[COM] Adelaide Oval Redevelopment

[Kasey771]

Thats a great old pic from the 30s:
Heres a few from Friday 19April 2013: Starting with the Members Stand we can see the works being undertaken for the Aussie Rules specific Media Centre

[Brucetiki]

Gee the AFL Media Centre is looking like it's going to take half of level 4 of the Western Stand!

[Kasey771]

Just FYI:
The builders have blocked off access to the stairs at the rear of the Members Stand. If you want to take pictures, I was told its easier to access the Northern Mound Decking and walk out onto the hill area to snap away. This is what I did on Friday. A nice construction dude pointed this out for me

[Paulns]

Cool thanks Kasey771. Is there any pictures of where and what there doing for this AFL Media Centre?

I'm loving the progress of this Stadium, it's starting to look unreal! Thanks for the Pics!

Does anyone know if the oval itself will be ready for any SANFL games later on in the Footy season?

[Kasey771]

Cool thanks Kasey771. Is there any pictures of where and what there doing for this AFL Media Centre?

I'm loving the progress of this Stadium, it's starting to look unreal! Thanks for the Pics!

Does anyone know if the oval itself will be ready for any SANFL games later on in the Footy season?

It's supposed to be ready for the Ashes this Summer, and my mail is the construction is ahead of schedule, maybe we could see an SaNFL Grand Final as a 'test event' before the Ashes? SANFL GF is usually in week one of October.
How wet a winter we have in Adelaide could have a bearing on that of course.

[Patrick_27]

Cool thanks Kasey771. Is there any pictures of where and what there doing for this AFL Media Centre?

I'm loving the progress of this Stadium, it's starting to look unreal! Thanks for the Pics!

Does anyone know if the oval itself will be ready for any SANFL games later on in the Footy season?

It's supposed to be ready for the Ashes this Summer, and my mail is the construction is ahead of schedule, maybe we could see an SaNFL Grand Final as a 'test event' before the Ashes? SANFL GF is usually in week one of October.
How wet a winter we have in Adelaide could have a bearing on that of course.

The Southern Stand will be ready for the Ashes, the Eastern Stand will be ready for AFL 2014 season. With hope we might see both stands ready in-time for the Ashes or maybe the Australia Day test!

[believesinadsy]

The builders have blocked off access to the stairs at the rear of the Members Stand. If you want to take pictures, I was told its easier to access the Northern Mound Decking and walk out onto the hill area to snap away.

Will be back in town later this week and was thinking to have a look from the northern end. So to confirm, can the general public access the northern end anytime to have a view?

[Kasey771]

The builders have blocked off access to the stairs at the rear of the Members Stand. If you want to take pictures, I was told its easier to access the Northern Mound Decking and walk out onto the hill area to snap away.

Will be back in town later this week and was thinking to have a look from the northern end. So to confirm, can the general public access the northern end anytime to have a view?

yes, the general public can access the stadium via the Clarrie Grimmett gates(Northern End). Just hang a left immediately after walking through them and climb the stairs to the decking behind the Northern Mound, then walk down to the gassed area for the best photo taking place depending on which stand you wish to photograph. These gates are left open for the public to access the temporary SACA offices off to the right as you enter. There might also be a parklands(for the recreation of the public etc) reason that they are unable to shut the gates to keep the public out - but I'm not 100% sure on that. the building site is fenced off now so no OH&S issues.

[dbcrow]

Cool thanks Kasey771. Is there any pictures of where and what there doing for this AFL Media Centre?

I'm loving the progress of this Stadium, it's starting to look unreal! Thanks for the Pics!

Does anyone know if the oval itself will be ready for any SANFL games later on in the Footy season?

It's supposed to be ready for the Ashes this Summer, and my mail is the construction is ahead of schedule, maybe we could see an SaNFL Grand Final as a 'test event' before the Ashes? SANFL GF is usually in week one of October.
How wet a winter we have in Adelaide could have a bearing on that of course.

The Southern Stand will be ready for the Ashes, the Eastern Stand will be ready for AFL 2014 season. With hope we might see both stands ready in-time for the Ashes or maybe the Australia Day test!

There's no Australia Day test in 2014. The Adelaide Test is in November or December 2013.

[RiseHigh]

The Southern Stand will be ready for the Ashes, the Eastern Stand will be ready for AFL 2014 season. With hope we might see both stands ready in-time for the Ashes or maybe the Australia Day test![/quote

I predict that neither stands will be properly finished in time for the ashes, the southern stand will be rushed and barley ready, and the day after the ashes the workers will be back to finish it properly.

[dsriggs]

The Southern Stand will be ready for the Ashes, the Eastern Stand will be ready for AFL 2014 season. With hope we might see both stands ready in-time for the Ashes or maybe the Australia Day test![/quote

I predict that neither stands will be properly finished in time for the ashes, the southern stand will be rushed and barley ready, and the day after the ashes the workers will be back to finish it properly.

Anything to base that on?

[Maximus]

I don't know if this has been answered in previous threads, but would the Adelaide Oval be compliant to host a Commonwealth Games [or even Olympic Games]? Has there been room allowed for a running track etc in the current plans?

I've no idea about stadium requirements for Commonwealth or Olympic Games, but an athletics field, including running track, could easily be laid within the boundaries of the playing surface. That's what happened at the MCG for the 2006 Cwth Games.

[[Shuz]]

I don't know if this has been answered in previous threads, but would the Adelaide Oval be compliant to host a Commonwealth Games [or even Olympic Games]? Has there been room allowed for a running track etc in the current plans?

I've no idea about stadium requirements for Commonwealth or Olympic Games, but an athletics field, including running track, could easily be laid within the boundaries of the playing surface. That's what happened at the MCG for the 2006 Cwth Games.

To answer your questions, despite all the fanfare that it is Commonwealth Games compliant, it was, but the requirements have either recently been changed or under review at the moment and this affects Adelaide Oval as it is now deemed uncompliant.

As for the Olympics, you can pretty much forget about it.

[RiseHigh]

The Southern Stand will be ready for the Ashes, the Eastern Stand will be ready for AFL 2014 season. With hope we might see both stands ready in-time for the Ashes or maybe the Australia Day test![/quote

I predict that neither stands will be properly finished in time for the ashes, the southern stand will be rushed and barley ready, and the day after the ashes the workers will be back to finish it properly.

Anything to base that on?

I was speaking to one of the trades on site and he told me they were 6 weeks behind, plus I worked on the western stand and I know how long that took and that's not as big as these two stands. But you never know they might start doing 24 hour shifts.

[crawf]

I thought they already were doing 24 hour shifts?