Hindmarsh Stadium
| Coopers Stadium | |
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| Location | Holden Street, Hindmarsh, South Australia 5007 |
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| Coordinates | 34°54′27″S 138°34′8″E / 34.90750°S 138.56889°ECoordinates: 34°54′27″S 138°34′8″E / 34.90750°S 138.56889°E |
| Owner | South Australian Government |
| Operator | Adelaide Venue Management Corporation |
| Capacity | 16,500 |
| Record attendance | 18,430 (Italy vs Nigeria, 2000 Olympic Games) |
| Field size | 120 x 80 metres |
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| Built | 1960 |
| Opened | 1960 |
| Renovated | February 2000 |
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West Adelaide SC (NSL) (1977–1999) Adelaide City (NSL) (1986–2004) Adelaide Rams (NRL) (1998) Adelaide United (NSL/A-League) (2003–present) |
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The Hindmarsh Stadium (currently known as the Coopers Stadium due to sponsorship from the Adelaide-based Coopers Brewery) is a multi-purpose stadium located in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the home of the Australian A-League team, Adelaide United.
The stadium now has a capacity of 16,500, of which 15,000 is seated. Home team Adelaide United regularly fill this capacity, and averaged crowds of over 12,000 to its matches during the 2006-07 Season and 2007-08 Season. United used the stadium for its home matches in the 2008 AFC Asian Champions League, the 2010 AFC Asian Champions League, and the 2012 AFC Asian Champions League.
Built in 1960, the stadium stands on the site that was once Hindmarsh Oval which housed the West Torrens Football Club of the SANFL from 1905 until 1921, when the team moved to nearby Thebarton Oval which would remain its home until 1989. During World War I the Patriotic Football League, a group of SANFL clubs that wanted to continue playing football during the war played many games at the venue. The 1916 Patriotic Football League Grand Final was held at the ground between Port Adelaide and West Torrens with Port Adelaide winning 7.11 (53) to 1.13 (19).
The Soccer Association of South Australia owned land on a former brick pit on Torrens Road at Brompton named Rowley Park which was located only 5 km from the city, and the original plan was for the land to be the home of Soccer in SA as the site formed a natural bowl. However, the Soccer Association had received negative press regarding its failure to grow grass on the site. Rowley Park also had a tendency to flood during winter as the bottom of "The Brick Pit" was below the level of the water table which made playing soccer virtually impossible. The land was eventually leased to a group of speedway drivers and would become the famous Rowley Park Speedway which ran from December 1949 until it closed in April 1979. The land was eventually sold and is now the Kym Bonython housing estate, named for the speedway's long time promoter Kym Bonython.
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