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It was originally the home of the North Launceston Football Club . In 2000 it was re-developed as part of the bid to get Australian Football League games to Tasmania. The upgrades include additional seating and grandstands, as well as lights for night games. Since 2002 it has been successful in hosting some AFL games each season - in the most recent ( 2006 ) season, Hawthorn played a pre-season NAB Cup quarterfinal and three home games at Aurora, and St Kilda played two home games at the venue. The record crowd at the ground has been 19000 at a St. Kilda vs Port Adelaide match in July 2004 . York park has also hosted a game in the Rugby World Cup between Romania and Namibia and a National Soccer League game between Melbourne Knights and Perth Glory . In September 2004 , Aurora Energy secured the naming rights to the stadium for the next six years. The precinct around the stadium will still be called York Park, but the stadium itself will be referred to as ''Aurora Stadium'' until 2010 . In April 2006 , a bizzare incident occurred when during a St Kilda Saints versus Fremantle Dockers match the final siren went, with Fremantle a point in front. The siren to end the game sounded during a stoppage for a ball-up, but the umpire in charge of the ball at the time did not hear the siren, and carried on play despite the reactions of the Fremantle players around him. According to the laws of the game, the game has not ended until the umpire acknowledges the siren by raising both hands in the air, and that ''the siren should be sounded by the timekeepers until the umpire acknowledges''. What followed was a farcical situation where play continued for approximately six seconds, St. Kilda levelling the scores in that period, ''that'' score being cancelled and then St. Kilda being awarded a free kick, off which a Behind was scored, levelling the scores again. Investigations by the AFL continue. 2006 SCHEDULE The following matches are scheduled for 2006 at Aurora Stadium. EXTERNAL LINKS
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