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AAMI Stadium
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| AAMI Stadium | |
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| Football Park | |
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| Location | West Lakes, Adelaide |
| Broke ground | 1971 |
| Opened | 1974 |
| Owner | South Australian National Football League |
| Operator | Australian Football League |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction cost | $6.6 million |
| Architect | Various |
| Former names | Football Park 1973-2002 |
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| Adelaide Crows (AFL) (1991-present) Port Adelaide (AFL) (1997-present) |
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AAMI Stadium, formerly known as Football Park, is an AFL stadium located in West Lakes, Adelaide, South Australia. It was built in 1973 by the South Australian Football League (SANFL) and is now the home ground of the Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide Power. AAMI Stadium is the fourth largest AFL stadium in Australia in terms of crowd capacity, behind the Telstra Dome, Telstra Stadium and the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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Football Park hosted its first event, an SANFL match between Central District and North Adelaide, on May 4, 1974.
In addition to football, AAMI Stadium has also hosted cricket matches, most famously for the Kerry Packer-run World Series Cricket competition of the late 1970s, International Rules and concerts.
AAMI Stadium has a bus terminal for public buses from Adelaide and surrounding suburbs. There is no railway but there have been plans to build a spur from the Grange line. The nearest station is Grange. Many people also drive with their cars to AAMI Stadium on game day but finding a parking spot can be difficult, especially if people are going to a Showdown (AFL) or a concert involving big name performers.
Major artists have held concerts at AAMI, such as: ABBA, Dire Straits, U2, The Rolling Stones, Robbie Williams. [1]
| Five highest attended events | ||||
| Number | Event | Type | Attendance | Date |
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| 1 | Sturt v Port Adelaide | SANFL Grand Final | 66,897 | 28 September 1976 |
| 2 | U2 | Concert | 60,000 (approx) | 16 November 2006 |
| 3 | Adelaide v Port Adelaide | AFL Match | 51,140 | 26 April 2003 (Saturday Night) |
| 4 | Adelaide v Port Adelaide | AFL 1st Semi Final | 50,521 | 10 September 2005 (Saturday Night) |
| 5 | Adelaide v West Coast Eagles | AFL Preliminary Final | 50,514 | 23 September 2006 (Saturday Afternoon) |
The stadium has an absolute seated maximum capacity of 51,515, about 5% of the population of the entire city of Adelaide.
Since it was built, Football Park has had many additions including:
- In 1984 the Light Towers were installed.
- In 1985 alcohol was banned from the seats. Alcohol could only be consumed in the bar areas.
- In 1997 the stadium opened new corporate facilities, with suites at the southern end of the ground.
- In 1998 the superscreen was added to the NE side of the ground.
- In 2001 the balcony upper level of seats was extended towards the Northern End of the ground.
- In 2004 the existing aluminium bench seating on the lower deck was replaced with plastic bucket seats.
- In 2007, the Sound System was fully upgraded with new plastic PA speakers installed all around the stadium. A new and louder siren has also been added and a new super screen has been installed at the Southern End of the ground to aid viewers sitting under the existing superscreen on the North East side of the ground. The existing main scoreboard started its use for advertising and new scoreboards were built under both superscreens.
In the next five years, AAMI Stadium is most likely to receive a $70 million upgrade. The upgrade will include a Medallion Club on the eastern side roof (the Sun often shines towards this direction), the members grandstand roof raised with 2,000 extra seats, an upgraded sound system, upgraded lighting, and upgraded umpires' change rooms.
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| Major grounds: | AAMI Stadium · Gabba · Melbourne Cricket Ground · Skilled Stadium · Subiaco Oval · Sydney Cricket Ground · Telstra Dome · Telstra Stadium |
| Minor grounds: | Aurora Stadium · Carrara Stadium · Manuka Oval · TIO Stadium |
| Former AFL/VFL major grounds: |
Arden Street Oval · Brunswick Street Oval · Corio Oval · East Melbourne Cricket Ground · Glenferrie Oval · Junction Oval · Lake Oval · Moorabbin Oval · Princes Park · Punt Road Oval · Victoria Park · WACA Ground · Waverley Park · Whitten Oval · Windy Hill |