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Opinion New AFC HQ: Stalled Indefinitely
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What a joke.
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I genuinely don't think we liked the SANFL ultimatum.
Doesn't leave us with terribly many options.
"Park Lands should be for everybody"
Just don't build anything to entice anyone to use them other than walk a dog or agist a horse.
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Don't forget cyclists.
Thebarton was the only option. No way would the ACC entertain anything other than the full aquatic development entirely on their terms. Don't forget, they're not a business, they just raise rates to match outgoings.
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I wonder how many of the 25 options Fages said we looked at remains.
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Pretty sure Olsen will try the "Team Adelaide's chances of a career in Liberal politics is dead" approach
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Lucky we've got until 2048 to find a new home, eh?
Do you mean, Houssam Abiad "Team Adelaide", or Team America "Team Adelaide"?
I really hope so.
Yep, the restaurants, wine centre, gym, bowls and archery clubs, golf course, zoo etc. are obviously for everyone. Yet a footy club isn’t.
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What a coincidence!
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THIS
Sure, there might be a few protesters with placards who cause a fuss. Just run them over with a steamroller like in A Fish Called Wanda
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No wonder the Aquatic Centre is going badly. Imagine trying to run that place with thousands of people coming in and out, school holiday programs, high performance squads, maintenance, training, staff, accounts, catering, deliveries... and coordinating it all without an office.
If West Coast's facility is the template, there is no reason Crows couldn't build the same at Thebarton Oval.
Reorientation of the main oval to be the same as Adelaide Oval and same dimensions. Same size oval built on the west section of Kings Reserve in the same direction (opposite the current community centre). A similar size footprint of the West Coast facilities could be built behind the northern goals of the main oval (and providing viewing of the second oval), shaping around from the Ridings Stand and filling in the space through to the bowls club and all the space back up towards the Thebarton Community Centre that isn't the car park.
The SAAFL and SANFL could still build their facilities on the western Thebarton Senior College side. The old grandstands and entrance gate could still remain. As does the Thebarton Community Centre. As could the south-eastern section from the bowls club down. Rebuild a playground and some recreation facilities around the perimeter of the second oval. Still a carpark near the entrance of what would be the Adelaide FC and Thebarton Community Centre, Bowls Club as well as heaps of parking at the Brickworks.
If the Adelaide City Council aren't keen to allow building on parklands - there wouldn't be a better place, besides if the Crows could take over Wayville Showground. Besides parklands - I'm not sure there would be anywhere else that close to the city.
No need to share with another SANFL club or any other sport. The ground is full of league football history. 2.5km as the bird flies from Adelaide Oval and 1km from Thebarton Tram Stop. Get in early and have the oval redeveloped so the Crows have as much input as the SANFL and SAAFL. Should be every bit as good as West Coast facilities.
Reorientation of the main oval to be the same as Adelaide Oval and same dimensions. Same size oval built on the west section of Kings Reserve in the same direction (opposite the current community centre). A similar size footprint of the West Coast facilities could be built behind the northern goals of the main oval (and providing viewing of the second oval), shaping around from the Ridings Stand and filling in the space through to the bowls club and all the space back up towards the Thebarton Community Centre that isn't the car park.
The SAAFL and SANFL could still build their facilities on the western Thebarton Senior College side. The old grandstands and entrance gate could still remain. As does the Thebarton Community Centre. As could the south-eastern section from the bowls club down. Rebuild a playground and some recreation facilities around the perimeter of the second oval. Still a carpark near the entrance of what would be the Adelaide FC and Thebarton Community Centre, Bowls Club as well as heaps of parking at the Brickworks.
If the Adelaide City Council aren't keen to allow building on parklands - there wouldn't be a better place, besides if the Crows could take over Wayville Showground. Besides parklands - I'm not sure there would be anywhere else that close to the city.
No need to share with another SANFL club or any other sport. The ground is full of league football history. 2.5km as the bird flies from Adelaide Oval and 1km from Thebarton Tram Stop. Get in early and have the oval redeveloped so the Crows have as much input as the SANFL and SAAFL. Should be every bit as good as West Coast facilities.
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...and can’t even do the last part of your post properly. This is a council that has spend like a drunken sailor, borrowed to fund operating costs ( no business in its right mind does that ) and has ageing assets like the aquatic centre that it can’t afford to renew ! They are the worst performing city council in Australia and that’s saying something.
Do the Sudanese at the senior college fall under our zone?
Or the Adelaide University Soccer club that built a facility on the parklands...
Speaking of the showgrounds, there has been talk of government funding being provided to expand the basketball courts from 3 courts to 6 courts. This would include a high performance centre for Basketball SA (which is of course ridiculous if you know anything about Basketball SA because high performance is not something they know anything about, but I digress).
It might be possible to create a Crows/high performance centre that includes basketball and a few other sports within the Showgrounds.
The problem is that the show often occurs around finals time doesn't it? Would be terrible to have to abandon your training venue and home every finals series.
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To be fair that's the size of a public toilet.
Still, it's a facility built on public land for use by an exclusive group is it not?
It's not the size they are objecting to.
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