Does a real footy town like Adelaide need to keep up by building a new city stadium?
Vote at the right of this page. Local rugby league clubs are outraged at the money being spent at the expense of local junior league. The development will feature a main oval with a capacity of 10,000, including a 1500-seat grandstand, a second oval, indoor/outdoor practice areas and ancillary facilities to pave the way for a second team in Sydney. Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar. End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar. Oval No. 1 will have a 170m by 150m irrigated field, turf pitches, player interchange benches, embankments for 8500 spectators, function rooms, coaches’ boxes, media facilities and third umpire and crowd control boxes. The launch of the stadium comes a week after the council appointed a contractor to construct a purpose-built AFL and cricket precinct at Blacktown Olympic Park. It is part of the Blacktown City 2025 future plan and will complement existing international standard softball, baseball and athletic facilities. A second Sydney AFL team is a key pro
