AFL @ Adelaide's Oval - That time is now.

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Question for any general admission heads.

I'm thinking about getting the bronze 3 game membership to save some money going to the last few games. Problem is I have a bad back, that only allows me to stand in one spot for around 20 minutes. Are there any places I can lean against stuff or get a cheeky spot to sit?

Thanks in advance
A 'friend of mine' with a bronze membership often goes up into the southern stand and generally finds himself a seat behind the goals about 2/3 of the way up if he gets sick of standing. He tells me they don't check to make sure you have a seated ticket.
 

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A 'friend of mine' with a bronze membership often goes up into the southern stand and generally finds himself a seat behind the goals about 2/3 of the way up if he gets sick of standing. He tells me they don't check to make sure you have a seated ticket.
Tell your friend I said thanks for the tip
 

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Hi there, after some help re parking. Does anyone now which is the closest CBD carpark that doesn't get completely full on match day? My wife is driving to the game this Saturday and will likely be arriving after bouncedown. Proximity a bigger factor than cost for us. Cheers.
Havent been for a few weeks, but try under the casino, pretty much the closest park right at the end of the bridge and only $8, had no problems with spaces when ive been there.
 

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I'm coming over for the game on Saturday and will be heading straight to the airport after the game. Where is the best place to catch a Taxi?
 

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I'm coming over for the game on Saturday and will be heading straight to the airport after the game. Where is the best place to catch a Taxi?
Don't know about best as I have only done it once but we went to the taxi rank on Grenfell and got one relatively fast even with someone in front of us.
 

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Another great effort to sell the West Coast Game out with four days to spare, and the Richmond game is already nearly sold out as the club has said there are only single seats available 2 1/2 weeks before the game (this will be our last night game of the year).

If we can get 50000 or more to the game on Saturday and Collingwood get 35-38000 against Port at the G on Sunday then our average home crowds will only be separated by a couple of thousand (48,000 us - 50000 them).
 

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saw a pic of facey from last nights hall of fame dinner of all the inducties names on the scoreboard

the thing that stood out for me is how the hill looks! it's completely bare now. no grass at all

you'd hope something will be done about that next season
 

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saw a pic of facey from last nights hall of fame dinner of all the inducties names on the scoreboard

the thing that stood out for me is how the hill looks! it's completely bare now. no grass at all

you'd hope something will be done about that next season
Yep, even when I was there a few weeks ago for crows training, it was looking pretty poor.

It's generally used for 1 test match, 1 ODI and t20 games. Now it's practically full every single week.

Perhaps they need more solid grass? They'll surely re-do at the end of this season.
 

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Yep, even when I was there a few weeks ago for crows training, it was looking pretty poor.

It's generally used for 1 test match, 1 ODI and t20 games. Now it's practically full every single week.

Perhaps they need more solid grass? They'll surely re-do at the end of this season.
very lucky we haven't had a massively wet night for footy yet. i'd imagine that'd turn into a quogmire very quick
 

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Yep, even when I was there a few weeks ago for crows training, it was looking pretty poor.

It's generally used for 1 test match, 1 ODI and t20 games. Now it's practically full every single week.

Perhaps they need more solid grass? They'll surely re-do at the end of this season.
Fake grass a possibility?
 

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i can see in time if it becomes an issue them using that rubber stuff (not a solid mat but kind of a series of rings so you can see through it but keeps traffic from directly impacting it) over the top of it at games. Maybe even only for wet games but maybe always to keep it in better shape.

Means it wouldn't be good to sit on (so no good for cricket) but for a footy game its be suitable, even if it was only used in front of the scoreboard and not on the "family" hill (especially for games with smaller crowds as people could still sit there in some cases)
 

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You'd lose some atmosphere though
Dunno, an extra 10k with that end enlosed would make it even louder, the quarters would never end.

You can't even see the hill (grass) during the game it, its not like you can sit there and say - isn't the grass lovely. Look at the bloody oval if you want to see grass. Don't get me started on that old scoreboard that shouldn't be there for AFL.
 

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Dunno, an extra 10k with that end enlosed would make it even louder, the quarters would never end.

You can't even see the hill (grass) during the game it, its not like you can sit there and say - isn't the grass lovely. Look at the bloody oval if you want to see grass. Don't get me started on that old scoreboard that shouldn't be there for AFL.
Agreed, I stood on the hill for a bit for the Hawks game, it's become a dirt patch since the footy started and you can hardly hear the crowd noise when we score a goal compared to sitting in the stands. Imagine the noise of 60,000 plus if we had a Northern Grandstand.
 

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Beauty, another 50,000 + crowd coming up. I love the atmosphere at AO with big crowds. I reckon the structure of the stands magnifies the noise.
Sounds the same as 100,000 at the G, or maybe that's my imagination working overtime.
 

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Beauty, another 50,000 + crowd coming up. I love the atmosphere at AO with big crowds. I reckon the structure of the stands magnifies the noise.
Sounds the same as 100,000 at the G, or maybe that's my imagination working overtime.
Could well be. Doubling the crowd doesn't have too much effect on the decibel count necessarily, big part played by the acoustics of the stadium.
 
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