AFL personality Eddie McGuire has called for a roof to be added to the MCG when the venue's Great Southern Stand is redeveloped.
The former Collingwood president also believes ground capacity - which currently sits at 100,024 - should also be increased, while an entertainment precinct should be built in the area surrounding.
The Victorian Government is currently completing a feasibility study into the future of the Great Southern Stand, with a rebuild it expected to cost more than $1 billion.
After attending the NFL Superbowl in Los Angeles earlier this month, McGuire put forward some ideas on how he believes the MCG should be redeveloped to ensure it's a world class venue in every way.
"It’s got to be a knock-over, because the (Great Southern) stand itself is just structurally not the right shape for where we need to go with what we need to build at the MCG," McGuire said on SEN.
"To be perfectly honest, we should be looking at even putting a roof on the MCG or at least a sliding roof over the top of it. The difference between the stadium and what we saw the other day (at the Super Bowl) was the unbelievable audiovisual opportunities with that screen that was right around the stadium perimeter inside hanging down.
"It’s not that long ago that we used to get excited about maybe having a video screen at your seat.
"It has to be a better experience than what you have at home and we’ve had two years to be at home."
McGuire believes it's an opportunity to turn the MCG area into a precinct which is not just for sport, but serves many purposes in the community.
"The MCG is our beating heart of the city and the citadel of all sports,” McGuire said.
"If we’re going to continue to get big sports in, we need to have 100,000 or maybe even get up to 105,000 or 110,000.
"There is an opportunity for us to build the best stand for the general public of any facility in the world.
"Before we say we should be spending money on hospitals, there are buckets of cash.
"There are ways of doing it. One of those things is to look at the Southern Stand. At the moment it’s a stand for sport when it’s on. But if we do it properly, these can become many sorts of things.
"Let’s use this precinct and turn it into something sensational. Not just the footy game itself."
