GEELONG wants to play a home final at Simonds Stadium if it qualifies for one, but understands it will only happen if the Cats meet an opponent that does not draw a large crowd in Victoria.

Although plenty could change with 13 rounds remaining, third-placed Greater Western Sydney would meet the second placed Cats' in a qualifying final if finals were played this week.

Despite a reduced capacity of around 30,000 due to the ongoing stadium upgrade, Cats CEO Brian Cook told K-Rock on Saturday the club would be interested in hosting clubs such as the Giants at Simonds Stadium in a final if the opportunity arose.

"I think the principle has to remain and has to be consistent throughout Australia and if we do play a GWS or a lower drawing capacity team and it is our right to host that game I think we should be playing it at Simonds," Cook said.

Cook said the Cats understands it's unlikely they would play a final at Simonds Stadium if they qualified to play Collingwood or Hawthorn given its limited capacity compared to the MCG or Etihad Stadium.

Finals against the Sydney Swans, Adelaide or West Coast would also be unlikely to be played at Simonds Stadium as they traditionally attract a large number of supporters to finals in Victoria.

In early May, AFL CEO Gill McLachlan said on Fox Footy that the Giants would play a home final at Spotless Stadium if they earned the right rather than ANZ Stadium or the SCG.

"It would be at Spotless … that's their home ground, and if the Gold Coast Suns got a home final it would be at Metricon," McLachlan said. 

Despite McLachlan's comments, the AFL is not likely to discuss potential finals match-ups and venues until later in the year because so much of the season remains to be played out.

The Giants are in superb form and looked headed for their first finals campaign after six wins on the trot, but have only averaged 10,562 spectators at their three home games so far.

GWS CEO David Matthews expressed confidence on Sunday that the club could attract at least 20,000 spectators to a home final and thinks the average crowd figure at the venue will grow as the season unfolds. 

"In three weeks' time we will sell the game out against the Swans, when we get Collingwood here I think we will go close to a sell-out. We've had 16-17,000 come and watch Hawthorn (the crowd was 13,766)," Matthews told 3AW.

"If we did find ourselves in that position there are two or three months worth of momentum in building the crowd. I think we could be confident of a big crowd [if we hosted a final]."

Geelong lost the only final it hosted at Simonds Stadium, going down to Fremantle in the 2013 Qualifying Final by 15 points in front of 32,458 spectators.