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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 .
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Venues for Australian rules football, cricket, rugby league, rugby union and soccer are listed here, if they are a regular venue of: . An Australian national team (Australia national cricket team, Australia national rugby league team, Australia national rugby union team, Australia national soccer team)
The records included in this article cover senior Australian rules football at Adelaide Oval, located in Adelaide, South Australia, for both men and women.The records include the South Australian league football (first known as the South Australian Football Association, then South Australian Football League, and later South Australian National Football League) from 1877, when the first ...
The first major international act to perform at the Oval was Fleetwood Mac, in 1977. Many big names have performed there since, including David Bowie , Linda Ronstadt , KISS , Simon and Garfunkel , Paul McCartney and Wings , Madonna , Michael Jackson , Elton John , Billy Joel , Neil Diamond , Pearl Jam , AC/DC , and the Foo Fighters .
Memorial Drive Park, more generally referred to as "Memorial Drive", is a tennis venue, located adjacent to the Adelaide Oval, in the park lands surrounding the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. Memorial Drive took its name from the winding avenue, known as War Memorial Drive, which separates the venue from the River Torrens .
The Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority (AOSMA) is a company whose directors and members are appointed equally by the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA). AOSMA is not a public authority. It was created in December 2009 as a non-profit public company limited by guarantee.
Since 1884, Adelaide Oval has also hosted an international cricket test every summer, along with a number of One Day International cricket matches. Memorial Drive Park, adjacent to the Adelaide Oval, used to host Davis Cup and other major tennis events, including the Australian Open and the Adelaide International. Adelaide's professional ...