AAMI Stadium
AAMI Stadium<tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">Football Park</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr> | |
|---|---|
| Location | West Lakes, Adelaide |
| Opened | 1974 <tr><td>Closed</td><td>Open</td></tr><tr><td>Demolished</td><td>N/A</td></tr> |
| Owner | South Australian National Football League <tr><td>Operator</td><td>Australian Football League</td></tr><tr><td>Surface</td><td>Grass</td></tr><tr><td>Construction cost</td><td>$6.6 million</td></tr><tr><td>Architect</td><td>Various</td></tr><tr><th style="background: #efefef;" colspan="2">Former names</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Football Park</td></tr> |
| Tenants | |
| Adelaide Crows, AFL Port Adelaide | |
| Seats | |
| 51,515 (maximum) | |
AAMI Stadium, formerly known as Football Park, is the home of Australian rules football in South Australia. It is situated at West Lakes, Adelaide. It was built by the South Australian Football League (SANFL) and is now the home ground of the Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide Power.
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History
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.
Since it was built, Football Park has had many additions including light towers, corporate boxes, a super video screen, the new northern grandstand, and most recently replacing the bench seats with new bucket seating. The stadium is all-seated with an absolute maximum capacity of 51,515, about 5% of the population of the entire city of Adelaide, though this attendance is highly unlikely to be reached. However, the record attendance stands at 66,897 for the 1976 SANFL Grand Final (Sturt v Port Adelaide), when there was standing room terracing in the outer.
Attendance figures
| Highest attendance records for AAMI Stadium (over 50,000) | ||||
| Number | Teams | Match type | Attendance | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sturt v Port Adelaide | SANFL Grand Final | 66,897 | 28th of September 1976 |
| 2 | Adelaide v Port Adelaide | AFL Match | 51,140 | 26th of April 2003 |
| 3 | Adelaide v Port Adelaide | AFL 1st Semi Final | 50,521 | 10th of September 2005 |
| 4 | Adelaide v West Coast Eagles | AFL Premilimary Final | 50,514 | 23rd of September 2006 |
Concerts
Perhaps the most notable of concerts at AAMI Stadium was performed by U2 on Thursday 16th November 2006, bringing in 60000 fans. [1]
Notes
- ^ U2 Elevates 60,000 souls at AAMI stadium independentweekly.com. Retrieved December 3, 2006.
External links
| Australian Football League grounds | ||
| 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 | ||
Categories
Australian rules football grounds | Cricket grounds in Australia | Sports venues in Adelaide