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All high-rise, low-rise and street developments in the Adelaide and North Adelaide areas.
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ChillyPhilly
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by ChillyPhilly » Wed Jan 22, 2014 3:32 am
rev wrote:Neither, I don't work at Adelaide Oval in any capacity.
But I know why you were turned away at the gate. The answer is in your original post. If things were like they used to be, you probably would have been allowed in. However things have become pretty "ugly"..I know of in-house staff who have quite already from Adelaide Oval/SMA because they are "complete assholes to work for".
But it's good they didn't over react and come kick you both out.
If you looked around the hill area, you would have noticed all the cameras. I've heard there's a few hundred cameras around the stadium now.
That's what happens when the SMA is filled with dinosaurs from SACA and SANFL.
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Honey of a City
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by Honey of a City » Wed Jan 22, 2014 9:16 am
Wondering if the Creswell Gardens will be restored in time for the Stones/Showdown. Still a lot of work to be done on the eastern stand. Sure cutting it fine.
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by joshyboy » Wed Jan 22, 2014 4:54 pm
Honey of a City wrote:Wondering if the Creswell Gardens will be restored in time for the Stones/Showdown. Still a lot of work to be done on the eastern stand. Sure cutting it fine.
Usual deal with major projects like this with such a tight deadline - get the things done that must be done (seats, toilets, bars, etc - the stadium), then fix up the rest (stuff which looks nice but doesn't stop the stadium running at 100% capacity).
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Waewick
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by Waewick » Wed Jan 22, 2014 9:58 pm
Nice to hear some positive talk about Adelaide on ten during the big Bash
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by ml69 » Wed Jan 22, 2014 10:02 pm
Waewick wrote:Nice to hear some positive talk about Adelaide on ten during the big Bash
What have they been saying about us?
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by Waewick » Wed Jan 22, 2014 10:04 pm
ml69 wrote:Waewick wrote:Nice to hear some positive talk about Adelaide on ten during the big Bash
What have they been saying about us?
how great the development is. How good the stadium looks. How good the bridge is.
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Kasey771
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by Kasey771 » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:32 am
Waewick wrote:ml69 wrote:Waewick wrote:Nice to hear some positive talk about Adelaide on ten during the big Bash
What have they been saying about us?
how great the development is. How good the stadium looks.
How good the bridge is.
I thought the bridge was closed (to complete construction) until the start of the AFL season? maybe the commentators used it during the Test match? like so many of us did:) Good to hear so many positive comments in the ether about Adelaide:)
Big infrastructure investments are usually under-valued and & over-criticized while in the planning stage. It's much easier to envision the here and now costs and inconveniences, and far more difficult to imagine fully the eventual benefits.
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by Kasey771 » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:35 am
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Big infrastructure investments are usually under-valued and & over-criticized while in the planning stage. It's much easier to envision the here and now costs and inconveniences, and far more difficult to imagine fully the eventual benefits.
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by Ben » Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:50 am
I went to the oval for the first time last night to watch the game only to be turned away as it had "Sold out" unless you held a members card.... however the crowd was only 21,000. How ridiculous there were thousands of people being turned away i can only imagine how much money they would have lost.
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by Kasey771 » Thu Jan 23, 2014 12:02 pm
I love it, but I really want to scroll 'down' to see the new riverbank precinct including the bridge, could you link to those too please?:cheers:
Big infrastructure investments are usually under-valued and & over-criticized while in the planning stage. It's much easier to envision the here and now costs and inconveniences, and far more difficult to imagine fully the eventual benefits.
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by Sixty2 » Thu Jan 23, 2014 12:22 pm
I went to the Oval for the first time last night and sat on the hill - was highly surprised they were still using a prehistoric system of iridescent bunting put in place by a steward to stop people walking across the concourse behind the sight screen at alternate overs - thought they might have given a bit of thought to this in the stadium design or even in the way they used the shade cloth to block off the area behind the sight screen - maybe made a tunnel enclosed by the shade cloth - must say the interior of the oval does look great but wonder how many years until the hill disappears.
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by joshyboy » Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:01 pm
Sixty2 wrote: was highly surprised they were still using a prehistoric system of iridescent bunting put in place by a steward to stop people walking across the concourse behind the sight screen at alternate overs - thought they might have given a bit of thought to this in the stadium design or even in the way they used the shade cloth to block off the area behind the sight screen - maybe made a tunnel enclosed by the shade cloth
Prehistoric was placing a sign there asking people not to move during the over.
I think the current system works perfectly well without creating a crapload of effort for ground staff OR blocking more view of the ground for anyone on the hill, as an above-ground tunnel would do.
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by Matt » Thu Jan 23, 2014 5:34 pm
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