Not a subscriber to Advertiser but this is the site mentioned previously between Karrawirra Parri/ River Torrens and North Terrace, West of Morphett Street, Adelaide

If they end up building a CBD ~12-15k stadium that will setup the 36ers nicely. 36ers will be just fine at entertainment centre (10,500) until it is built.

Basketball infra wise, most clubs are in pretty good situation - Tassie with new infra, Cairns with new infra, Perth/Melbourne set, Sydney is ok albeit far from CBD. NZ is fine.

That leaves Illawarra with their crappy stadium

Sydney's entertainment centre is currently being rebuilt, hence their current location.

You're talking the ICC, that has been built already

Much noise was made about the Wollongong based Hawks regaining the name Illawarra and yet 99% of the time, they are still referred to as The Hawks. If it was such a big deal, why haven't they as least changed one of their uniforms to at least include the name of their region. It even looks like none of their merchandise includes Illawarra.
Why was the name Illawarra removed? I'm happy its back, but don't understand why it is not used.

Election promises are like farts - easy to make, seem to have substance, gain attention, soon disappear but often have an unpleasant effect on those around them.

Look at any party's previous scorecard of promises versus delivery and you’ll generally come away disappointed .

If it's anything like the govt's electrifying of the train lines it won't happen in our lifetime. Sounds good though, these projects always do. Not sure why the 36ers need it given they don't come close to filling the AEC but likely more about making the team more attractive to buyers.

Grant Kelley is always seen working over the Premier at home games the squeaky wheel always gets the grease.

Not much in that space now, and it would extend that new riverside district/facade well. That said, seems somewhat wasteful to be constantly throwing public funds at replacing serviceable infrastructure.

They're not building it for the Sixers only.

I feel like we're really seeing that Adelaide mindset on show here. Soon as someone says "let's do something" you hear a chorus of "why bother?" "what's wrong with things as they are?"

If it were up to some of these people we'd still be playing out of Apollo stadium.

I understand being a little dubious that this plan gets off the ground but I don't understand being in any way against it. Bigger stadiums mean potentially more events coming to South Australia, which means more opportunities for business, which is therefore better for everyone.

And if you're asking why Adelaide needs a bigger stadium, well, why doesn't it?

We may not fill up the Entertainment Centre at the moment, but we have seen a vast improvement on crowds since moving there. The reason being simply convenience. It is now easier to get to 36ers games, so now more people go to 36er games.

But how easy would it be if the games were smack-bang in the middle of the city? It would be easier for public transport, and it would just be convenient. Why not start your night out at a 36ers game? You could literally walk to the pub of your choice immediately after.

It also has convenience from a marketing standpoint. You can put up signs around the city, and the 36er crowds, wearing blue, coming to-and-from the games is the kind of free marketing money cant buy.

I see absolutely no reason why a successful 36ers team could not average 10+ thousand fans a game in this city. Absolutely none.

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Agree - this is a no brainer.

These types of things see all the NIMBYs, Pissantry, Cynicism and general lack of ambition South Australians are famous for.

Usually starts with the "it's a waste of money, spend it on education and health", not understanding the fact that infrastructure like this are key drivers to economic prosperity, jobs and bringing revenue in from other states and countries. Economic prosperity is how you get into a position to have best possible investment in education and health.

Then you have the Parkland conservationists who fiercely believe in lots of barren parkland and vehemently oppose any sort of activation of parklands - despite a city like Melbourne showing exactly what you can do with parklands. A Riverbank Arena on the railway lines encroaching on the parkland/river turns that surrounding parkland part of the riverbank into an activated area that’s going to be used and enjoyed more.

Then you have the NIMBYs who just don’t want development of any kind and would love to see us remain in the 1950s, as if they own their own land property as well as the rest of the city.

This is how you have an undeveloped old Lecornus site that has now become so old there’s a second “old Lecornus site”.

Let’s be clear here - if it’s starting development after the WCH is built, so 2025, you’re talking a 2030 finish almost. 8/9 years down the line is the ent centre going to be up to scratch?

Here is an opportunity to consolidate convention centre facilities with basketball, netball etc instead of having multiple stadiums for multiple sports with multiple catering/facilities management. Leveraging the CC and consolidating makes financial sense. Having increased capacity means ability to have international conferences and the like. It means growth potential for 36ers, Thunderbirds etc - no reason to think we won’t see crowd increases like we have at Adelaide Oval. It becomes the city experience - night out, dinner then bball then a few bars.

This would almost be that final piece to the overall Riverbank/North Terrace development, it’s the right financial, economic, infrastructure move.

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Yes, but let's say stupid things about the monorail because Adelaide getting a new arena is such a crazy idea.

There's a reason why Adelaide kind of sucks a little bit, and it's the people of Adelaide that make it that way

That's alright ME you can go live in Melbourne with KET. This whole "Adelaide is just a big country town" mindset is perpetuated by Vics because they know they've irreversibly screwed Melbourne and want Adelaide to walk off the ledge with them.

Adelaide being 1/3 the size of Melbourne and the smallest of the five major capital cities is precisely what's great about it. I remember a few years ago big American rock band Queens of the Stone Age came to Adelaide their frontman Josh Homme who knows a thing or two about Aus having been married to a Melbourne girl for over a decade at the time said something to the crowd like "Adelaide is great for being Adelaide, don't try and become like Melbourne because they've stuffed that city".

I'm not advocating never do anything but all the best parts about Adelaide are because it's Adelaide you're virtually 20 mins from the CBD or the beach wherever you live, we've got the best designed CBD in the world, the best CBD parklands in the world etc.

The 36ers have got a perfectly fine AEC to play in that they never come close to filling that is virtually in the CBD only 2-3 mins drive out of the city with a tram at the front door. There is zero justification for the 36ers needing a bigger venue 2-3 minutes away.