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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.
The stadium hosted two matches of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup: the opening match of the tournament between Australia and England, which saw the latter prevail 18-4 in front of a crowd of 22,724, and the quarter final match between England and Papua New Guinea, which saw the latter prevail 36-6 in front of a crowd of 10,563.
The lake began filling in November 1974, in time for the opening of the adjacent regional shopping centre (now Westfield West Lakes). The first inflow of ocean water was unscreened, causing a larger and more diverse influx of marine life into the lake. A large stingray was sighted in the lake, which was incorrectly reported to have been a shark.
After construction finished on the 5,000 capacity stadium Ironbark Fields; the first of two phases of stadium expansion which began in 2022, [78] the full 15,000 capacity stadium is currently under construction and is expected to finish in 2026. [79] Kilburn Sportsplex: c. 5,000 Adelaide: West Adelaide [80]
The following table shows a list of all of grounds that are currently regularly used in the Australian Football League, as of the 2024 AFL season.The table includes grounds where teams have commercial deals in place to transfer home games to these grounds each season but are not full-time tenants of those grounds; in these cases, the club is shown in italics in the current tenants column.
The Adelaide Oval is a stadium in Adelaide in the state of South Australia. It is located in the parklands . The venue is predominantly used for cricket and Australian rules football , but has also played host to rugby league , rugby union , soccer , and tennis , as well as regularly being used to hold concerts .
The new Adelaide club would adopt the moniker of "Crows" after the states inhabitants often used the nickname "Crow-eaters". During this time the SANFL began suing people involved with Port Adelaide, including people volunteering in unpaid positions, with the AFL quickly stepping in to guarantee the protection of the club and associated people ...
The smallest capacity stadium ever used in the A-League Men was Macedonia Park at 4,000 capacity, which was hosted by Perth Glory. AAMI Park is the only stadium to currently serve as the home ground of multiple teams, with the stadium serving as the home ground of Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory .