Football Park
Former Australian rules football stadium in Adelaide, South Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Football Park, known commercially as AAMI Stadium, was 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 (SANFL) and opened in 1974. Until the end of the 2013 AFL season, it served as the home ground of South Australia's AFL clubs, the Adelaide Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club. It also hosted all SANFL finals from 1974 to 2013. Demolition of the stadium's grandstands began in August 2018,[1] and finished in March 2019.[2]
AAMI Stadium | |
Location | Turner Drive, West Lakes, Adelaide, South Australia |
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Coordinates | 34°52′48″S 138°29′44″E |
Capacity | 51,240 |
Record attendance | 66,897 (Sturt v Port Adelaide, 1976 SANFL Grand Final) |
Field size | 165 metres x 135 metres |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1971 |
Opened | 1974 |
Expanded | 2001 |
Closed | 2015 |
Demolished | 2018–2019 |
Construction cost | AU$6.6 million (1974) |
Tenants | |
Adelaide Football Club[note 1] Glenelg Football Club (1991) |
Despite the demolition of all grandstands, the stadium's playing surface was retained. The surface is used by the Adelaide Football Club as its primary training ground, and is also accessible to the public.