Crows secret city base - how long until it's a reality?

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

If they'd suggested building a Bob Neil statue on the Le Cornu site it would have been built within the hour

 

[Lawrst]

Bob Neil 1 is a great oval to play at, don't you dare!
Otherwise you'll have 9 teams worth of players in an uproar.

 

[Lawrst]

I think the crows should take a Bob Neil and introduce numbers above 99 to the afl world

 

[Lawrst]

University Oval

Bob Neil is a legend so So open up those kegs of beer We'll win the flag this year The Blacks The Blacks The Blacks are fit The Black The Blacks The Black suck piss

You missed the ginger wine, obviously the most important part.

 

[CrowEater888]

We should have a dip at the lease for The Stag or Dog and Duck.

Might be an opportune time to make a bid and buy it outright...

 

[FR0GGY]

We could buy a club in hindley street and call it club 119

 

[Doc_]

This Bob Neil stuff is crap. He was a nobody that a few childish uni students made a joke of. For it to grow into what it has is pathetic.

 

[adelaidecrows]

A Crows pub in the city or north Adelaide would be a great idea. it makes a lot of sense.

 

[adelaidecrows]

Or what about a pub called 'Hotel Showdown', A pub jointly owned by The AFC and PAFC in the city. That could be pretty interesting.

 

[Mattrox]

Or what about a pub called 'Hotel Showdown', A pub jointly owned by The AFC and PAFC in the city. That could be pretty interesting.

Muskets at 10 paces!

 

[Lawrst]

This Bob Neil stuff is crap. He was a nobody that a few childish uni students made a joke of. For it to grow into what it has is pathetic.

Bob Neil dislikes this

 

[bomberclifford]

Or what about a pub called 'Hotel Showdown', A pub jointly owned by The AFC and PAFC in the city. That could be pretty interesting.

I think this is actually being considered.

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

Or what about a pub called 'Hotel Showdown', A pub jointly owned by The AFC and PAFC in the city. That could be pretty interesting.

Why?

No thanks.

 

[CrowinNT]

Or what about a pub called 'Hotel Showdown', A pub jointly owned by The AFC and PAFC in the city. That could be pretty interesting.

Our respective supporter groups here in Darwin would take it in turns to host the showdowns at each others pubs/clubs. This did not last very long.

 

[robboaustralia]

Or what about a pub called 'Hotel Showdown', A pub jointly owned by The AFC and PAFC in the city. That could be pretty interesting.

The bouncer/security costs would send it broke.

 

[feenix67]

Adelaide No2 is the most useless waste of space, they should just build clubrooms there.

 

[Crow54]

Or what about a pub called 'Hotel Showdown', A pub jointly owned by The AFC and PAFC in the city. That could be pretty interesting.

I can't think of anything worse. Unless it was strictly regulated that only one team could use it at a time. There's no way I'd go there if there were PAP supporters there.

 

[fairfooty]

Sometiimes you have to think outside the square. No land close buy to build on? Fine. Build it over the Torrens.
It would look spectacular!

Yeah! .... Nah ... Adelaide City Council would block that too! Morons that they are.

 

[Tex Danger]

Pubs/clubs in adelaide going broke left right and centre. As much as having a venue would be great, is the idea of it better than the reality? It's no guaranteed success

 

[Elite Crow]

Pubs/clubs in adelaide going broke left right and centre. As much as having a venue would be great, is the idea of it better than the reality? It's no guaranteed success

Exactly, there are more in serious trouble than has been made public.

Keith Thomas said tonight they were looking at an inner city venue.

I think the best option is to select a local pub and basically hire it out game day and publicise that's where the celebrations will be afterwards. Well hopefully celebrations.

 

[MRB37]

http://m.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/a...-crows-cbd-plans/story-fnia3xzy-1227332260419

THE Adelaide Football Club has secretly inspected a city site and a major property developer has been approached as part of the club’s investigations into a potential new CBD training base.

Documents obtained by the Sunday Mailreveal senior Adelaide City Council officials and a Crows board member undertook the “site inspection” of the undisclosed city site last year.

Internal correspondence, released under Freedom of Information laws, also show last September discussions occurred between council staff and the Aretzis Group, a major Adelaide development company.

The fresh disclosures come after the Sunday Mail revealed last August a confidential Crows proposal to build a multistorey city headquarters in the Parklands just metres from the $535 million Adelaide Oval.

The plan was for a new multi-storey development incorporating the Adelaide University Football Club’s grandstand at Park 12, near the corner of Sir Edwin Smith Ave and War Memorial Drive.

It is understood negotiations over a move to Park 12 have stalled as new Lord Mayor Martin Haese has ruled out supporting such a plan.

The documents reveal that, along with the North Adelaide site, other earmarked locations include Park 25 opposite the new RAH on West Tce, and Park 9 on Hackney Rd, currently occupied by Prince Alfred College. Victoria Park has also been earmarked.

Emails and diary entries show a meeting about “potential training bases” in the city was held in August 2013 between former Lord Mayor Stephen Yarwood and council chief Peter Smith and ex Crows boss Stephen Trigg and chairman Rob Chapman.

The correspondence shows on August 29 last year, council managers Matt Rechner and Mike Phillipou, and Crows Director Bob Foord inspected an undisclosed site. Mr Foord declined to comment on Friday but insisted there were “no plans” to move.

Days after the site inspection the council had email correspondence with the Aretzis Group which, according to its website, “has extensive experience undertaking predominantly commercial development projects throughout South Australia”.

“The Aretzis Group will find land or buildings, develop and build to tenant requirements,” the website states.

The Crows has previously downplayed any imminent move, saying it was happy to stay at West Lakes for the “foreseeable future”, where it is invested millions of dollars on a state-of-the-art training base.

The Crows and Aretzis Group director Dimitri Aretzis declined to comment.

 

[King Elvis]

Cool.

A bar or hotel as a social hub would be an easy starter, and could be done as a seasonal pop up.

New facilities would be great too - but there shouldn't be any taxpayer funds used.

 

[DJ75]

http://m.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/a...-crows-cbd-plans/story-fnia3xzy-1227332260419

Bloody Trigg and his email correspondence. Has he learnt nothing?

 

[Mismatched]

Our respective supporter groups here in Darwin would take it in turns to host the showdowns at each others pubs/clubs. This did not last very long.

Port Supports weren't allowed into Cas Club?

 

[CrowinNT]

Port Supports weren't allowed into Cas Club?

I think it was the Puffs that called a halt to it. The new Crows venue is the Airport Hotel cnr Rothdale & McMillan's Rd now. The Cas club no longer Crows Head Quarters. Puffs are still probably at Tracy Village. I don't venture over there so cant confirm.