Adelaide Oval - Discussion

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Not to have your typical South Australian whinge here, whilst I'm a massive supporter of the development and the viewing is fantastic, I spent a couple of days in the Southern stand and think there still are some design flaws. I sat on level 3 (which was really level 2) and I was particularly thinking from a Footy point of view, but getting in and out and the toilets are still a bit of an issue. Whilst I'm not sure whether this had a lot to with people not knowing where to go and not used to the venue, I can see the stampede at the end of quarters to get in and out and go to the toilets will be an issue. There are stairs at end of the stand but centrally you have to through the bar. At the end of a session at the cricket it took somewhere between 5-10 minutes to get out of the seating area of the stand. This will be a huge problem at footy games. Also the toilets on this level again seemed horribly inadequate. Does anyone agree with this?
 

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Would really depend who they have there. For the cricket it's an enclosure. They put more people in there than actual seats and use the bar as standing room. For footy (power games at least) it's platinum seating. Each seat is assigned, so I'm guessing there won't be many more people in the area than there are seats in level 3. Also yes, would have to do with people being lost and the (lessened but still there nonetheless) bottlenecks where they're scanning you in and out of the Members area.
 

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Yep that was my understanding of the problem with it, but surely even an ordinary rectangular stadium would be better than it just going to waste? Not being from South Australia I wouldn't know, but it seems like just playing SANFL games there is a bit of a waste
you cant just move bits around to make a rectangle. it would require knocking down the whole thing and starting from scratch.

they have a rectangular stadium in adelaide, it they feel the need to add capacity it can be done there. significantly cheaper than starting again at AAMI or if they want to start again, somewhere that's not close to anywhere else will be a better option.

also AAMI is getting on and would need a lot of maintenance to keep it habitable, easier and cheaper to just knock it down. it's going the way of Waverely. The Crows will train there, people will live on the rest of it and everyone plays at AO.
 

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Although a South Australian woman I was talking to that didn't barrack for either crows or power said opposition supporters have a good chance of getting spat on, so maybe I should keep the scarf at home.
Just as much chance as getting spat on at any other stadium in this country. Fallacy. Ive seen some brilliant, funny, and sometimes heated interaction between Port and opposition supporters at footy park, i've never seen or heard of anyone spitting on others. Bring your passion and banter, we love it :thumbsu:
 
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Love how it looks.

Just on West Lakes, I reckon Westfield is eyeing it off to expand the shopping centre across the road and using the carpark!
I doubt it. Westfield just underwent a redevelopment and there hasn't been any talk of further expansion. Besides Westfield Marion and Tea Tree Plaza would surely be redeveloped before any more's done at West Lakes in the foreseeable future?

http://m.adelaidenow.com.au/news/grandstands-will-go-in-aami-rebirth/story-e6frea6u-1226021786480
 
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I have heard West Lake mall is going to be redeveloped within 18 months.
I've heard similar.
Some of the land is definitely being sold off for housing developments which makes sense. It's prime real estate and AAMI will barely be used now...plenty of other suburban grounds are surrounded by houses and it causes no massive issues (Unley, Glenelg etc)
As for using it for Soccer/Rugby etc Hindmarsh does the job well enough for that and it's in a better location than AAMI for public transport.
 

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Noticed that Adelaide Oval football memberships include 40 MCG games in the AFL members. Are AFL members allowed to buy guest tickets to Adelaide Oval? I assume that SACA and MCC members can't buy guest tickets for the football.
 

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Did you not see the Federal Election coverage, where Rupert compelled them to be pro-Liberal...

The Advertiser was one of only two newspapers to editorialise for Labor for 2010 election.

Only an idiot would have backed Labor for 2013 election.

It's fun to believe in conspiracies but they don't work when facts are considered. The Australian backed Rudd in 2007. It's only when the world discovered how unhinged he was that The Australian backed off him.

The Advertiser is a wind sock, and goes which way the electorate goes.
 

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If people want to use the term crowval let them use it. It's more creative than 'Port Adelaide Oval'.

Haha the Crows actually use it on their Facebook page. Can you believe that? There's creative and then there's tacky. Both 'Adelaide Crowval' and 'Port Adelaide Oval' colloquialisms are shithouse.

This whole 'it's my Oval', 'no it's mine!' crap is stupid. It's South Australia's Oval.
 

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So.

Port Adelaide or the Crows should be able to Brand it any way they like. That will then allow for consumers to differentiate the ground.
Why do they need to differentiate it? It's just petty and stupid, much like clubs trying to change the end names at Etihad, no one but the die hards acknowledge it nor give a shit.
 

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How's it anything different to the cattery?



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Because 'The Cattery' actually makes sense. It's the home of the Cats and the name 'cattery' is literally a place in which a large number of cats reside. Plus it's an historical colloquialism, rather than the half-arsed tacky attempts at claiming ownership of a shared facility that both Crows and Power fans are employing.
 
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Because 'The Cattery' actually makes sense. It's the home of the Cats and the name 'cattery' is literally a place in which a large number of cats reside. Plus it's an historical colloquialism, rather than the half-arsed tacky attempts at claiming ownership of a shared facility that both Crows and Power fans are employing.
They're all shit, nauseating names. A bit like how wankers would call Subi 'the House of Pain.' Call it what you want. It's a weird thing to care about in the slightest – clubs are all about marketing now and the place that club plays will be marketed to.

People will bitch about anything.
 

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Having been initially sceptical about the development when I first heard about it (before I started to follow AFL), the recent test really won me over. The photos posted on here looked great and watching the Ashes test led me to think that the designers succeeded in pulling off the same trick as Lord's, in modernising and improving the ground whilst retaining enough historical character and charm. Now, of course, I am much more aware of the need to combine footy and cricket and as such I cannot wait for the first AFL game at the new Adelaide Oval. Well done South Australia.
 
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