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 | |
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Australia (1884–present) Adelaide (2014–present) 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 | 6–8 December 2024: Australia v India |
| First ODI | 20 December 1975: Australia v West Indies |
| Last ODI | 8 November 2024: Australia v Pakistan |
| 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 | 25 January 2025: Australia v England |
| As of 11 February 2024 Source: ESPN Cricinfo | |
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.
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.
In 2017, a concert by Adele attracted a record audience of 70,000.