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NH: Adelaide Oval to be upgraded

Hard to argue with that K.E.T. Probably just a matter of the margin at the end of the game.

DC, I think you mean a structural engineer. An architect would be more than happy to design a multi-stage plan to renovate and reinvigour the existing RAH (and leave the engineers with the headache as to how to do it!).

The age of the building means nothing. There was plenty of space to progressively build and replace wings of the hospital, including on the old RAH car park site which was returned back for use by 'the People' about 10 years ago. It still remains a vacant block with fences around it to keep 'the People' out.

Furthermore, an upgrade to the current hospital is a capital expenditure which could have been spent over 20-25 years, rather than over $2.7B now.

But as I say, not much point arguing over it as this Government has chosen the path we will all be stuck with no matter what. FWIW, I have no Liberal party leanings but did think their plan from opposition made more sense overall.

We don't need one. Ask the doctors who work at the RAH. If more capacity is needed (it isn't) you could just re-open some of the wards that have been closed due to lack of staff and maintenance spend.

Same as building two new grandstands at Adelaide Oval will be cheaper than a brand new stadium, so will renovating a currently working hospital rather than building a new one. Though many won't agree with me, I think the stadium would be the better long term investment for the economy of the State than the hospital.

The RAH in its present position is in a unique medical precinct with the medical research units of the Hanson Institute, Adelaide Uni and the Med school. In its new position, it will be next to UniSA which is planning to build its own Med school - at Mawson Lakes.

But what is done is done.

Well said anon.

Wax on/off, I have had the unfortunate need to review the Adelaide Oval Act 1897, the Adelaide Oval Conservation Plan and spend time delving through dusty records at the ACC archives all about the heritage value of the oval. The politics that sent football out to West Lakes doesn't make the stadium any warmer on a rainy Sunday evening!

I too would have prefered a new stadium where we are currently building a severely overpriced, overbudget and unnecessary hospital when we apparently can't afford to staff the current one to keep all the usable wards open - but that is another topic entirely - however an improved Adelaide Oval is at least better than no change at all.

Vale Football Park, She was a good mistress who happily accommodated our weekly pleasures in her younger days however time has caught up and ongoing facelifts just could hold off the spectre of change from striking her down.

Enjoy her while you still can folks for in the very near future our sweet Football Park will be no more.

I have been offered free tickets twice this year to Pleurisy Park and turned it down just because it is such a horrible venue/location. I would prefer to watch the games on TV, but probably would have accepted each time if it was at Adelaide Oval.

Watching sport at Melbourne's venues has spoilt me for thinking going to West Lakes is worth the effort. And the parking/transport options for Adelaide Oval are 100 times better than Footy Park, where in the past I have had to park several suburbs away.