Maybe a new ground for Adelaide -

[midfielder]

Interesting article from the Adelaide Advertiser / Sunday mail


Dario has stadium plan

VAL MIGLIACCIO

April 24, 2008 12:30am

http://www.news.com.au/common/imaged...6003029,00.jpg


http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23590424-5006373,00.html

Determined ... Adelaide United chairman Dario Fontanarosa with his model of a new inner city stadium. Picture: NEON MARTIN

ADELAIDE United chairman Dario Fontanarosa says building a new inner city stadium is not only about boosting Adelaide's chances of hosting proposed World Cup matches in 2018.

Fontanarosa's master plan to construct a purpose built all-seater undercover rectangular stadium is starting to take shape with overseas investors prepared to partly fund the project.

"I feel obligated as chairman of Adelaide United to deliver a worthwhile facility so people in this state don't continually miss out on the best soccer games available in the nation," Fontanarosa said.

Fontanarosa said Football Federation Australia chief executive Ben Buckley had in principle endorsed the master plan.

Fontanarosa said the proposed stadium should be built just for soccer and in five years.

"I don't want Adelaide United to play on a round oval or a running track around it," he said.

"It has to be a purpose-built soccer stadium. They're talking about billions (to build one) which is not true. A FIFA-approved world-class stadium is $10,500 a seat."

Fontanarosa's stadium project has been costed at $475 million for a 45,000 all-seater stadium.

He believes that the continual growth of the game will force Adelaide into moving to a bigger home - away from Hindmarsh Stadium.

"We're aiming at 25,000 to 30,000 crowds for Adelaide United matches," he said.

"Regardless of the World Cup we need a bigger stadium. The fact that we've got the World Cup (bid) now is just a bonus."

Fontanarosa said Adelaide's crowd pulling power when it staged a 25,039 sell-out clash at Adelaide Oval last year was no fluke.

"People love city stadiums," he said. "The ideal location I think is the Thebarton police barracks."

Fontanarosa revealed that United would always lose the rights to hosting A-League Grand Finals purely because of Hindmarsh Stadium.

A Department of Tourism report also revealed that the 2018 World Cup could bring billions of dollars in economic benefits to Australia.

The 2002 FIFA World Cup which was hosted in Japan and Korea generated a staggering $27 billion.

 

[RADINHO]

mini nou camp

 

[Atomic]

I doubt that it will be a soccer only venue. Surely they'd have to make allowances to fit a rugby field in there are well. The only difference between the two fields is the in goal areas in rugby. It means that the end stands will have to be about another 5 meters back from where they otherwise would be. A very small compromise, but I'd rather have a stadium with the ends as close to the 'keeper as possible, ala Nou Camp

 

[Omni]

Not really Atomic, Ruby is nothing out there, it's AFL and Football so they could away with it and make Rugby deal with short in goal (like they do in England) if they want to use the stadium.

 

[pjennings]

Can I order one of those for Adcock Park!!!! ;D

 

[midfielder]

Can I order one of those for Adcock Park!!!! ;D

Order accepted Pjennings can you please sent Midfielder the 450 million ............ on my way to Spain

 

[Atomic]

Not really Atomic, Ruby is nothing out there, it's AFL and Football so they could away with it and make Rugby deal with short in goal (like they do in England) if they want to use the stadium.

I'm thinking of the Wallaby Test matches. The Adelaide gov't is crying out to host them as they have played to packed Adelaide Oval crowds in the past. I also saw a recent international rugby sevens tournament played there on Fox Sports. If the gov't are tossing in funds to build this stadium then they are going to want as many games as possible to be played there. One or two Wallaby games per year are guaranteed sell-out and I bet the ARU won't be playing there if the in-goal area is anything short of a decent size.

 

[adz]

A bit optimistic building a new stadium in Adelaide to host grand finals

 

[Atomic]

Knowing the FFA, United don't have to be one of the two teams playing

 

[adz]

haha perth vs wellington, meet half way

 

[Atomic]

It will be as full as when South Sydney play at ANZ (maybe a little more)

 

[dibo]

Not really Atomic, Ruby is nothing out there, it's AFL and Football so they could away with it and make Rugby deal with short in goal (like they do in England) if they want to use the stadium.

they'd make it at least 130m long just in case anybody felt like playing a rugby match there (either code). world cup standard is 125m long anyway (allows 10m behind each goal line) - that's shorter than most of the 'traditional' grounds around the place like the nou camp or whatever.

 

[Jesus]

He is a rich guy. If he thinks he can get it off the ground im sure he can.
Especially with the world cup bid, the state and federal govt will be more liekly to throw a few bucks at it.

 

[Paolo]

recycled article from a few months ago when they said it would happen.

Also...the article says an "allseater undercover" stadium when quite clearly the model is an open stadium with no undercover

 

[Arabmariner]

recycled article from a few months ago when they said it would happen.

Also...the article says an "allseater undercover" stadium when quite clearly the model is an open stadium with no undercover

I thought I,d read about this before.The photo I,m sure is from the same article months ago aswell.I wouldn,t be surprised if that article wasn,t almost a year old.

 

[Paolo]

The photo is from the same article a few months back