Adelaide Oval

Adelaide Oval

Adelaide Oval Profile


LOCATION: North Adelaide COUNTRY: Australia YEAR OPENED: 1871
CAPACITY: 53,583 OWNER: South Australian Government GAME: Cricket

Adelaide Oval is a picturesque stadium in South Australia, located in the parklands between the city centre and North Adelaide.It is one of the venues for the Cricket World Cup 2015.

The stadium is mostly used for cricket and football, but also plays host to rugby league, rugby union, soccer, and concerts. Its record crowd for cricket was 50,962 during the Bodyline Third Test in 1933, and its overall record attendance was 62,543 at the 1965 SANFL Grand Final between the Port Adelaide and Sturt Football Clubs.

The Oval has been headquarters to the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) since 1871 and South Australian National Football League (SANFL) since 2014.The stadium is managed by the Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority. Redevelopments between 2008 and 2014, costing $575 million, increased the stadium's seating capacity from 34,000 to 53,583 (including standing room).The Adelaide and Port Adelaide Football Clubs also returned to the stadium, leaving Football Park.

In 2010, Austadiums.com called the Adelaide Oval "one of the most picturesque Test cricket grounds in Australia, if not the world."In December 2009 South Australian Premier Mike Rann announced a $450 million government commitment to redevelop Adelaide Oval to enable AFL Football to be played there.In May 2011 Treasurer Kevin Foley announced an increase in government funding to $535 million.[9] After the redevelopment, sports journalist Gerard Whatley described it as "the most perfect piece of modern architecture because it's a thoroughly contemporary stadium with all the character that it's had in the past."

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