Coopers Stadium $75m upgrade plan includes covered roof, link to Adelaide Oval, host rugby and...


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melbourne_terrace wrote:
quickflick wrote:
Fucking tragic. The Adelaide Oval used to be one of the most picturesque cricket grounds in the world. As a result of redevelopment and making it a multi-purpose stadium, it has been ruined. And it's only getting worse. Utter tragedy.


Yep, one of the worlds greatest grounds and now just another carbon copy AFL bowl.

But that's the 21st century for you. You have to upgrade in order to attract good events even if it comes at the cost of demolishing what was there before.
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melbourne_terrace wrote:
And the attendance thread

but anyway i'll just copy what i said.

Doesn't seem like they want to do the upgrade for the right reasons. A roof and expansion isn't going to attract a Rugby team to play 5 times a year. The ARU work by the FFA school of thought and give all extra National Team games to Sydney and the Rebels might do a pre season game or some other token fixture there but no NRL team is desperate enough to whore itself out to another city for more than one game a year. The worst bit is they are actually considering extending the pitch when the ground is perfect atm and is primarily a football ground. Plenty of Rugby games in England are played on football grounds just use a smaller in goal area than usual.

A roof or some basic cover should be happening now and built to allow a possible expansion if needed but no expansion of the ground should happen until AU average 15k a game

It has happened for the past 3 years. It's usually Cantebury and some red & white mob ( St. George? )
There has also has been talk for many years now about re-enstating the Adelaide Rams franchise,

But really someone hasn't done their homework, it's been discussed on here before that by blocking in the corners major roads are affected as is land, Plus a 50% clouded roof in our climate would really play havoc with the grass + make the inside like a sauna.
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davidbloop wrote:
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paulc wrote:
Last puissant game attracted 6950? :oops:


Rain affected crowd.

-PB


Wettest Feb day in Adelaide since 1969


and Valentines Day and the Fringe Festival. All in all, I think it was actually not a bad turnout at all,


plus several major roads north were flooded, I left work at 415, and got to game 10 mins in. I was at home getting chasnged for 5 mins.


starting to sound more fickle than east sydney supporters


If over 6,000 people rocking up while this was happening is fickle....








Then fine, we're fickle.


Clearly you needed this:


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Multibet wrote:
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We have been waiting for something like this for donkey years............but i cant see it happening. Football is offside with the majority of sport fans in SA and the government.

Rugby is not going to come to coopers stadium so for the government to give 75mil to upgrade a "soccer" stadium.i cant see it happening.

quite sad. a roof and the corners filled in would just be awesome. and the roof would make it a complete stadium very similar to AAMI Park in melbourne

the atmosphere and noise 25000 united supporters could make would equate to a full mcg afl game easily


How about 6 thousand ?


25k AUFC fans is like 25k AFL fans...................................Adelaide united fans don't make that much noise tbh.
Quick question, have you ever been to an Adelaide game?
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paladisious wrote:
davidbloop wrote:
williamn wrote:
Schultzy wrote:
Redandwhite wrote:
patjennings wrote:
paulbagzFC wrote:
paulc wrote:
Last puissant game attracted 6950? :oops:


Rain affected crowd.

-PB


Wettest Feb day in Adelaide since 1969


and Valentines Day and the Fringe Festival. All in all, I think it was actually not a bad turnout at all,


plus several major roads north were flooded, I left work at 415, and got to game 10 mins in. I was at home getting chasnged for 5 mins.


starting to sound more fickle than east sydney supporters


If over 6,000 people rocking up while this was happening is fickle....








Then fine, we're fickle.


Clearly you needed this:


:lol: :lol: :lol: Love it
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A covered roof? Why do you need to cover a roof? It's a roof.
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clifton wrote:
A covered roof? Why do you need to cover a roof? It's a roof.


I, personally, have no problem with it.
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clifton wrote:
A covered roof? Why do you need to cover a roof? It's a roof.


CLASSIC! =d> =d> =d> =d> I genuinely laughed out loud!
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Hmm yeah, improve the facilities and provide a well-designed roof for the ground's lay out and orientation and perhaps leave capacity there for the stadium's eventual greater capacity upgrade to 25k... but the current capacity is well sufficient and perhaps a slight bump up by 1-2k would be well sufficient, but no more than that.

Upgrade the facilities, make the stadium experience more comfortable and even accessible for all spectators, see the attendance of primary tenants Adelaide United slowly increase and like the Wanderers-model, let scarcity build, demand start to seriously push/exceed supply, and THEN seriously pursue greater expansion.

melbourne_terrace wrote:
quickflick wrote:
Fucking tragic. The Adelaide Oval used to be one of the most picturesque cricket grounds in the world. As a result of redevelopment and making it a multi-purpose stadium, it has been ruined. And it's only getting worse. Utter tragedy.


Yep, one of the worlds greatest grounds and now just another carbon copy AFL bowl.


Indeed. :/

Kamaryn wrote:
clifton wrote:
A covered roof? Why do you need to cover a roof? It's a roof.


CLASSIC! =d> =d> =d> =d> I genuinely laughed out loud!


Hehe less the roof is covered... in terms of costs? Or, that roof is covered by insurance? :p

Edited by GloryPerth: 19/2/2014 03:20:56 AM
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