Adelaide Oval

Adelaide Oval
	The renovated Adelaide Oval in 2015
Full name	Adelaide Oval
Location	War Memorial Drive; North Adelaide, South Australia; Australia
Coordinates	34°54′56″S 138°35′46″E / 34.91556°S 138.59611°E
Owner	South Australian Government
Operator	Adelaide Oval SMA Ltd
Capacity	53,500
Record attendance	70,000 (Adele – 2017)
Field size	167 m × 123 m (548 ft × 404 ft)
Surface	Grass
Opened	1871
Tenants
	Cricket Australia (1884–present); South Australia (1874–present); Adelaide Strikers (2011–present) Australian rules football Adelaide (2014–present); Port Adelaide (1975–1976, 2011, 2014–present); South Adelaide (1882–1903, 1905–1994) Rugby league Adelaide Rams (1997–1998); Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (2010–2011); Sydney Roosters (2017–2019)
Ground information
	End names
	River End; Cathedral End
International information
First Test	12–16 December 1884:; Australia v England
Last Test	17–19 January 2024:; Australia v West Indies
First ODI	20 December 1975:; Australia v West Indies
Last ODI	17 November 2022:; Australia v England
First T20I	12 January 2011:; Australia v England
Last T20I	11 February 2024:; Australia v West Indies
First women's Test	15–18 January 1949:; Australia v England
Last women's Test	18–20 February 2006:; Australia v India
First WODI	3 February 1996:; Australia v New Zealand
Last WODI	3 February 2024:; Australia v South Africa
First WT20I	12 January 2011:; Australia v England
Last WT20I	22 January 2022:; Australia v England
	As of 11 February 2024; Source: ESPN Cricinfo

The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide in the state of South Australia. It is located in the parklands between the city centre and North Adelaide. 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.

Established in 1871, the structures and grounds underwent significant redevelopment between 2012 and 2014. It has three grandstands: Riverbank Stand, Eastern Stand, and Western Stand, and is known for its heritage-listed scoreboard, which stands alongside a new digital scoreboard. Australia's first stadium hotel, named the Oval Hotel, opened in 2024.

Adelaide Oval has been headquarters to the South Australian Cricket Association since 1871 and South Australian National Football League (SANFL) since 2014, and is managed by the Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority.

Adelaide Oval has hosted the AFLW Grand Final three times since 2019. Its record crowd for cricket was 55,317 for the Second Ashes Test on 2 December 2017 and its record crowd for an Australian rules football match was 62,543 at the 1965 SANFL Grand Final between Port Adelaide and Sturt. A 2017 concert by Adele attracted a record audience of 70,000.

^ "Adelaide Oval". Austadiums. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
^ Atkinson, Cody; Lawson, Sean (15 June 2022). "From the SCG to Kardinia Park — do ground sizes contribute to the end result in AFL games?". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
^ Groundbreaking Moment New Grass Laid At Adelaide Oval The Advertiser ^{[dead link]}

[1] "Adelaide Oval". Austadiums. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

[2] Atkinson, Cody; Lawson, Sean (15 June 2022). "From the SCG to Kardinia Park — do ground sizes contribute to the end result in AFL games?". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

[3] Groundbreaking Moment New Grass Laid At Adelaide Oval The Advertiser ^{[dead link]}

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