A power outage at Simonds Stadium severely disrupted the buildup to Geelong’s AFL home match on Sunday against Richmond at Simonds Stadium.

Queues stretched for hundreds of metres with less than an hour before the 1310 (AEST) start because ground staff were unable to electronically scan tickets for the sold-out match.

Eventually, fans were let into the ground as staff visually inspected tickets.

A back-up generator ensured the match would start on time.

Cats officials were also confident a pre-game motorcade for retired premiership stars Cameron Ling, Brad Ottens, Cameron Mooney and Darren Milburn would also proceed.

The Doug Wade stand at the southern end of the ground was demolished during the pre-season, with a new grandstand to be built by May, 2013.

It is unclear whether the redevelopment had anything to do with the outage.

The problem apparently only affected the stadium and not the surrounding area at Kardinia Park.