Talk:Football Park

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Whoever said there is no source on the Adelaide Oval redevelopment part, what planet are you on? Everyone that knows anything about footy in SA knows that its happening and its all over the internet. There was a link to the oval page which even says all about it. (121.45.121.211 (talk) 07:04, 13 July 2012 (UTC))

Two points, both from the article itself. How can it hold 6% of the population of Adelaide? When Adelaide's population in the Adelaide article is over 1.1 million, and AAMI stadium holds just over 50000.

How can there have been 20 showdowns when Port leads 12 to 9? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Degenerate4life (talk • contribs)
 * OK, so let's say "about 5%" (4.58 but let's round it up). And Showdown (AFL) shows 21 games played. Next time just be bold and fix them. :) Pudgey 13:41, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Robbie Williams
"Even Robbie said that this is one of the best shows that he has peformed." Wouldn't performers say this at most concerts they have. It doesn't sound very encyclpaedic to me. GK1 19:22, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Dimensions?
Erm, how big is the playing area? It isn't in the article. Cheers, Grant  |  Talk  15:31, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Highest Crowd Figures
Highest crowd figures section is just plain wrong. I recall SANFL Grand Final figures were always in the 50000s (up to 55) in the 1980s. Even the article on the 1990 GF http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_SANFL_Grand_Final states a crowd of 50,589. The article on 1977 states 56,717. I can't find a list of all GF crowd figures since the stadium was first used. Also what about that Dire Straits or was it INXS concert in about 1985? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.253.153.24 (talk) 12:50, 5 June 2008 (UTC) Changed to top 3. INXS concert was only 20000 so wouldn't be in top 5. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.178.40.11 (talk) 07:41, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Title change
Just a note here that the article name has been changed after consensus was reached at Australian_Wikipedians%27_notice_board/Archive_28 and Australian_Wikipedians%27_notice_board. Please see those discussions for full rationale. -- Chuq (talk) 00:38, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Largest purpose-built
The opening claims "It is also currently the largest purpose-built Australian rules football stadium in the country." This therefore means that Etihad Stadium is not considered a purpose-built Australian rules football stadium by this article, which I think is a fairly controversial claim. In think that we could have a big debate on the topic, but I don't think there would be a consensus. Therefore, I think it is easiest to remove the comment, ensure no similar comment is listed in the Etihad Stadium topic, and leave it there. Aspirex (talk) 12:24, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Needs examination of why AFL is abandoning it
After so much effort has apparently gone into turning it into a suitable AFL stadium, the article needs to address why Adelaide and Port are now abandoning it. What's wrong with it compared to to Adelaide Oval ? Rcbutcher (talk) 11:21, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

80,000 at Robbie Williams - an April Fools' Joke?
The crowd of 80,000 was added on April 1 2008 by an anon editor. The same anon editor put a crowd of 100,000 elsewhere on Wikipedia on the same day. Furthermore, an edit done just after Robbie's 2006 concert said 60000 Unless I can find an independent source, I'm going to assume it (the 80000) was an April Fool's joke and change it to 60k. Adpete (talk) 06:25, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

And since Adelaide Now links have a habit of disappearing, I'll cut and paste a few parts from, talking about Adele's 2017 concert at Adelaide Oval. Note promoter Michael Coppel has an interest in downplaying Robbie Williams and upplaying U2, but still: "I think it will break the record (of U2 in 2006) and I promoted that show, which was shy of 60,000, and we’re going to exceed 60,000 with Adele... Mr Coppel labelled previous media reports that Robbie Williams hosted 80,000 fans at Football Park in 2006 as "impossible". "I promoted U2 (at Football Park) in 2006 and there is no way that amount of people could get into that venue - it would be not only dangerous but impossible.".

Then later in the article:

ADELAIDE’S GREATEST HITS Adelaide Now is not the greatest source, but it's better than an anon Wikipedia edit. Adpete (talk) 11:36, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 1986 — Dire Straits: 55,000+ Football Park
 * 1993 — Madonna: 40,000+ Adelaide Oval
 * 1996 — Michael Jackson: 30,000+ Adelaide Oval
 * 1998 — Elton John/Billy Joel: 37,000+ Adelaide Oval
 * 2006 — Robbie Williams: 50,000+ Football Park
 * 2006 — U2 (supported by Kanye West): 58,000 Football Park
 * 2011 — Foo Fighters: 36,000 Adelaide Oval
 * 2010 — AC/DC: 41,000+ Adelaide Oval
 * 2014 — Rolling Stones: 54,000+ Adelaide Oval
 * 2015 — AC/DC: 52,000+ Adelaide Oval
 * 2017 — Adele: 60,000 Adelaide Oval

Also there's no mention of Robbie Williams in this Billboard chart of top grossing concerts, Nov 15 2006 to May 15 2007 (Robbie was Dec 5 2006), which has U2 in Adelaide at #8 (and U2 in Melbourne at #1). Admittedly this is on money (not attendance), but still... Adpete (talk) 22:46, 15 March 2017 (UTC)


 * I agree all of the top events including the Franklin Graham crusades should appear here. It shows context as to what this stadium meant to Adelaide people in its time 120.29.52.216 (talk) 03:48, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

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Franklin Graham crusade (Billy Graham's son)
Should there be something about Franklin Graham crusades at Adelaide Football Park in Feb 2 1998 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/aus.religion.christian/HLuqIgj9RCc 120.29.52.216 (talk) 03:47, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Bob Dylan
In the article Scott Hicks (director) it is claimed Hicks photographed Dylan at West Lakes in 1978. I can only think this means Football Park but there is no mention here of such a concert. Doug butler (talk) 23:04, 7 November 2022 (UTC)