Punchy Bassett
Brownlow Medallist
The Hill has to go, it's a silly idea to keep it.
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But 5 days of dry weather to a water logged hill with lots of feet, it would churn up quickly.
IMO, which means little, they knew they could vanish the hill and scoreboard straight away. But I would imagine by 2020 that will be a stadium and the scoreboard will no longer be there but in a sport museum (where it should be)!
I reckon a fitting tribute would be to have it near the Oval somewhere. Maybe incorporated with the statues they are putting up, or in the park in front of the VIctor Richardson Gates. Are they staying?
But yeah it is a relic from the past that is not needed in a modern ground. I am not that sure it will look that great next to the modern stands.
I notice there are many non-SA people saying that the hill should go. I guess its mainly non-SA people beacause they have never experienced the atmosphere of watching a cricket or footy game on a packed out hill. It truely is one of the great Australian sporting experiences and many South Australians are more than pleased that it will be staying.
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I don't get the hate for the scoreboard. Ok, for football, you don't need a grand scoreboard, but it's still one of the best scoreboads in world cricket. You can rock up at any stage of any cricket match (and, in particular, test/first class matches) and the scoreboard can give you a complete snapshot of where the game is at. As great video scoreboards are, they cannot provide the details of a cricket match the Adelaide Oval scoreboard can provide. I've taken MCG and SCG tours in the past where even their guides talk about how great the Adelaide Oval scoreboard is compared to modern scoreboards.
Capacity: 50,000 seated, plus standing room (after 2011-14 redevelopment)
No point. The redevelopment starts in a few weeks so capacity will be continuously changing between then and 2014. Final capacity by the way will be 54,600. 4,600 standing. Not sure how they got exact figure, surely was a rough estimate though.It would make more sense for the current capacity to be listed and then changed as it increases.
Well it's about 38k for the next few days. Then who knows after the stands get knocked down.It makes complete sense for the stadium's actual capacity to be in the OP.
Let them have the first home Showdown.
We can still buy tickets and be there.
In round 1? Or do u like the idea of each team having their own home game at the stadium before the first showdown?
I tend to agree the scoreboard is outdated and should be removed from the hill. I would like to see it in front of the current Victor Richardson gates facing King William St. promoting the upcoming games. With all the traffic going past it would add to the anticipation leading up to the weekend.