MCG boot AFL grand final day BBQ tradition
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One of Melbourne's great annual sporting traditions has been given the boot amid a ban on parking outside the MCG for the AFL grand final.
The time-honoured MCG car boot barbecue has been given the chop for Saturday due to security and safety concerns, MCC venue and events services general manager Gerard Griffin confirmed on Thursday.
"There's no public parking in Yarra Park so as a consequence there's no option of bringing gas barbecues in," he said, adding fans could still use fixed cook-tops in the area.
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