This week marked the end of an era for North Melbourne with the last remaining link between the club’s past and present demolished.

The Harold R Henderson Pavilion is no longer after heavy machinery moved in to clear the site and make way for a new ‘green zone’.

Until this week, the Harold R Henderson Pavilion was the only stand still remaining at Arden Street and was constructed in the late 1960s.

Along with an administration area, the facility also housed a large social club which led to the club introducing corporate hospitality. North quickly became a trailblazer in this area as it began to allow fans and clients the opportunity to enjoy the football in comfort.

After 1985, the pavilion became known as the famous 'Kanga Kasino' and was decked out with many pokies machines.

In 2002, North Melbourne acquired the Captain's Bar at the newly constructed Docklands Stadium and moved its pokies operation there. This allowed the club to fit out a gym for the players in the old social club area as well as the Roo Shop.
Little is known about the beginning of the Arden St Oval but local history suggests it is almost as old as the suburb itself.

In the early days, the Hotham Cricket Club called it home and in 1882, the Hotham Football Club moved in to share the space.

Both clubs eventually changed their names from Hotham to North Melbourne on the 23rd of March 1888, after the Town of Hotham reverted back to the name of North Melbourne in August 1887.

The first grandstand was erected in 1906 and in 1922 management of the ground was transferred from the Melbourne City Council to the North Melbourne Football and Cricket Clubs.

Support for North was ever increasing in 1925 and the locals were elated when the club was finally admitted to the VFL. The invitation to join the league was followed by and upgrade of facilities at Arden Street which included the construction of the main grandstand in 1928, with seating for 2,000 spectators. +

North Melbourne used the oval as its home ground until 1985 and the last VFL match was played on the surface on the 17th of August 1985 against Richmond.
The record attendance at the ground is 35,116 in 1949 and the highest score was North Melbourne's 29.19.193 in 1983 versus Carlton.

Now the oval has a new feature; a $15 million state-of-the-art facility which was built in late 2009. Its features include one of the largest gyms in the league, medical rooms, change rooms, a multi-purpose basketball court, plunge pools, swim spas, administration areas, 80-seat theatrette, meeting rooms, Roo Shop, reception desk and the Learning and Life Centre’s classroom called ‘The Huddle.