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I reckon you'll really get to watch the play unfold from the Riverbank Stand too. Mark on the goal line at the other end you'll have a great view from that height, even if you are a bit of a distance away.
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SACA get one tiny bay where the red seats are in the western stand. Not the top level of red seats, the ground level.Nothing is available to SACA Members in footy season. Unless they also have a Crows/Power/AO/SANFL/AFL membership, or whatever membership gets you into the Bradman Pavilion.
Haven't heard anything at all about that? Can't imagine football giving away some of the best seats in the house to cricket.SACA get one tiny bay where the red seats are in the western stand. Not the top level of red seats, the ground level.
SACA get the red section, really don't know why when it's meant to be "AFL time" in the year..Haven't heard anything at all about that? Can't imagine football giving away some of the best seats in the house to cricket.
Here we go, from the site too (I never considered getting an AO membership as my own footy and work commitments in winter make it not worth the money):SACA get the red section, really don't know why when it's meant to be "AFL time" in the year..
http://adelaideoval.com.au/130/western-stand-reserved-seating.aspx
What is the SACA seating coloured in red?
The area in Bay 209 marked red on the Reserved Seating map is allocated to guests of the SACA Room on AFL match days.
Nothing is available to SACA Members in footy season. Unless they also have a Crows/Power/AO/SANFL/AFL membership, or whatever membership gets you into the Bradman Pavilion.
That map above is from the SMA site; applies to both PAFC and AFC games.For Port Adelaide games.
That map above is from the SMA site; applies to both PAFC and AFC games.
Dont both footy clubs have access to their boxes for the cricket? If so the saca having an area for the football is hardly surprisingHere we go, from the site too (I never considered getting an AO membership as my own footy and work commitments in winter make it not worth the money):
I guess the SACA Committee Room will remain that at all events. Guess the SANFL and SMA would have similar rooms somewhere in the venue.
I have no idea about Adelaide games just Port Adelaide games.
There is info further down giving prices for Season Reserved Seats for either level 2 or 3 for both Crows and Power.The Adelaide Oval SMA is now in a position to advise all Members of the Western Stand Reserved Seating layout, prices and application process for the 2014 AFL Premiership Season at Adelaide Oval. Season Reserved Seat upgrades are an optional extra which can be added to your membership.
Love the new look Adelaide Oval, on TV look's like one of the best designed stadiums in the country IMO.
This is now my favourite ground in Australia, and it is going to be sensational for football. It has been my first trip to the Adelaide Oval and I picked up a SACA membership just for the Ashes but reckon I'll keep it to come back next year.
I never went to Footy park and never had any intention of going. Most of us Victorians viewed it as the least attractive interstate road trip in the country and at the bottom of any bucket list to visit, but will definitely go over for a footy game now. 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.
Problem with AAMI is its location. Rectangular sports aren't amazingly popular in Adelaide, and asking people to travel to West Lakes for an NRL match would work counter to the wish of having a reasonable crowd at the match.It's a shame about AAMI Stadium in a way, a 51,000 capacity stadium just going to waste. My understanding is Adelaide will continue to train there, but the surrounding land and eventually the stadium itself will be sold off for development? Surely it'd be worth the SA Govt keeping it, and even transforming it into a rectangular stadium or something?
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 wasteProblem with AAMI is its location. Rectangular sports aren't amazingly popular in Adelaide, and asking people to travel to West Lakes for an NRL match would work counter to the wish of having a reasonable crowd at the match.
The 50,000 capacity is also countered by the seating-bowl over the coliseum seating of a modern stadium. To have the view the height of say, the front row of the red seats in the western stand, at AAMI, you'd be another 5-10 rows further back. The ground doesn't meet modern stadium experience expectations and there's no cosmetic fix to a structural issue such as the seating bowl.
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
I can't think of anything I'd want to un-waste it with, really. Footy? No. I think it's too big for SANFL matches (Finals are just ok, still only get 6-7,000 people depending on matchups). Cricket? No way in hell. Rectangular sports? Not in current form, and if we built a rectangular stadium there the fact remains that Hindmarsh is in the fringe of the city and thus in a much better location. The only reason it was useful was because the AFL had nowhere else to go, and now they do, so it has no use except for Bon Jovi - and I'd bet if AO was already complete that wouldn't be at AAMI either.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
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.