Lend Lease scores Adelaide Oval

Jonathan ChancellorSeptember 6, 2011

Lend Lease has been selected as preferred construction company for the Adelaide Oval Redevelopment project.

Construction will commence after the end of the cricket season in March 2012, with practical completion expected in time for the AFL season of 2014.

Baulderstone, part of Lend Lease’s Australian infrastructure business, will design and construct the new stadium, which will transform the historic oval into a 50,000-seat multi-purpose venue.

Located in parklands between the city centre and North Adelaide, Adelaide Oval dates back to the 1870s. The first Test match was played at the Oval from December 12 to 16, 1884.

The oval currently has a seating capacity of 40,000 spectators. Its maximum crowd at a cricket game was 50,962 during the Bodyline test 1932, and the maximum football crowd was 62,543 at the 1965 SANFL grand final between Port Adelaide and Sturt.

The first official AFL game took place between Port Adelaide and Melbourne in the last round of the 2011 AFL season, with Port Adelaide winning by eight points.

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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