It seemed 6 months ago - when West Lakes needed a lot spent on it and a new inner city stadium was about a billion - the way to go.

yeah great - how about basketball getting some much needed support come on govt support grass roots sports in the community with facilities to benefit many
i reckon basketball be happy with 45 million to kick start 4 - 5 decent community venues - one tenth of the cost and benefit to far more
not happy not interested lost me

Vicky Valk needs a facelift.

Good work to all concerned. It's been a long time coming but we have finally got a deal which makes sense!

They should co-locate a soccer stadium on the north shore of the Torrens as well once the facilities at Hindmarsh Stadium wear out!

My only real question is why does the design show the bridge across the Torrens coming from around the shoreline near where the paddle boats are? The whole point of having an upgraded Adelaide Oval and a bridge is to help get people to and from the ground by public transport - surely primarily the train! Why not take a direct route with the bridge from the north entrance of the station straight across the river?

Beantown.... STOP!!!!!! You are using 'logic'.


Politicians don't need logic, whatever floats their boats and looks cool regardless of logic is always the best outcome.

Am i the only one that does not like the white tee-pee style pavilions? I guess it works better as a multi-facility but i liked the old style for the cricket ground.

I'm kinda torn on the whole thing, i would love a city stadium but i like the idea of keeping adelaide oval how it used to be. Its a great location though.

They should mothball footy park and combine the funds to get a whole stadium. Guess its hard enough to get where they are at the moment though that might be asking to much.

I'd rather stay at AAMI but obviously I'm outweighed on this one so I'll shutup now.

Perhaps the 'basketball fraternity' should begin a petition to the government, starting with the district clubs, branching into country, church, schools, social, wherever.
If they have money to spend as they come into an election, we should share in some.
I am well aware that the government bailed the old BASA out of trouble, but the clubs and people below did not cause this dilemna, so why should we suffer simply because we love basketball?

We could completely abandon the soccer world cup bid and give THAT money to BA! Idea of the day right there.

This is great news for sports fans. Well overdue.

However I do agree with others in regards to basketball being left on the backburner yet again. Something needs to be done to pursue funding for new venues and upgrading existing ones.

Ian Mclachlan (SACA President) has been ploughing away at this for years and there's been 'old' funding available for upgrade of Adelaide oval.
He went close to being Prime Minister so he knows politics, linking all the players and the like.
Of course timely for Rann - July election, but still a few years work from Mclachlan leading up to this.
Had one dealing with him (when he was Farmers Federation President) - " I'll fix it " he said, "But I want all the FACTS and no bulls... "

Good info Camel.

BTW, did wonder if they couldn't have snuck in a few million to add a 5-8,000 seat basketball/netball stadium within the complex.

"Hanging Round", I think you'll find the Clubs were a part of the old BASA and definitely played a part in the financial demise of it. I don't think the goverment will do any favours to a privately owned business either!
Isaac, agree with you, they should turn that Adelaide Oval area into a sporting mecca with a Rod Laver / Vodafone arena set up to cater for events, basketball and netball. But as they have just redeveloped the entertianment centre, it won't happen!

I dont understand why the Stadium could not be built to incorporate..

1) an 8000 seat ent centre that would be suitable for Bball/netball etc.

2) and this seems to obvious... Make the seating flexible to use it as a Football (soccer) stadium, just needs seating to be able to be added/removed to make it a rectangular ground and suitable for 2022 world cup.

They could then sell off the land at hindmarsh and the dome, recoup some much needed cash to put into the building?

So what does this mean for the new club facility ("The Shed") that the Adelaide Football Club has just built? That was for after games wasn't it? And it's at West Lakes, isn't it? So will the club members who paid for it going to get their value out of it?

What are the time frames before home games for AFC and PAFC get moved to the new Adelaide Oval?

Is investing money tagged for public transport (the West Lakes tram line) better invested in upgrading a public entertainment venue?

Should AFC, PAFC and SACA members just get levies on their membership fees instead of using so much taxpayers' money (you know - like other businesses and clubs have to)?

Will the turning of the first sod/signing of the formal agreement/other photo opportunity coincide with the opening of the next election campaign?

So many questions.