Football Park
Football Park pictured in April 2007, prior to demolition | |
Interactive map of Football Park | |
| Location | Turner Drive, West Lakes, Adelaide, South Australia |
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| Coordinates | 34°52′48″S 138°29′44″E / 34.88000°S 138.49556°E |
| Capacity | 51,240 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Record attendance | 66,897 (Sturt v Port Adelaide, 1976 SANFL Grand Final) |
| Field size | 165 metres x 135 metres |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1971 |
| Opened | 1974 |
| Closed | 2015 |
| Demolished | 2019 |
| Construction cost | AU$6.6 million (1974) |
| Tenants | |
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Adelaide Football Club Glenelg Football Club (1991) | |
Football Park (known under naming rights as AAMI Stadium) was an Australian rules football stadium located in the Adelaide suburb of West Lakes.
Football Park opened in 1974 and was built to provide a playing and administrative home for the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), the leading football organisation in South Australia. The league's finals and grand finals were held at the stadium for nearly 40 years. From 1991 to 2013 the stadium was the home ground of the Adelaide and Port Adelaide football clubs, the state's two Australian Football League (AFL) clubs. After the Adelaide Oval was redeveloped, AFL and SANFL matches moved to the newly redeveloped oval and the stadium grandstands were gradually demolished.
Despite the demolition of the stadium grandstands in 2019, the playing surface was retained. The surface is used by the Adelaide Football Club and SANFL, and is also accessible to the public.