Adelaide Oval - Discussion

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Codym2723 said:
Next weeks final at Adelaide Oval should be really good, will be hopefully a full house
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We've filled it most games of late, I'm sure we can find a way to this week :)

Probably the 2 louded supporter bases too... gonna be fun.
 
Amazing! Well Port and Richmond fans for selling out the game in 7 hours today.

This is the quickest a final has been sold out in Adelaide, even quicker than the 2005 Showdown Final.
 

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exactly just reinforcing my point about capacity...it is a major flaw

the game has practically sold out in 7 hours...and that is from members

making it the same capacity as a stadium where no one wanted to go was a schoolboy error

imagine the crowd u would get if anyone could go
 
Angus Young said:
exactly just reinforcing my point about capacity...it is a major flaw

the game has practically sold out in 7 hours...and that is from members

making it the same capacity as a stadium where no one wanted to go was a schoolboy error

imagine the crowd u would get if anyone could go
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How quickly does the MCG sell out for the GF? Or the non-MCC/AFL/etc member seating areas for ANZAC Day?

Talk about incentive to get a club membership...otherwise you have no hope of bandwaggoning it in to a seat at the finals. Good marketing.
 
hitthepost said:
How quickly does the MCG sell out for the GF? Or the non-MCC/AFL/etc member seating areas for ANZAC Day?

Talk about incentive to get a club membership...otherwise you have no hope of bandwaggoning it in to a seat at the finals. Good marketing.
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I cant even get a membership... there is a huge waiting list. seriously 60k min it needed to be.
 
The amount of people I know that want to go and can't get tickets including a few Tigers mates is a joke...and it's been the same all year. You can have your 'Clever marketing.' What about having football available to everyone. Capacity is a flaw, period.
 
me no.. friends yes. however I would definitely go if it was possible.... Besides I stated from the beginning that this was the biggest flaw to AO...and now it is being realised.
 
Port Adelaide Fan said:
10,000 richmond fans got tickets what a joke.
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why is that a joke?? it's a final...opposition fans deserve a percentage.. again blame the capacity

port members cant get tickets, Richmond members cant get tickets the General public has no hope.

football capacity has been 50,000 in Adelaide for 20 years...they FINALLY get with the times and move it to the city from Siberia... surely there would of been some foresight ad forward thinking to ascertain that interest levels would rise dramatically and they would need to cater for this...but no they keep it the same...
 
Gonna look pretty crap if both SA teams are bottom of the ladder, the sheen on AO has worn off and it's a cold rainy Sunday twilight game vs 16th and 10,000 people pack into the 80,000 capacity AO...and then the week after on a nice clear night Port/Crows get thrashed by Sydney in front of 40,000 empty seats too.
Remember Ikea? Traffic jams when it first opened. Now it runs smoothly, the capacity of the parking etc working just right.
 

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hitthepost said:
Gonna look pretty crap if both SA teams are bottom of the ladder, the sheen on AO has worn off and it's a cold rainy Sunday twilight game vs 16th and 10,000 people pack into the 80,000 capacity AO...and then the week after on a nice clear night Port/Crows get thrashed by Sydney in front of 40,000 empty seats too.
Remember Ikea? Traffic jams when it first opened. Now it runs smoothly, the capacity of the parking etc working just right.
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Agree totally.

I don't get all this yelling and screaming to increase the capacity already - though I notice it's predominantly the anti-development crying out for this, so perhaps it's a desperate clutch at straws to knock Adelaide Oval...

Yes there has been a big increase in attendances this year. New stadia normally have that effect. Hell, the peak of Football Park attendances were in the early 2000's when the northern grandstand was built, yet in a few short years even Adelaide was struggling to sell the game out for finals, let alone minor round games (including in 2012 when their form was good).

Let's wait and see when the novelty of a new stadium dies down in a couple of years. If crowds are consistently at capacity for both clubs in 5-10 years, then perhaps look at expansion, and I'd look at expanding the western stand first before the northern end (which, IMO, is a real special and unique part of Adelaide Oval, and should only be touched as a last resort).
 
