Adelaide Oval
  
Top: Aerial view of the Oval in April 2014.
Bottom: Scoreboard on "The Hill" and St Peter's Cathedral in 2008. |
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| Location | War Memorial Drive, Adelaide, South Australia |
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| Coordinates | 34°54′56″S 138°35′46″E / 34.91556°S 138.59611°ECoordinates: 34°54′56″S 138°35′46″E / 34.91556°S 138.59611°E |
| Owner | South Australian Government |
| Operator | Adelaide Oval SMA Ltd |
| Capacity | 53,583 3,500 standing |
| Field size | 167 x 124 metres |
| Opened | 1871 |
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| Cricket Test Match · Australia ODI · Australia First Class · South Australia T20 · South Australia · Australia · Adelaide Strikers (BBL) · Adelaide Strikers (WBBL) Australian rules football AFL · Adelaide · Port Adelaide SANFL · South Adelaide · West Adelaide · Port Adelaide · Sturt Soccer · Australia · Adelaide United Rugby League · Adelaide Rams Rugby Union · Rugby World Cup American football · US Servicemen |
(1884–present) (1975–present) (1877–present) (2005–2011) (2014–present) (2011–present) (2015–present) (2014–present) (2011, 2014–present) (1882–1903, 1905–94) (1940–1957) (1975–1976) (1987–1997) (1958, 2016) (2014–present) (1997–1998) (2003) (1942) |
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| http://www.adelaideoval.com.au | |
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| City End Cathedral End |
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| International information | |
| First Test | 12–16 December 1884: Australia v  England |
| Last Test | 24-28 November 2016: Australia v  South Africa |
| First ODI | 20 December 1975: Australia v  West Indies |
| Last ODI | 26 January 2017: Australia v  Pakistan |
| First T20I | 12 January 2011: Australia v England |
| Last T20I | 26 January 2016: Australia v  India |
| As of 26 January 2017 Source: Cricinfo |
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Adelaide Oval is a stadium in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the city centre and North Adelaide.
The stadium is mostly used for cricket and Australian rules football, but also plays host to rugby league, rugby union, soccer, and concerts. Its record crowd for cricket was 52,633 during the 2014–15 Big Bash League season semi final between the Adelaide Strikers and Sydney Sixers, and its overall record attendance was 62,543 at the 1965 SANFL Grand Final between the Port Adelaide and Sturt.
The Oval has been headquarters to the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) since 1871 and South Australian National Football League (SANFL) since 2014. The stadium is managed by the Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority (AOSMA). Redevelopments between 2008 and 2014, costing $575 million, increased the stadium's seating capacity from 34,000 to 53,583 (including standing room). The Adelaide and Port Adelaide Football Clubs also returned to the stadium, leaving Football Park.
In 2010, Austadiums.com called the Adelaide Oval "one of the most picturesque Test cricket grounds in Australia, if not the world". In December 2009 South Australian Premier Mike Rann announced a $450 million government commitment to redevelop Adelaide Oval to enable AFL Football to be played there. In May 2011 Treasurer Kevin Foley announced an increase in government funding to $535 million. After the redevelopment, sports journalist Gerard Whateley described it as "the most perfect piece of modern architecture because it's a thoroughly contemporary stadium with all the character that it's had in the past".
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