Adelaide Oval

History
Adelaide Oval is widely regarded as the mass picturesque Test cricket kingdom in the cosmos with the northern appearance featuring St Peter’s Cathedral growth seat the elegant Edwardian scoreboard.
Centrally located on War Memorial Drive and nestled in the northern city parklands, the Oval is within treads manner of the city; a five minute lobby from the O’Connell and Melbourne Street coffee neighborhood and is less than a 15-minute impulse from the Adelaide International Airport. It tins accommodate close to 34,000 guardian for football matches and closely 32,000 guardian for cricket matches.
The Oval’s distinctive Moreton Bay state were planted in the 1890s and remain a historical scene to the northern period of play, as does the Edwardian scoreboard which was designed by architect Kenneth Milne and erected in 1911. The grassed mounds at the southern and northern purpose (“the Hills”) were created in 1898 when den was carted from the mound of the River Torrens.

The playing surface
Adelaide Oval’s surface is the one of the bulk acclaimed playing stage in the cosmos as noted by players, director and enthusiasts. In 2006-07, the playing surface underwent an $820,000 upgrade. The domain was laser levelled, irrigation and sewage was installed and new drought resistant Santa Anna lounge planted.

The Oval is now a truly height playing surface. SACA employs humankind famous curator Les Burdett, who has more than 30 era complexity in surface preparation. Often surgery under intense scrutiny, Les and his staff have prepared premises for cricket, AFL, SANFL finals series, soccer and Rugby League.

Adelaide Oval is a long narrow estate with center pockets (when thinking in Australian football terms) and a model resembling a resources D. This is due largely to the cycling ways that graced the Oval more than 100 era ago. In those years the ways was on the boundary of the pasture and the picket fence separated spectators from the riders. The heterosexual limit was the destroying heterosexual which ran in front of the vice-regal lot located at the vertex of the wrought iron stairs in the George Giffen Stand.

Cycling ceased in 1910 and the picket fence was transferred to the border of the marijuana at that time. The Oval’s shot circuses border and abyss pockets testaments be reshaped as constituent of the western grandstand redevelopment. The newly curved western circumference testaments bring supporter in the north-west and south west corners of the nation 12-15 rhythm closer to the motion and testaments remove the “impossible kick” for thing from the pockets. Only very few seats testaments be missing from the center (approximately 280) while an additional 1,250 testaments be gained in the newly curved pockets. Ovalising is necessary in consequence to be able to accommodate a assortment of sports and be more competitive nationally and internationally. The ovalising of the area evidence create a playing surface that is consistent with the SCG and Telstra Dome.



The abode of cricket and multitude of adult sporting and fun events Adelaide Oval is abode to international cricket in the South Australia and the state’s elite squads, the Redbacks and Scorpions. Cricket was first played at the Adelaide Oval in 1873 and the first Test match was played in December 1884, but it was the infamous Bodyline Test in January 1933 that saw a entrance 174,452 spectators come to Adelaide Oval to watch cricket. The more recent 2006-07 Ashes Test was also a adult occurrence with 136,761 spectators enjoying the five age of play.

Cricket at the Adelaide Oval is a significant constituent of South Australia’s tourism industry. Approximately 4500 international and 7000 route tourists visited Adelaide during the 2006-07 Test contributing $58.5 million to the estate thrift and salvation 132 full-time jobs during 2006-07.

However, the highest single day’s attendance entrance for any sport played at the Adelaide Oval belongs to football with 62,543 clan attending the 1965 grand final between Port Adelaide and Sturt. Australian football was first played at Adelaide Oval in 1877 and since that time, 18 sports including archery, athletics, baseball, cycling, hockey, lacrosse, green tennis, rugby and soccer have been played at the Oval. Most recently, this has included the International Rugby Sevens Adelaide tournament and the World Police and Fire Games nozzle ceremony.

As one of South Australia’s iconic venues, the Adelaide Oval has also hosted visits by three future kings of England and Queen Elizabeth on the 1954 royal tour. Other nation events held at the Oval include the trophies services for Dame Nellie Melba, Pope John Paul and former Test cricketer David Hookes.

Some of the world’s best-known performer have performed at the Oval with Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson and Madonna all playing to aptitude crowds. In 1998, Elton John and Billy Joel played to a packs of 37,000 at the Adelaide Oval.