Adelaide Oval Redevelopment

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Port Adelaide Fan · #3181 Post by **Port Adelaide Fan** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:51 am

When down to Alberton to change my seat at Adelaide oval to get told Port Adelaide is calling everyone who is in a wheelchair.

Mr Smith · #3182 Post by **Mr Smith** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:09 pm

Vee wrote:Still no announcement on the missing venue for the Australia - India 4 test series in 2014-15. Vic, NSW, WA and ??? The announcement was due several days ago. Surely Adelaide Oval will get the gig over the Gabba?

Why has the WACA been locked in? That ground is a disgrace, more like a suburban VFL ground than the main cricket stadium in a city of >1.5 million people.

Q. When the new stadium at Burswood is finished, will some/any international cricket fixtures be transferred there?

#3183 Post by **Pants** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:43 pm

Only thing I can think of re the WACA is that the timezone is better for TV audiences in India hence more $ for broadcasters.

Maximus · #3184 Post by **Maximus** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:58 pm

Pants wrote:Only thing I can think of re the WACA is that the timezone is better for TV audiences in India hence more $ for broadcasters.

Not just Indian audiences, but Aussie too. Each day's final session is perfectly in prime-time (6:30pm-8:30pm) in the eastern states, so Channel 9 loves it.

I don't think there's been any official announcement, but the general consensus seems to be that Perth is safe because of the timezone, hence the Adelaide v Brisbane battle for the final guernsey.

#3185 Post by **Pants** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:22 pm

Of course, didn't even think of that.

I think Perth has been announced, without the reason being made clear, so it is definitely down to Adelaide v Brisbane with the main issues being better attendances/redeveloped and bigger ground in Adelaide vs. the effect of Brisbane missing a test match on the financially dire state of cricket in Queensland.

Matt · #3186 Post by **Matt** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:56 pm

Via someone on Twitter who's name I can't remember.

Vee · #3187 Post by **Vee** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:56 pm

Photo ... As above.

Matt wrote: Via someone on Twitter who's name I can't remember.

Great photo, Matt.
Saw it, or one very similar, earlier while browsing the #gocrows hashtag. Is that where you may have spotted it?
Twitter attribution @SueRetallick
http://t.co/AfQcqyYw3U

Kasey771 · #3188 Post by **Kasey771** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 5:51 pm

Port Adelaide Fan wrote:When down to Alberton to change my seat at Adelaide oval to get told Port Adelaide is calling everyone who is in a wheelchair.

Obstructed views? the new Yankees stadium in NYC has some shockers thanks to eye-height hand-rails:(
I really hope our new Oval fails miserably to make it onto this thread:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=906730

Matt · #3189 Post by **Matt** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 6:43 pm

Vee wrote:Photo ... As above.
Matt wrote: Via someone on Twitter who's name I can't remember.
Great photo, Matt.
Saw it, or one very similar, earlier while browsing the #gocrows hashtag. Is that where you may have spotted it?
Twitter attribution @SueRetallick
http://t.co/AfQcqyYw3U

That's the one, many thanks! I was hunting under "Adelaide Oval" rather than #gocrows or #crowval

Patrick_27 · #3190 Post by **Patrick_27** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:23 pm

Mr Smith wrote:
Vee wrote:Still no announcement on the missing venue for the Australia - India 4 test series in 2014-15. Vic, NSW, WA and ??? The announcement was due several days ago. Surely Adelaide Oval will get the gig over the Gabba?
Why has the WACA been locked in? That ground is a disgrace, more like a suburban VFL ground than the main cricket stadium in a city of >1.5 million people.

Q. When the new stadium at Burswood is finished, will some/any international cricket fixtures be transferred there?

There's an outstanding proposal for the WACA, yet to be funded; involved commercial and residential development around the oval, quite intrusive but certainly an improvement of what currently stands.

[Shuz] · #3191 Post by **[Shuz]** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:04 am

Yeah that'll go down real well when someone smashes it for six.

Henwii · #3192 Post by **Henwii** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:03 am

It's incredible to think there's going to be an ashes test match at Adelaide Oval in less than 4 months. I know it's supposedly ahead of schedule, but there's still a lot of work to go. The roof is only about 25% completed; the surface is still very much a construction site'; the left side of the southern stand isn't even finished yet; the majority of the seats haven't been installed.

Especially if they think they can get 5,000 people into the eastern stand.

Henwii · #3193 Post by **Henwii** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:41 pm

Gee, not a lot of activity in this thread!

Couple of photos I took today. Southern stand top tier finally completed on the left hand side.

Matt · #3194 Post by **Matt** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 3:52 pm

Via burner73 on Instagram.

Laidback-Luke · #3195 Post by **Laidback-Luke** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 5:50 pm

Nice pic, got a feeling it'll be pretty dark up in the back of the top tier. From the pic you can see the roof blocks off the light tower and I haven't really seen any evidence yet that there'll be much lighting back up there. I dunno, maybe I'm worrying over nothing.

Is this still ahead of schedule? Most of the works on the western stand seem to be around 90% done.

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