AAMI Stadium
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| Location | Turner Drive, West Lakes, Adelaide, South Australia |
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| Coordinates | 34°52′48″S 138°29′44″E / 34.88000°S 138.49556°ECoordinates: 34°52′48″S 138°29′44″E / 34.88000°S 138.49556°E |
| Owner | SANFL |
| Operator | SANFL |
| Capacity | 51,515 |
| Record attendance | 66,897 (Sturt v Port Adelaide, 1976 SANFL Grand Final) |
| Field size | Football: 165m x 135m |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | 1971 |
| Opened | 1974 |
| Construction cost | A$6.6m (A$60m in 2016 dollars) |
| Architect | Various |
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Adelaide Football Club (AFL) (1991–2013) Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) (1997–2013) Woodville-West Torrens Eagles (SANFL) (1991–1992) Glenelg Tigers (SANFL) (1991) |
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Football Park, also known commercially as AAMI Stadium, is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, the state capital of South Australia, Australia. It was built in 1973 by the South Australian National Football League and opened in 1974. Until the end of the 2013 AFL season, it served as the home ground of both the Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide Football Club. It also hosted all SANFL finals from 1974 to 2013. It has a seating capacity of 51,240.
Since 2014, it has not been used for any SANFL or AFL matches. As of 2017, it is still the headquarters and training ground for Adelaide Crows.
Ground was broken for Football Park in 1971, giving the SANFL its own venue after years of playing out of the Adelaide Oval, which was controlled by the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA). Due to ongoing conflicts with the SACA, the SANFL had wanted to leave Adelaide Oval and into their own home stadium for a number of years, finally settling on the undeveloped swampland at West Lakes in 1970 (the same year as the similarly designed, but larger VFL Park opened in Melbourne).
The stadium hosted its first football game on 4 May 1974, an SANFL match between Central District and North Adelaide. The first goal was kicked by North's Barry Hearl, but The Bulldogs won the game defeating The Roosters 21.13 (139) to 16.13 (109).
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