arki wrote:
Can't believe people are saying that viewers will be impressed by 'unique' Adelaide Oval with the missing northern end. If they didn't want to make the stadium look like its missing a stand they should have employed a design which actually incorporates the hill somehow with the rest of the stadium like a sloping roof or something from before the western stand was built. We should have been clever about it.
Now rather than this
We have this 'unique' look - the look of a cheap regional stadium that can be found on the tacky Gold Coast.
Oh well, I still like this development and think it is much better than the ill-conceived liberal plan.
That cheap regional stadium will be holding a commonwealth games in five years time.
The stadium in that first picture, though looking flash wouldn't have suited the character of the area, not to mention the fact that it leaves little ability to expand without having to butcher what would already exists.
Adelaide Oval will sooner or later have a northern stand, who knows what it will look like; whether it's just like the Southern Stand, a centrepiece of all the stands or something entirely different, who knows. It's possible without losing it's charm, whether the ground holds 20,000, 50,000 or 70,000 it'll still be the Adelaide Oval we love in some form. If they were to build a northern stand, there are plenty of options for the gems that sit there: The score-board could be de-constructed and re-constructed in the surrounding grounds and be used as a feature for the museum at the grounds or an exterior scoreboard and bar for the members area, the bay-fig trees could be moved; a big, undoubtedly expensive task, but it is possible, that leaving only the mound to be removed. But still better than losing all that remains precious about that hill.
I have one point for all the mild-naysayers on this topic; if we were to have left Adelaide Oval, and built another ground for AFL on the rail-yards, we'd have two facilities being used for only half of the year each. If we were to bulldoze the entire ground and re-build it'd no doubt look like another Gabba or MCG, and yes the MCG is spectacular in facilitating sport, but it's also horrendous looking for all angles not usually shot by media. The oldest stadia at those grounds was build in the early 90's and it already looks ridiculously tatty.
as mentioned above, the SACA tickets will be completely independent of the football, so there will be someone else sitting in your seats during football season.
