Isnt teh Govt building a Hospital on the old rail yards?

I like the idea of using some of the space in the Western parklands as a bit of a sports/entertainment precinct. Then funnel some of the pre/post-event traffic across to the restaurants/bars on Gouger St and lift that segment of Gouger that's between Morphett St and West Tce.

What's this area used for? Adelaide High School?


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AAMI isnt that bad. Not the worst AFL STadium easily.

Ring the SAJC and the State Government before you try to do anything in the parklands - they had a go but couldn't get past 100 people that use the parklands to walk their dogs.

Forget AFL - how about a six court basketball stadium with a show court that seats 300? Airconditioned would be nice. It would get a lot more use than a football stadium.

Kobe - Compared to MCG, Telstra Dome, Telstra Stadium (soon to be ANZ) & the Gabba it is worse. SCG will definetly be once their new stands are built.
AAMI would be better than Subiaco but as I said. Perth have annouced they are building a new one.
So that leaves Shell Stadium in Geelong. But even they play half their games at Telstra Dome. Aurora, Carrara & Marrara which are only used a handfull of times each year.

Just looking at Isaacs aerial shot, a stadium would sure as hell improve that end of north terrace.

Go to AFL game, then hit the casino??? sure thing.

Make some parking available underneath the concourse at railyard (basement)level, build the stadium on 1st floor up...

Aesthetically, half the stadium height would be hidden from NthTerrace, as i recall the rail yards are a fair way below north terrace street level.

BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME!!!

Half the problem with the Eastern end parklands is that they're used more so by residents. That Western side is mostly shielded by industrial development, the train lines, ETSA Park, etc so you'd think that there'd be fewer complaints.

I must admit being at the Vic park races friday night myself and a few others had a chat about how good that new stadium would be.

The old stands were used by hardly anyone and I can't see 10,000 people using them on any other race day so it is time to get rid of them. The people who give a toss about removing them are too old to get up the stairs.

As far as AAMI the east side should have bee rebuilt completely before the Crows put the training facilities in. On the other hand how empty would port games look on TV.

I wish all women would be involved in "bust building"

Dont Talk bout port crowds. There in the top 8 in the afl in numbers they get to games.

Hoops.com.au stress'n over AFL stadiums? WTF.

You will get complaints that such a stadium will permanently alienate the parklands from the God-given (ok, Colonel Light-given) right of all citizens to enjoy the use of the parklands as open space.

I say that such a stadium serves the exact purpose of reserving the parklands for public entertainment and recreational purposes.

DDFan, it 'aint just AFL stadiums. It is the whole decentralised nature of our sporting venues.

AFL - West Lakes
Basketball - Findon
Cricket - North Adelaide
Soccer - Hindmarsh
Velodrome - Pooraka
Swimming Centre - Marion
Hockey - Pooraka
Netball - West Parklands

If I could think of any other sports I could probably go on...

You can't tell me that the location of the Dome isn't a particularly shortsighted decision, as is just about all of the above. Who knows, if the Dome was in town, close to public transport and restaurants and cafes, we could get much larger crowds.

Anon - I head to Melbourne several times a year for sporting events. I agree, its great!

We need to get out of this Attitude of we are only a small city. Bite the bloody bullet. A world class stadium would generate tourism and help intice more events here to Adelaide as well.

10 years ago nearly any travelling event that went to the Eastern seaboard also stopped in at Adelaide.
These days we are lucky to get 1/3 of those events.

Aurora Stadium is ripper, we went down there to watch Hawks v Tigers couple of years ago. The still have a hill where you can stand (The Railway Workers Union Hill) but much of the stadium is good quality seating. Of course, it's much easier on that scale (only seats 20-25K).

As far the rest of this.....WTF? Adelaide has restaurants and bars?

You want to improve you nightlife and restaurant precinct, import some Victorians :-)

You can stay well away, thanks!

XY, to be fair...

AFL - West Lakes - Yes, this is a fair hike from the CBD.
Basketball - Findon - <10 mins by taxi from CBD.
Cricket - North Adelaide - <5 mins by taxi from CBD.
Soccer - Hindmarsh - <5 mins by taxi from CBD.
Velodrome - Pooraka - Decent trip outside of the CBD
Swimming Centre - Marion - What about the Adelaide Aquatics Centre in North Adelaide? <5 mins by taxi from CBD.
Hockey - Pooraka - Decent trip outside of the CBD.
Netball - West Parklands - <5 mins by taxi from CBD.

As you can see, the majority of the facilities are close to the CBD. Yes, there is no 'sporting precinct' like you find in other capital cities, but this is a good thing when multiple events are on in the one night - less traffic congestion in the one spot.

MELBOURNE

AFL - MCG, Telstra Dome - Walking Distance from city centre
Basketball - Vodafone Arena - Walking Distance from the city.
Cricket - MCG - Walking Distance From The City.
Soccer - New Stadium and Telstra Dome - Wlaking Distance from the city.
Velodrome - Vodafone Arena - Walking Distance from the city
Swimming Centre - 2.5 kms from city.
Hockey - State netball & hockey centre - Less than 3km from city
Netball - State netball & hockey centre - Less than 3km from city

Skip, not to mention they are all on a short tram ride from the centre of town on which nobody ever pays!

Kev, the Aquatics Centre has been decommissioned as an international venue for swimming (surprise, surprise, it is not up to international standards) and they are building a new one at Marion. Go figure.

No complaints from me as to the location of Adelaide Oval. All our major sporting venues ought be as accessible. But they are decentralised from Adelaide and decentralised from each other.

Findon or West Lakes or Pooraka or Marion are NOT convenient locations for all Adelaideans. You only need to be on directly the other side of the CBD and you then have an inconvenient cross city trip to get there, as Adelaide has never heard of a metropolitan freeway system (that goes in both directions) or proper CBD bypass (don't even get me started).

I agree that we need a new stadium in the City, and seems the majority are of the same opinion. So much so that if a new stadium was promised in a State election it could almost sway people towards the party that supports it.

The city is by far the best option.
Adelaide's public transport is below par, getting to and from AAMI for visitors is disgraceful.
the city would be far more attractive option to build a multi purpose sports centre, similar MCG/Rod Laver but obviously would need to be slightly downsized.

Until the SA government get their head out of U no where, nothing will happen in the backwards state. They won't spend a cent on infastructure. Bit like the crows - going nowhere fast.
Move on over the border - we're happy to take on board croweaters. Move not only forward on the clock 30 minutes, but 30 years in advancement.