News Alberton Oval Redevelopment

[Ford Fairlane]

I could see you in a pair of denim cutoffs.

MachoBaz

 

[Watto71]

Could we get a game here in gather round next season

 

[Festerz]

Could we get a game here in gather round next season

Not enough space for spectators and not much around to keep them occupied before and after the game. Norwood and Glenelg will probably be the only suburban grounds outside of AO to get a look in for GR.

 

[Port2Power]

The new 39 metre LED light towers are now complete and working!
In a few months the redevelopment of the high performance centre will be complete (September)!

Photo taken from the Alberton crowd FB page

 

[I Follow PAFC]

Highly, highly doubt it!

Got this from the Port Adelaide Football Club today.

Thanks for your email.

Unfortunately, we are unsure at this point of the renovations! We will be able to give an answer when we are further along our constructions, but at the moment I am unable to give you an answer! I do apologise.

 

[PepeSilvia]

Got this from the Port Adelaide Football Club today.

Thanks for your email.

Unfortunately, we are unsure at this point of the renovations! We will be able to give an answer when we are further along our constructions, but at the moment I am unable to give you an answer! I do apologise.

1. Someone doesn't know how exclamation marks work.
2. It would absolutely be known whether there will be seating at the southern end – whoever responded to you was just too lazy to find out the answer.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

 

[bomberclifford]

It's a lock.
Shuttle buses to breweries and the Black Diamond precinct.
AFL football at Alberton.
Bring it on.

 

[Festerz]

What I love most about this redevelopment is that it has been done to scale - not OTT but a focussed modest and realistic development within budget and within our heritage precinct to cater for the immediate future with a focus on community.

Contrast that with the Crows and their 2 oval 'all about us' take-over plans for Thebarton.

 

[jac147]

What I love most about this redevelopment is that it has been done to scale - not OTT but a focussed modest and realistic development within budget and within our heritage precinct to cater for the immediate future with a focus on community.

Contrast that with the Crows and their 2 oval 'all about us' take-over plans for Thebarton.

We still have the problem of the bowling club taking up prime development possibilities

 

[GremioPower]

We still have the problem of the bowling club taking up prime development possibilities

Is it a different institution?

 

[jac147]

Is it a different institution?

I think it’s our land (that is PAFC) but REH & LR know all the whys and wherefores!

 

[NoddyHolder]

Is it a different institution?

Yes

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

I think it’s our land (that is PAFC) but REH & LR know all the whys and wherefores!

Council's land, PAFC have head lease, PABC sub lease it from us, but concil is still involved in maintenance, just like with the oval.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Long term plan is to make the bowling club an indoor venue in line with SA Bowls standards and PAFC to effectively build on top of the bowling greens.

But its a question of where is the money coming from?

 

[jac147]

Long term plan is to make the bowling club an indoor venue in line with SA Bowls standards and PAFC to effectively build on top of the bowling greens.

But its a question of where is the money coming from?

”Someone” told me that the bowling club would be gone in two years and to be relocated to a site on Swan Tce (back to Ethelton). The club has a current membership of 50. Now remember that’s what I’ve been told, therefore the source is what it is.
I just want to watch footy from that south western corner of the ground and it seems unfair that the majority of Port supporters have been denied that privilege.

 

[Handyandy]

Watching port from the bowls club used to be a thing, my dad took me there all the time when Alberton was packed, to watch Port v Glenelg/ Norwood, something about cheap beers

 

[RossFC]

AFLW side training under the new lights.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Alberton Oval lights will be a very bright white light when a game for broadcast is played at the ground. They train in about 3/4 power / lights turned on

A couple of weeks ago I popped into Alberton around 6.30pm and took these 2 photos on the eastern side to get an idea of how much spillage there is. Even though the lights weren't fully on, its bugger all. This was taken 8 or 10 metres in from the footpath so that I could sit my phone on top of the fence where they drive in, as opposed to the fence along the edge of the gutter along Seventh Avenue. So lighting spillage shouldn't be a complaint by residence.








The light tower behind the Williams Family stand. Didn't check out the spillage to the western side on Queens Street. Most will affect the car park area but there will be a few houses on Queens street and Fifth Avenue who will be affected a lot more than the Seventh Avenue residents.






About 3/4 of the light capacity on for training, and its a nice bright white light, so it should be very good when its 100% for TV broadcast.

Even though our council submission said to broadcast a few AFLW games - given we get 5 home games that probably means 3 - we will ask SANFL to schedule 4 or 5 home night games, or similar if/when we move to the AFL Reserves comp.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

When I was at Alberton Oval a couple of weeks ago, I grabbed a beer and had a chat to board member Kevin Osborn, who is in charge of overseeing the development.

He told me the steel frame you can see on the right hand 1/3 of the new building below, is for the new video screen - ie it will be huge. I said what happens on a sunny days and he said the contractors had told the club there wont be glare making it impossible to see on certain angles, like that LED electronic scoreboard they parked on top of a truck last year, which replaced the old manual scoreboard.

 

[Port2Power]

When I was at Alberton Oval a couple of weeks ago, I grabbed a beer and had a chat to board member Kevin Osborn, who is in charge of overseeing the development.

He told me the steel frame you can see on the right hand 1/3 of the new building below, is for the new video screen - ie it will be huge. I said what happens on a sunny days and he said the contractors had told the club there wont be glare making it impossible to see on certain angles, like that LED electronic scoreboard they parked on top of a truck last year, which replaced the old manual scoreboard.


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The LED screen is going to be massive!
Video link of the PAFC redevelopment below computer generated

 

[ibd77]

Missed opportunity to have a boutique stadium built so we can ask some of the Melbourne clubs to sell their home games away

 

[Steve Dore]

Watching port from the bowls club used to be a thing, my dad took me there all the time when Alberton was packed, to watch Port v Glenelg/ Norwood, something about cheap beers

Still is a thing. Not sure how the beer prices compare though.