I think 80 is excessive (although I do believe it would fill for showdowns finals etc ). I was thinking 60 to 70. Honestly Crows have always pulled big crowds regardless.... and who wants to travel to aami stadium at the best of times let alone when ur team is losing. In the city its always gona get crowds just for the outing itself. Surely the more accessible ground and going to he city warranted a bigger capacity..surely. I cant believe people can't see this.
 
Angus Young said:
I think 80 is excessive (although I do believe it would fill for showdowns finals etc ). I was thinking 60 to 70. Honestly Crows have always pulled big crowds regardless.... and who wants to travel to aami stadium at the best of times let alone when ur team is losing. In the city its always gona get crowds just for the outing itself. Surely the more accessible ground and going to he city warranted a bigger capacity..surely. I cant believe people can't see this.
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Until your team is crap, going to get thumped, it's pissing rain, and the stadium is 10 years old.
I like going to the park with my dog. Until the park is vandalised, there's a creepy guy sitting on the bench, and the dog craps on my shoe.
 
hitthepost said:
Until your team is crap, going to get thumped, it's pissing rain, and the stadium is 10 years old.
I like going to the park with my dog. Until the park is vandalised, there's a creepy guy sitting on the bench, and the dog craps on my shoe.
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Casino was the same the first two years. Very strict dress codes, tight door security. Then the novelty started to wear off and dress codes relaxed and relaxed and relaxed till you could just about get in with thongs. Can't be choosey when you need cash flow.
 
Angus Young said:
I think 80 is excessive (although I do believe it would fill for showdowns finals etc ). I was thinking 60 to 70. Honestly Crows have always pulled big crowds regardless.... and who wants to travel to aami stadium at the best of times let alone when ur team is losing. In the city its always gona get crowds just for the outing itself. Surely the more accessible ground and going to he city warranted a bigger capacity..surely. I cant believe people can't see this.
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give up idiot you're talking to people in Adelaide...evolving and progressing isn't part of their DNA in the world's biggest retirement village. I mean it took them a million years to move football to the city they even tried to fight that.
 
Norwood1878 said:
Casino was the same the first two years. Very strict dress codes, tight door security. Then the novelty started to wear off and dress codes relaxed and relaxed and relaxed till you could just about get in with thongs. Can't be choosey when you need cash flow.
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football and casino mmmmm...not seeing the correlation. Hasn't football been the biggest and only interesting thing in Adelaide since day dot??
 
footy75 said:
football and casino mmmmm...not seeing the correlation. Hasn't football been the biggest and only interesting thing in Adelaide since day dot??
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Nah, we had a killer F1 race at one stage...
I'm just saying i'd wait a couple of years and see how the crowds go. State's broke anyhow.
 
It's pretty unique circumstances - first year at the Oval, first final, Tiger bandwagon at full steam after 9 straight wins. I think demand for this game will be unmatched until the next time there is a Showdown final. The novelty will wear off - I went to the last 2 finals played at AAMI and easily got general public tickets to both - and in time the capacity will prove to be adequate.
 
As good as Adelaide Oval is, I still think we would have been been better off with a scratchbuilt stadium on the new RAH site. Yes the novelty will wear off, and Port and/or the Crows will be crap again one day. But the Adelaide Oval redevelopment simply has not accounted for population growth. Adelaide's population is growing slower than the other capitals, but it's about to tick over to 1.3 million. Adelaide Oval can hold a larger percentage of the city's population than the MCG can of Melbourne's. Our supporter base, however, is not fragmented into ten clubs. I would say at least 85% of the footy-following people in Adelaide barrack for the Crows or Power.

If both clubs are playing like they are now in the year 2030, Adelaide Oval will be sold out for every single game. Yes, it's atmospheric and provides an incentive to get membership, but there will be waiting lists and football is not private entertainment for a certain group of people. When that time comes (and it will come, even if it's the late 30s or early 40s), SA will have to consider its options.

I like the fact that the hill and scoreboard have been retained. I liked the old Adelaide Oval. But rather than go searching for a new stadium location and spending the money building it from scratch, I say build a bigger Riverbank Stand on the hill. They can also make the western grandstand taller for good measure. That should bring the capacity to 65,000 (or even 70,000 if done right). 70,000 would be enough until late this century :p
 
Western side (which shouldnt be saved for the SACA/SANFL members) needs a huge upgrade.
 

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