Weigh Move Away From Marvel Stadium After 15 Years

The Melbourne Renegades are seriously contemplating a move away from marvel stadium for the first time in the franchise’s 15-year history. The club is weighing whether to keep its home base or shift part of its summer schedule next summer.

Renegades and Marvel Stadium

Marvel Stadium has offered the Renegades a one-year extension, but the club is also exploring home games at the MCG, Kardinia Park or the soon-to-be-floodlit Junction Oval. Conversations between the two sides have been amicable, yet the decision point is now approaching.

In BBL|15, the Renegades split their home fixtures between venues, playing two games in Geelong and three at Marvel Stadium. That spread shows the club is already testing a broader home footprint while it weighs its next move.

Junction Oval And Geelong

The venue list under consideration gives the Renegades different options for how they stage matches. The MCG offers the biggest stage, Kardinia Park brings another established cricket venue into the mix, and Junction Oval is about to add floodlights.

A shift away from Marvel would end a run that has defined the club since its launch. For supporters, the practical issue is not the theory of a change but where the Renegades will actually play home matches next summer.

Cricket Victoria Re-Signs

Cricket Victoria has also locked in a series of re-signings. Ollie Peake and Campbell Kellaway are tied to three-year deals, while Peter Handscomb, Sam Elliott, Blake Macdonald and Tom Rogers have all signed two-year contracts.

Those moves sit alongside the Renegades’ venue review rather than inside it, but they show the broader summer cricket picture is already taking shape. The Renegades’ decision is due in the coming weeks, and that call will decide whether Marvel Stadium keeps its longest-running tenant or shares the load with one of the alternative grounds now in play.